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24
Oct
Posted by vintagerock in Shift-Static. Tagged: concert, electronica, folk, gig, gigs, music, pop, punk, R&B, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
Shift-Static The Telegraph Newcastle 16 Oct 2010
This was the first Shift-Static gig that Marie and I had seen for some time. They were playing upstairs in the Telegraph to a home crowd, sandwiched between a few other local music combos. They had played a gig at the Head of Steam and a sold out show at the Cumberland Arms during Freshers week, but we hadn’t made it along to those shows. The band have been using the gap over the Summer to craft some new tunes for us, and had also bought some new sparkly hardware gismos which were on display (and in use!) and which produced some wonderful new sounds for us. The set was short as time was limited; the new songs such as “Get the Echo” blended well with older favourites such as “Haystacks” and the crowd showed their appreciation by giving them a great reception. Next gig up is on the 16 November.
website: http://www.myspace.com/shiftstaticmusic
Setlist: IL1; Get the Echo; Fathers Footsteps Part 1; No Rush; Green Knees; Haystacks
9
Oct
Posted by vintagerock in Ian Hunter, Mott the Hoople. Tagged: blues, concert, folk, gig, gigs, music, pop, rock, rock n roll. 2 comments
Ian Hunter and the Rant Band Newcastle Tyne Theatre 11 Oct 2010
The Tyne Theatre was pretty full downstairs for Ian Hunter, with the circle around half full. Most of the audience seemed long time fans, sporting t-shirts from his many tours, with many Mott the Hoople at Hammersmith shirts on show.
Most of the set was Ian Hunter solo stuff, some of which I sort of recognised. But as we got to the end we got the real favourites: Walking with a Mountain, Sweet Jane, All the Way from Memphis, Roll Away the Stone, Saturday Gigs (we all sang along) and All the Young Dudes.
Setlist (something like): Sea Diver; Life After Death; Cleveland Rocks; Dancing on the Moon; Shallow Crystals; Irene Wilde; Arms and Legs; Flowers; Rain; River of Tears; Man Overboard; Wash Us Away; Walking With a Mountain; Michael Picasso; Sweet Jane
Encore: Somewhere; All the Way From Memphis; Boy
Encore 2: Roll Away the Stone; The Saturday Gigs ; All the Young Dudes
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2
Oct
Posted by vintagerock in Santana. Tagged: concert, folk, gig, gigs, music, pop, R&B, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
Santana Newcastle Arena 3rd Oct 2010
Santana were a lot lot better than I had expected. I’d seen them a couple of times at the City Hall in the 70s and they also supported Dylan at St James in the early 80s. My recollections of those shows were that they were OK, but some of the songs were drawn out and samey. So I wasn’t certain about going to this, but decided to go along on the night. I managed to score a £63 ticker for £35 outside, so was quite pleased at that. And in the end I was glad I made the effort because it was much better than my memories. The set was a mix of early Woodstock-era Santana, recent latin-based material and some covers from the latest album. Plus some semi-religious words of wisdom from the man himself. All of this made for a great show. Great guitar, great rhythms, great singers, great use of video. For the early songs Carlos played in front of videos of himself at Woodstock-wonderful stuff! I even enjoyed the drum solo(s!)! Highlights for me were Black Magic Woman, Samba Pa Ti and Soul Sacrifice.
1. EVERYBODY’S EVERYTHING
2. SINGING WINDS/ CRYING BEAST
3. BLACK MAGIC WOMAN / GYPSY QUEEN
4. OYE COMO VA
5. MARIA MARIA
6. FOO FOO
7. CORAZON ESPINADO
8. JINGO
9. SAMBA PA TI
10. BATUKA/ NO ONE TO DEPEND ON
11. TABOO/ WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
12. GOD IS LOVE/ RIGHT ON
13. EVIL WAYS/ A LOVE SUPREME
14. SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE
15. SMOOTH/ DAME TU AMOR
ENCORE: WOODSTOCK CHANT
16. SOUL SACRIFICE
17. BRIDEGROOM/ INTO THE NIGHT
18. LOVE, PEACE,& HAPPINESS/ FREEDOM
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28
Sep
Posted by vintagerock in Manic Street Preachers. Tagged: concert, gig, gigs, music, pop, punk, R&B, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
Manic Street Preachers Newcastle Academy 27 Sep 2010
Laura and I managed to get on the guest list (thanks Siobhan) for this competition winners only gig.
Great gig. Really loud; my ears were still ringing the next morning!
Was great to be able to get up so close to the band who were amazing.
Setlist:
Motorcyle Emptiness
Your Love Alone
It’s Not War
Faster
No Surface
Postcards From A Young Man
Tsunami
Motown
Tolerate
You Stole The Sun (Acoustic)
You Love Us
Descent (Strings replaced with guitars)
Kevin Carter (With Sean R on trumpet)
Some Kind of Nothingness
Design For Life
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28
Sep
Posted by vintagerock in Maximo Park. Tagged: concert, gig, music, pop, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
Maximo Park The Split Festival Sunderland 25 Sep 2010
The Split Festival has been going for a couple or so years in Sunderland, however this year’s festival seemed to have a much stronger line-up and as a result a much higher profile. It was the first time that we’d been along to the festival even though it is only afew minutes walk from home. Marie, Laura and I decided to go along on the Saturday night, primarily because Laura wanted to catch local heroes Maximon Park.
We arrived while Frankie and the Heartstrings (rocky, and a bundle of energy) were onstage. The festival was in a large marquee within the grounds of Ashbrook Sports club, with two stages at opposite sides of the tent, allowing for rapid change over between bands. So more or less straight after Frankie finished Maximo Park took to the stage to a great reaction from the crowd. Front man Paul Smith is a live wire, using the whole of the stage, and really getting the crowd going. The band are pretty high energy rock and got a great reception from the home crowd. Their set was relatively short at aorund an hour, but that seemed about right,given the fast punchy and short nature of the songs. A great set, and a pretty nice local event. Looking forward to next year.
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19
Sep
Posted by vintagerock in Joanna Newsom, Roy Harper. Tagged: blues, concert, folk, gig, gigs, music, pop, R&B, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
Joanna Newsom and Roy Harper The Sage Gateshead Tues 21 Sep 2010
Laura and I are going to see modern psych-folkie Joanne Newsom on Tuesday at the Sage. My knowledge of her is scant; I know she plays a harp and some say that she sounds like Kate Bush. But the real reason that I am going is to see my old hero Roy Harper who has come out of retirement for this. I’ve seen Roy many times over the years. The first gig ever went to was The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band with Roy and Yes support, and the last time I saw him was with David at the 100 Club in London. I thought that might have been my last chance to see him, but here we are with him coming out to support Joanna.
It was great to see Roy again. He came on prompt at 7.30 and played a short set of pretty well known Roy songs. We got the usual chat between songs, which was great to hear again. Seeing Roy is always like seeing an old friend again, and this seemed even more the case than ever. His voice was as strong and passionate as ever. At the end he told us that there would probably me one more time that he’d come and see us. He has apparently been saying the same thing at every night of this tour, so I read into that he is going to do one more final tour. I think he is 70 next year, it would be fitting to have a 70th birthday tour so we could all see him again one more time.
Joanna Newsom was OK, but we didn’t know the material and for me it was always going to be an anti-climax after seeing Roy.
Roy Harper setlist:
Highway Blues,
Don’t you grieve,
Frozen Moment,
Francesca
Green Man
Me and My Woman.
Roy Harper website: http://www.royharper.co.uk/
Joanna Newsom website: http://www.dragcity.com/artists/joanna-newsom
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19
Sep
Posted by vintagerock in Jethro Tull. Tagged: blues, concert, folk, gig, gigs, music, pop, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
Jethro Tull South Shields Gypsies Green Stadium 17 Sep 2010
This gig had been set up a special one-off appearance tied in with the preparations for and events around this weekend’s Great North Run. Tull Guitarist Martin Barre was running in the race, and the opportunity must thus have come up for the band to play. The concert was in a large marquee which had been set up within the grounds of Gypsies Green Stadium, which is a sports stadium close to South Shields. Norm and I went along to the gig on Friday, we both recalled previous visits to the stadium in the 70s; one to see Tony McPhee’s Terraplane and the other to see Mohamed Ali on his visit to the region.
We arrived just as the support act Bessie and the Zinc Buckets were finishing their set, and ran into some old friends. Tull came on around 8.15pm; apparently there was a curfew of 10pm, as the venue is within a built-up area. We’d both seen Tull earlier this year, but couldn’t resist the chance to catch them again, in a different setting. The marquee was massive and pretty full, with devotees having travelled from far and wide to see the band. First up was Nothing is Easy, followed by other early Tull classics such as Beggars Farm, Nothing Is Easy, A New Day Yesterday, Songs From The Wood, Bourée, Thick as a Brick, My God. The set centred around the late 60s and 70s classic albums, which was great for us! Aqualung closed the show with the usual Locomotive Breath as the encore. Norm and I agreed that we enjoyed it more that we have in recent times, perhaps because of the different venue.
website: http://www.j-tull.com/
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19
Sep
Posted by vintagerock in King King, Robin Trower. Tagged: blues, concert, gig, gigs, music, pop, R&B, rock, rock n roll. 2 comments
Robin Trower Newcastle Academy 16 Sep 2010
Will and I went to see Robin Trower at the Academy on Thursday night. Support came from King King who are increasingly becoming known as one of the country’s top blues bands. The hall was quite empty when they came on, but they didn’t let that detract from their performance which was great. Some excellent guitar work from front man Alan Nimmo. At one point he was playing his Strat acoustically and signing without any mikes or accompaniment; great use of dynamics.
The hall had filled to a respectable crowd by the time Trower took to the stage. He still plays guitar as he always did, and still pulls some frightening faces as he squeezes those licks out of his Fender. The singer is the same guy that Will and I saw with him a few years ago when we saw him at South Shields, I can’t be sure if the other members of the band are the same. I can’t say that I recognised that many of the songs but old favourites Bridge of Sighs, Lady Love and Too Rolling Stoned sounded as good as ever. A good gig by an old timer who is still a master of the guitar.
Robin Trower site: http://www.trowerpower.com/
King KIng site: http://www.kingkingblues.com/
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5
Sep
Posted by vintagerock in New York Dolls. Tagged: concert, gig, music, pop, punk, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
New York Dolls The Cluny Newcastle 5 Sep 2010
The New York Dolls played three intimate (for them) shows at the Cluny in Newcastle. The first night was last night (Saturday). Laura and I are went along on the Sunday. We were still recovering from Muse in Manchester the night before, but also couldn’t wait for this.
Just got back. We were right down the front next to the stage. Deafening. Got Sylvain’s plectrum for Laura and she played his guitar! These guys really rock and Sylvain is a real character. It was almost like being at one of the rehearsals with the band trying a few new songs out, before they commit them to CD. In one case they played one of the new songs twice to be sure they were getting it right.
Setlist included (along with some brand new songs):
Looking for a Kiss
Cause I Sez So
We’re All in Love
Private World
Nobody Got No Bizness
Better Than You
Who Are the Mystery Girls?
Dance Like a Monkey
You Cant Put Your Arms Around A Memory
Pills
Bo Diddley
Trash
Jet Boy
Encore:
Personality Crisis
website: http://www.nydolls.org/
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5
Sep
Posted by vintagerock in Band of Skulls, Editors, Muse. Tagged: concert, gig, gigs, music, pop, rock, rock n roll. Leave a comment
Muse Lancashire County Cricket Ground Manchester 4 Sep 2010
We were all so impressed with Muse that we fancied going to see them again so Marie suggested that we get tickets for this. The gig had been sold out for months and I started to check Seetickets every day to see if any tickets came up. They didn’t; but we managed to score four tickets on ebay at slightly less than face value. The tickets arrived on Wednesday just a few days before the show. We left at around 4pm and had an uneventful drive across to Manchester, arriving just as support Band of Skulls were finishing. We found some seats towards the side of the side of the stadium with a good view of the stage. Editors were next up and seemed pretty good, although the sound was not great from where we were sitting.
At around 8.15pm Muse took to the stage, starting with Uprising. They were accompanied by a crowd waving flags and banners carrying the key slogans from the song (“they will not control us”; “we will be victorious”). The stage is like nothing you have ever seen before. It must be the most impressive set up out on the road today. It resembles something like a giant building with the band in the centre of it, surrounded by loads of screens with the images flashing between artwork that mirrors the song lyrics and shots from the band on stage. Difficult to describe, it has to be seen to be believed and must have taken days to setup and cost a fortune.
Muse were as awesome as ever. The sound was spot on, the crowd loved them a great atmosphere. At one point they all grouped on a small stage which went out into and above the crowd. From where we were sitting it looked like they were in flying above the crowd. They have to be the best contemporary band out there at the moment; this show takes some beating. Favourites for me were Feeling Good and the closer: Knights of Cydonia. They finished about 10.30. Got out the car park around 11.15 and then got stuck in a diversion off the M62 which delayed us quite a bit. Home at 2.30am.
Laura and I are going to see the New York Dolls tonight at the Cluny Newcastle. Then time for a rest.
website: http://www.muse.mu
setlist:
Uprising
Supermassive Black Hole
New Born
Map of the Problematique
Butterflies & Hurricanes
Guiding Light
Hysteria
Citizen Erased
Nishe
United States Of Eurasia
Feeling Good
Undisclosed Desires
Resistance
Starlight
Time Is Running Out
Unnatural
Encore 1:
Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 1: Overture
Stockholm Syndrome
Encore 2:
Take A Bow
Plug In Baby
Knights of Cydonia
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