Hawkwind 40th Anniversary Happening Porchester Halls London 29 August 2009
Marie and I spent our August bank holiday going to see Hawkwind at their 40th anniversary show in London. The gig was in Porchester Halls near Notting Hill, just a few streets away from where they played their first ever gig as Band X 40 years ago. The concert had been billed as an all day “happening” with special guest.
We travelled down to London the day before and spent the Friday evening having a walk around Notting Hill; having a drink and something to eat.
On the Saturday we went along to Porchester Halls at around 1pm, to find out the running order for the day. As we entered the hall we were presented with a great goody bag which contained a CD produced for the day and other items. We pleased to see that Hawkwind were doing an early acoustic set, in additional to their main set which was going to close the day. We watched this set and then decided to return later in the day. We spent the afternoon having a walk around Hyde Park, and returned to the Hall around 7.30pm. Huw Lloyd-Langton was on stage performing an acoustic set which included Hurry On Sundown and a few bluesy songs. After a short break the main avent, Hawkwind, took to the stage. The current line up is led by Dave Brock, the only constant after all these years. Marie and were standing at the side of the stage close to the front. The show was great. Hawkwind really seem to back on form these days. I went to all of their tours throughout the 70s, seeing them many times from 71 onward, but lost faith somewhere in the 80s and have only started going to see them again in the 2000s. This was classic Hawkwind at their best; a mixture of classic tracks, including Silver Machine played better than I have seen it for years. Great lights, great dancers, friendly crowd, what more could we ask for? Perhaps a few more of special guests as promised? Who cares. Its great to see the band playing as well as this. Roll on the Newcastle Aacedemy in Deecmber!
setlist: intro / warriors / assault and battery / golden void / where are they now /
lighthouse / space is deep poem / angels of death / wraith / green machine /
spirit of the age / silver machine / sentinel / lord of light / poem / magnu
/ brainbox pollution /you’d better believe it / right to decide / hassan i sahba / jam / hassan i sahba / fahrenheit 451
website: http://www.hawkwind.com/
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