What was your last concert you went to ?

... wish I could remember the last concert I went to... might have been Brendel and Goerne in the Edinburgh Fest a few years ago.

EW

the Jayhawks fronting Lucinda Williams. Also, The Wallflowers fronting Counting Crows. Two great shows. Lucinda was awesome. david.

Ahhh, 'twas a good night, the night before me sisters wedding, took her to Iron Maidens last gig for the year at the Hammersmith . What a party! I had done Slipknot the week before at Fort Canning (Singapore)

Jag

Motörhead in Stockholm, fun as usual!

Bob Dylan, sadly not so good. Saw him few years ago for the first time and that was great though.

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Originally posted by JeremyB:
Went to see Porcupine Tree in San Fran last night. Not as good as the Fillmore in June but a couple of new songs and not the same pressure to promote Deadwing this time which was nice. I thought the sound was attrocious though, especially at the beginning. Anyone else go?

Jeremy

Yup, I was there. I thought that the PT sound was OK, apart from a certain amount of "overhang" on some of the quieter numbers, such as Heart Attack in a Layby. Overall, I thought the performance was pretty good too. But I couldn't help wondering whether the barrier and security staff between the stage and the audience was one reason why the band seemed to connect with the audience less well on Friday than at the Fillmore in June.

The support act (Marjorie Fair) certainly were let down by abominable sound quality. I suspect that their songs and playing were considerably better than the wall of noise I heard suggested.

I went to see The Fall last Sunday at the Zodiac in Oxford. Very good - the band were excellent. Lots of stuff from the new Fall Heads Roll album - 'Blindness' was fantastic I thought. This was the first time I'd seen them live and he was quite charismatic.

There was a good documentary last night on BBC4 - The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E Smith.

Roddy Frame at the Birmingham Glee Club. Very good, a excellent performer in a small venue.

The sound quality was good, not too loud as 99% of rock/pop gigs are.

Lots of singalong moments.

Hi Paul,

We should meet up next time. I thought I heard Steven Wilson say that they were rerecording Stupid Dream - did he mention Lightbulb Sun too? I have neither of these. Also I don't think they played Sleep of No Dreaming did they? It's one of my favorite PT songs but I don't know if they ever play it live.

Unfortunately I arrived too late to hear Marjorie Fair.

Jeremy

I went to see E.S.T (Esbjorn Svensson Trio) at the Basement Jazz Club in Sydney.

This is fantastic live music and I highly recommend that if you are adventurous enough to try some modern jazz with a bit of a rock bent you should look at E.S.T CD's such as Seven Days of Falling and Viaticum.

This was the first time E.S.T had played Oz and let's hope they are back soon. Captivating, exciting, challenging and totally enjoyable. A great night out.

Last Wednesday (26th) I went to see THE KAISER CHIEFS at Brixton. Very, very good - Ricky Wilson is a born frontman. As someone has written, it's doubtful they'll be around in five or 10 years' time, but for now they're hugely enjoyable. The opening (after a mock-documentay film about London, they came on to the strains of Dire Straits' execrable Money For Nothing) was superb - sound was really good too, with the final encore of Oh My God being the stand-out of the evining.

Setlist: the whole of the album plus a cover of Marvin Gaye's I Heard It Through The Grapevine.

The week before I went to see THE MAGIC NUMBERS at Shepherd's Bush. Their music is not particularly innovative but the tunes and feel are utterly irresistable, and Romeo is somehow very charismatic and charming as a frontman. Highlight of the set for me was
Love Me Like You which must be one of the best pop songs of the last decade and a wonderful take on Beyonce's Crazy In Love. The new material was promising too.

Setlist; the Mule/Long Legs/Don't Give up the Fight/Forever Lost/I see You.../Which way To Happy/Gone Are The Days/Amina Sola/Keep it in The Pocket/Close Your Eyes/Hymn For Her/Love's A Game/Love Me Like You/Crazy In Love/Morning's Eleven/Wheels On Fire/The Beard (I think that's what the last one was called).

Next up...

The White Stripes on Saturday

Kevin

Expat In Oz,

Can only ditto your comments regarding e.s.t. I saw them last Thursdsay in Wellington and they were superb as was the sound in The Opera House.

Hopefully they will return downunder in the not too distant future.

Cheers

Rick.

John Prine at The Symphony Hall, Birmingham last Friday.

My partner's favourite artist.

Excellent gig, voice was much better than I expected considering his recent problems with throat cancer. His backing band of bass and guitar was as tight as a drum. Played for about 2 hours, looked to be enjoying it as much as the audience. Sound was a bit iffy though, considering the hall is 'renowned' for its good acoustics. There was a nasty distorted ring to the treble. But that's live music - nothing's perfect.

Andy

Motorhead on Monday night - ears still ringing but as Lemmy said "We are Motorhead and we love to rock'n roll" - nuff said!

Walter Trout - Nottingham - Fab. but I'm too old to stand up anymore!

As a foot note he had a support band on who were not introduced, had no name on the drum kit and went off without saying who they were! Very good rockabilly type band though

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel at Plymouth Pavillions - the guy just keeps getting better. The new CD 'The Quality of Mercy' is excellent and highly recommended. If you expect Psychomodo-esq material, you'll be disappointed though

Previous to Mr Harley, Katie Melua (same venue) quite exquisite performance.

Verdi Requiem, but the orchestra was too loud for the choir. Is this partly the scoring, and the use of very heavy modern broad bore brass?

I heard Rattle do the same thing in Guereleider, and came away thinking that it was pointless. A true artist would have seen to it that the soloists at least were 'accompanied' and not drowned! That was in the Birmingham Symphony Hall, so it was no accoustic accident.

Fredrik

The Stamford Symphony with Joyce Yang, silver medalist in the most recent Cliburn competition, playing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1. The orchestra and pianist were not together for this piece. The conductor wanted gusto, the pianist a more sensitive reading. The orchestra also played Stravinsky's Firebird Suite which was excellent.

Jim

Last Saturday (5th) I wwent to see The White Stripes at Hammersmith - unbelievably magnificent, shockingly good as ever. Probably gig of the year so far.

On Thursay (10th) I went to see New Order at Brixton - my 71st time of seeing the group. It was a very good show, if not quite a classic (New Order without Gillian isn't really Gillian). A fairly standard set, enlivened by the live debut of 'Turn" and the resurrection of the old JD classics "Warsaw" and "Shadowplay".

Setlist: Ceremony, Love Vigilantes, Crystal, Regret, Krafty, Turn, Transmission, Your Silent Face, Waiting For The Sirens' Call, True Faith, Bizarre Love Triangle, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Temptation, Blue Monday.

Encores: Shadowplay, Warsaw, She's Lost Control

Kevin

Next up is Bob Dylan I think

Antonio Forcione 14th November Chichester.
An amazing evening. A strange combination of purcussion,cello,acordian and guitar which blended so well.Members from Brazil,England,Russian and Italian each gave themes and rythms most enjoyable.

Howard

Gregoriana, last Saturday.

Avoid them if you can !

cheers
Stefan

Forcione at Chi last evening - impressive performance by the percussionist

Anna T should be pleased by the number of CDs that were being sold in the foyer.

Let us hope that it will spread the name of the label.

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Originally posted by BigH47:
Antonio Forcione 14th November Chichester.
An amazing evening. A strange combination of purcussion,cello,acordian and guitar which blended so well.Members from Brazil,England,Russian and Italian each gave themes and rythms most enjoyable.

Howard

Would love to see Antonio live but think I have missed the boat this year
How big is the audience normally at his shows? I would assume relatively small for the accoustics?

Regards,

John

I have just been to see a rather youthful John Fogerty rockin' Australia at the Sydney Opera House. I have probably suffered about five years of hearing loss in one evening as it was so loud, but the guy is an outstaning performer and what a great collection of classic songs.

Excellent.

Just home from The Bad Plus in the Sugar Club in Dublin.

2nd time seeing this excellent group. David King the drummer has to be seen to be believed.

They did versions of "Chariots of Fire" and "Live and Let Die" that were really superb.

a great night

Just got back from Motorhead at Brixton Academy. Can't hear a thing!