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They played their hearts out, but not playing Glastonbury...
The gig was amazingly not the most crowded any of us had seen at the Barfly, and if the rumours were right that the Libertines were doing yet another show at the club afterwards, I'd expect it to be busier for them. This is obviously not down to the popularity of the band, but just how difficult it was to get into this gig, I know one person paid nearly 3 grand for a pair of tickets.
Anyway, spectacular 2 hour set, we tried to keep a track on everything they played but there was just so much. As one of the bands less patient fans, I was very pleased they did all the upbeat numbers that I imagined they wouldn't, including THREE, count 'em, off the first album, "Boys Don't Cry", "10:15 Saturday Night" and "Fire in Cairo". Also, they played "A Forest", I like to think they knew that was my favourite.
Instead of going off to allow for an encore, Robert asked for questions from the audience, the first was "are you playing Glastonbury?" and shockingly he said NO! Not sure if he was serious, I think he said something about Glastonbury not inviting them back but it wasn't clear. He said they are doing some festivals this summer, though he didn't say UK festivals.
The ending was odd, maybe fans who've seen them live more would have been expecting it, but they got their road crew up to do a couple of numbers with them "I Dig You" and "I'm a Cult Hero", a bit of light relief that I wasn't expecting. The final song ("Friday I'm In Love", I think, though a bit hazy from the heat by this point) was marred for me by the attention seeking antics of a couple of weird fans at the front, one pretended to faint, but she was just conscious enough to not let security move her out of the crowd, she clearly was expecting to be taken backstage or something... Calm down dear, it's just the Barfly! Speaking of sad groupie behaviour, we possibly could have headed to the Enterprise for after show drinks, but thought there's no way the evening could get better.
Aha, now I've heard "Cult Hero", it's ace, it's not on the new rarities collection though, as it wasn't a proper Cure release... Here's a picture, thats Robert smith on the left:
pauly :: 2004 :: Comment / reply
Mar6
Unbelievably, we got into The Cure last night at Barfly Camden, and here is my review... This was the Music Passport charity show, a privileged audience of about 200 competition winners and successful ebay bidders, and then a handful of people like us.
The gig was amazingly not the most crowded Any of us had seen the Barfly, and if the rumours were right that the Libertines were doing a show their at the club afterwards, I'd expect it to be busier for them. This is obviously not down to the popularity of the band, but just how difficult it was to get into this gig, I know one person paid nearly 3 grand for a pair of tickets.
Anyway, spectacular 2 hour set, we tried to keep a track on everything they played but there was just so much. As one of the bands less patient fans, I was very pleased they did all the upbeat numbers that I imagined they wouldn't, including THREE, count 'em, off the first album, "Boys Don't Cry", "10:15 Saturday Night" and "Fire in Cairo". Also, they played "A Forest", I like to think they knew that was my favourite.
Instead of going off to allow for an encore, Robert asked for questions from the audience, the first was "are you playing Glastonbury?" and shockingly he said NO! Not sure if he was serious, I think he said something about Glastonbury not inviting them back but it wasn't clear. He said they are doing some festivals this summer, though he didn't say UK festivals.
The ending was odd, maybe fans who've seen them live more would have been expecting it, but they got some chums (Frank and Porl apparently, you're right, I have no idea at all, apologies to Cure fans everwhere. Except the ones below) up to do a couple of numbers with them "I Dig You" and "I'm a Cult Hero", a bit of light relief that I wasn't expecting. The final song ("Friday I'm In Love", I think, though a bit hazy from the heat by this point) was marred for me by the attention seeking antics of a couple of weird fans at the front, one pretended to faint, but she was just conscious enough to not let security move her out of the crowd, she clearly was expecting to be taken backstage or something... Calm down dear, it's just the Barfly! Speaking of sad groupie behaviour, we possibly could have headed to the Enterprise for after show drinks, but thought there's no way the evening could get better.
Ace gig, how can tonight's Pet Shop Boys show at the same venue compare? Thanks to the generosity of a different friend this time, I'm on the winners list again...
2004 :: Comment / reply
Jun3
Pixies were amazing last night at Brixton, could be one of the best gigs ever. We warmed up for the show with a few pints of Old Rosie in The Beehive (Brixton Academy gigs are about the only time I can persuade anyone go in a Wetherspoons) so missed the support, but got to our regular spot, front left.
Can't remember what opening song was (see the earlier point about the cider), but I'm sure number two was something fast like "Crackity Jones", then it was a continuing barrage of aceness, covering almost everything you could expect. This sounds like the kind of review you'd read in the Sun doesn't it? Perhaps I should refer to them as "Frank and the gang" at some point, and say how they delivered what the fans wanted, and received a rapturous reception. Truth is I was a bit squiffy, drunk with delight. And cider. We did get "Monkey Gone To Heaven", and "Velouria", and I remember screaming along to "Tame" too, but after the fallout of my Cure review, I daren't make too many assertions.
Update: someone just posted a setlist on popbitch, apparently it ws Winterlong, Nimrod's Son, The Holiday Song, Here Comes Your Man, Vamos, In Heaven/Wave Of Mutilation (UK Surf), I Bleed, Monkey Gone To Heaven, Bone Machine, Velouria, Dead, No. 13 Baby, Subbacultcha, Gouge Away, Caribou, Hey, Cactus, River Euphrates, Debaser, Broken Face, Something Against You, Tame. Encore: Gigantic, Wave Of Mutilation, Into The White.
One annoying thing, our tickets turned out to be "Circle" tickets, which I guess means upstairs? We went in downstairs anyway, with a sneaky switcheroo, I hope we can do the same trick on Friday. Friday I will pay more attention, by not drinking so much. Ha.
Still not feeling too bright today, but still, see some pictures from the gig here and here, and some video that I will have a look at put up at some point...
2004 :: Comment / reply
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