Originally posted by @SaintBristol
Going to see Placebo tomorrow night
insanely jealous.
Had tickets for wembley on Thursday, but itās really not the place to be when youāre still on crutches.
Originally posted by @SaintBristol
Going to see Placebo tomorrow night
insanely jealous.
Had tickets for wembley on Thursday, but itās really not the place to be when youāre still on crutches.
Mate thatās awful They tour often so ā¦
Went to see Chic featuring Niles Rodgers last night and the beautiful Hammersmith Apollo for a charity Autismrocks.
I was beyond tired so probably not ideal. Heās written quite a few hits hasnāt he. I felt quite young in the audience as those in their late teens early twenties when they were at their height made up most of the audience. I witnessed a new phenomenon 60 year olds with tablets recording the whole bloody thing.
Originally posted by @Intiniki
I witnessed a new phenomenon 60 year olds with tablets recording the whole bloody thing.
ā¦and your point is?
Donāt lie, Lifer. We know youāre older than 60.
Trueā¦but my point is what do you expect a 60 year old to record it onā¦Super 8?
Something a bit smaller! Just use your phone and not a bloody 10 inch tablet.
Saw The Cure at the SSE a few weeks ago - absolutely brilliant!
Also got tickets for Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks in Hyde Park for July
If I was in the UK Iād be making my to this.
fundraiser-for-greg-gilbert-of-the-delays
Seen headliner (and sotonian) Sean McGowan a few times. Worth a listen.
Saw McGowan supporting Billy Bragg - an interesting artist.
Went to see one of the bands I needed to tick off of my list to see live, Avenged Sevenfold. They were in Newcastle and very good.
Just the below I need to tick off.
Aerosmith - Download 2017
Queens of the Stoneage
REM - need to reform!
Iām hoping to pootle along to this: https://safeasmilkfestival.com/sam17
Some high quality stuff on that bill.
I had no idea Chrome were still a going concern.
Nightmare traffic but made it to the middle of the Desert for Guns n Roses
And got 50% discount on a ticket for Bryan Adams next week!
25,000 here
Isnāt their lead singerās name an anagram of Up The Shitter (or some other sexual act)?
They aināt Metallica.
But what an Epic gig.
Could listen to Slash playing that Guitar for years
The GnR gig was an organisational cluster fuck of company killing proportions. 1000s couldnāt get near the venue. Many more had to abandon cars & walk 5kms.
Even the band had to go off road to make it (and got stuck!). At the end 30000 people and 12 buses meant people had a 30km walk to civilisation. We got home 2 hours after the gig we live 25kms away
Tonight we made no mistake for Bryan Adams with Our half price tickets. So are at the venue bored 3 hours early!
Interestingly, their Singapore gig was also a cluster fuck so felt better about things
Canāt let last night pass without a āreviewā.
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Bryan has been to Dubai 5 times since 1993 (Iāve seen 4 of them).
Comparing GnR & Bryan is a great opportunity - GnR was āEpicā āOnce in a Lifetimeā āBucketlistā type event with around 30,000 people in the Stadium (huge by our standards). For Bryan the viewing area was reduced to accomodate around 10,000 and I would guess there was around 8,000 there. GnR tickets were about 90 quid for REGULAR - the nearest you could get was about 50m from the stage - for Bryan Regular was 50 quid but we got a special BOGOF deal. Us Regulars could get within about 20m of the stage.
GnR was an immersive experience, but tbh I am not a āmegaā fan, I knew maybe 10 songs and maybe 5 I knew the words to. Slash showed his skill with stunning and soaring āMetalā Guitar Solos but also with a stunning rendition of the Godfather theme which morphed into Sweet Child of Mine. - A moment up there with hearing the Stones rock into any of their hits (or Barry Gbb doing Staying Alive at Glasto) - Certainly a moment I will never forget.
And Bryan? Well it was like with GnR being a trip to the Opera - a dress code, an expectation of when to be awed. Bryan was like a trip to the Joiners to hear a Mate play.
And this was the difference, they both played over two hours, Bryan played 4 new songs and yet everyone had sing-a-long moments that we were coached into, every one of those new songs made us dance. After 40 minutes we had both lost our voices singing along. After an hour we were feeling dismayed that having heard Summer of 69, Run to You, and Everything I do there was nothing left in the āhitsā tank. oh no, the hots kept coming, the singing got more and more melodic and intense (think we all hit the limit of trying to hit his vocal range and everyone in the crowd went down a Key).
His āEncoreā involved a stunning Big Boppa cover, his new stuff had a wonderful Lennon/Beatles feel without being corny. He mixed things up with mini-sets of Unplugged versions of his classics, but obviously played all of his āAnthemsā at full blast, and of course there were plenty of Guitar Solos. In fact while TECHNICALLY not even on the same planet as Slash, the solos were actually Anthems, letās face it that opening Riff in Run to you IS a classic and an extended solo of that tune gets even me with my bad knees & back Air Guitaring like a maniac.
His last song? well, I have to say that was the first time I have ever had Goosies at a concert from the Music alone.
The Stones obviously because of āThe Momentā, Coldplay at Glasto because of the entire sensation, but when he sang āI do it for youā. On his own, unplugged on Acoustic Guitar, with everyone in the crowd doing a āMarkus Tributeā (even the Security Guards joined in - Phones, Lighters Matches) and of course Singing it was Spine tingling. I reckon they could have heard us singing in Oman (mind you we were almost IN Oman the venue is so far out of town!)
Honestly, I am so happy I saw GnR. But last night was just fantastic fun, enjoyment, entertainment and just quality.
Perhaps GnR was like watching an England win game against Germany, Bryan was like watching Saints thrash the Skates.
I think his āuntrendynessā is probably because he has written so many āSoft Rock Balladsā but then perhaps that is why he is such a good show - you CAN take your other half, and sing along together and hug and dance andā¦
IF he comes your way, go see. He aināt ācoolā but by heck you will sing (almost) every damned song. A Legend in every sense of the word.
Hazel OāConnor tonight - worth it just for the sax solo on Will You.
Iād like them to sort out ticket touts. But when the tickets sites have their secondary touts sites canāt see that really happening.
The worst aspect of the music business these days, if you ignore Cowell, is ticket agencies + their touting friends, and ridiculous service charges.