What was your last concert you went to ?

My wife's christmas present to me, 2 tickets to listen to the Merck Philharmonic in the Griesheim Wagenhalle .

Benefizkonzert zum Neuen Jahr - Neujahrsgrüße aus Russland featuring

- Borodin - In the steppes of central asia
- Mussorgsky - Night on the bare mountain
- Tchaikovsky - symphonie number 5

I am so far out of the sticks and it's difficult and expensive to get to gigs that I can't remember. Think it was INXS and they were crap.

Steel Union at a private party (!). "Duo playing authentic traditional acoustic blues; that being acoustic blues mostly from the period 1920 through to 1945 ish. We play the songs of the great Delta and Country Blues players such as Son House, Robert Johnson, Sonny Terry, Lightnin' Hopkins and many more."
Excellent stuff!

Steve

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Originally posted by munch:
ewemon They were bloody good at Wembley in 1991. regards munch

Could well believe it as when I saw them on an earlier tour it was the first night and they really bad PA probs and just didn't seem interested in the gig.

Mercury Rev.
2 or 3 years ago.

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Originally posted by sjust:
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Take it their set was short and to the point.

Last Friday - Kylie - at the MEN Arena in Manchester....great show, glad we took the binoculars......

Tonite:


Very nice. Gianluigi: Conosci sto ragazzo ? Anybody seen / heard him ?

cheers
Stefan

Just got back from the Komedia in Brighton. We saw Bellowhead, (think Temperance 7 meet The Dubliners ish.)They call it big band folk and most enjoyable it was too.Standing unfortunately but we managed to find a spot to perch.
A mix of instruments including :- trumpet,trombone,euphonium,tuba,clarinets(various) drums, percussion,squeezebox, accordian,guitar,violins,cello,oboe and pipes.11 players 10 guys 1 girl and great deal of enthusiasm. Good sound, great evening out.

Howard

I saw Seth Lakeman at a local pub (The Phoenix in Plymouth) before his national tour.

Absolutely Fabulous.

Neko Case at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel in Adelaide. Absolutely Brilliant-also saw her about a month ago with the New Pornographers at the same venue. A great way to start the New Year!! At the oposite end of the spectrum the BBIG DAY OUT music festival hits Adelaide with TOOL, Muse and the Killers headlining. I'm looking forward to that too.

Feb 5th. Roger Waters at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre (think a slightly smaller but way more humid version of Wembley Arena).

First time I'd seen Roger since Sunday June 14 1981 and he was on top form - he even looked like he was enjoying himself. The band were fantastic (but which one is Pink) even though there were a few gaffes ... Snowy White totally screwed the opening guitar part of (a slightly rushed version of) "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and the beginning of "Comfortably Numb" was a bit lame but those were the only dud bits. In a way it was good to see that even seasoned professionals can get it wrong at the worst possible time. I thought Dave Kilmister did a very good job of replicating Dave Gilmour's original guitar solos even though he uses a Tele not a Strat.

Without a doubt the best gig I've seen at this venue and up there with some of the best gigs I've ever seen. If you are a Floydian who is dithering over whether or not to "go the show" later this year in the UK/Europe ... do it - you won't regret it.

Cheers
Scott

James McMurtry and Dave Alvin at Revolution Hall-Troy, New York. Great show.

Matt

Moving Hearts in Vicars Street Dublin.

A truly magnificent concert that got a rapturous reception. The reception was phenomenal considering the instrumental and long nature of the pieces played as well as the total lack of a charismatic "front man".

It was playing of the very finest quality the mix of Uilleann pipe and sax being one of those wondrous combinations when played as well as this.

Line up was:

Donal Lunny,
Davy Spillane,
Eoghan O'Neill,
Keith Donald,
Matt Kellaghan,
Noel Eccles,
Anto Drennan
Graham Henderson
Kevin Glacken.


One nice moment was when Keith was saying that "This tune was written in 1981 a quite different time from now"
girl in audience "Yeah I wasn't born"

all ages were there and we jigged boogied reeled and bopped.



SJB

SJB
Haven't seen you here for awhile. Glad you're ok!

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
SJB
Haven't seen you here for awhile. Glad you're ok!

Thanks Chris, nice of you to notice.

I had found that my cyberlife was effecting family life, strange as that may seem, so I had to step back for awhile.


Hopefully I'll get the mix right this time.



SJB

Not your music life though I hope? Still enjoying that?

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
Not your music life though I hope? Still enjoying that?

Still one step ahead of the blues.



SJB

Last Tuesday was at the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen to see Nerina Pallot. Wonderfull night well worth catching her around the country if you get a chance. Great voice.

Saw Joan Armatrading last night on the first night of the tour. Very enjoyable. Fantastic voice. Probably the best "live" voice I've heard. I wouldn't have thought she needs too many takes to get things right in the studio.
Definitely worth trying to catch.
Steve O.

Buena Vista Social Club at the Plymouth Pavilions last night.

The theatre was full and they played non-stop for over two hours. Really enjoyed it.

Marylin Crispell, Mark Helias and (drum roll....) Paul Motian in the Village Vanguard, last Friday.

A moment of holy coincidence.

Wann read more ? Bitte schön !

cheers
Stefan

Tuesday night was Richmond Fontaine in a room above a pub in Brighton, 20 minutes walk from my house. There were probably 100 of us in there and it was the last night of the tour. It was a good crowd and we made enough noise to make them happy.
It pretty unbelieveable when you can see your favorite band in a small room in a local pub like this. The sound was perfect and they gave us two and a half hours. I said hello to Willy for you Diccus, and then he sold me a T-shirt. Had a chat with Dan after, and he was excited to be going home.
I've seen many bands in all sorts of places from Pearl Jam to Pink Floyd, from Rory Gallagher to Neil Young, but they didn't beat this one.
Magical.
There is real live music, and then there's showbusiness. This was the real thing, and it takes something this good to highlight the difference and acknowledge where it can all go wrong.

Last night in Portland, Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely and Guy Clark. Songwriter-in-the-round style, each man with an acoustic guitar playing one of his songs when his turn came. Two plus hours of heavenly music.

Jeff A