Wishbone Ash Newcastle Academy 22 Oct 2011
Will and I had a good 70s rock night last night seeing Wishbone Ash at Newcastle Academy. Saturday gigs at the Academy are early affairs, as Saturday night is club night and as a result gigs have to be be finished by around 10pm so that the place can be cleared for the clubbers. So we got to the venue quite early, just before 8pm, which was well-timed as the band came on shortly after. Andy Powell seemed in a particularly good mood, and treated us to some great twin guitar with new guitarist Muddy. Andy thanked us all for coming out to see the band, and recalled the great nights that we all had at the City Hall in the 70s. Judging by the cheer this got, and the age of some of the crowd, quite a few people could remember those days. The set was a mix of old and new, and the old favourites were played as well as I heard them for a long time. Stand outs were The King will come, The Pilgrim, a great version of Phoenix and Jailbait. The curfew meant that that the encore was limited to one song, Blowin’ Free as expected.
Setlist (something like): Real guitars have wings; You see red; Open road; Cant go it alone; Invisible thread; The king will come; Sometime world; Persephone; Front page news; Faith hope and love; The pilgrim; Reason to believe; Jailbait; Phoenix
Encore: Blowin free
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