Who did you see live last?

[ead]

Saw Nena (99 Red Balloons) in Manchester on Sunday 12 Oct.  Very good, first time in the UK for about 15 years.

 

 

 

[cetera]

That's Claudia Winkelman.... and I claim my £5!

[Lozz196]

1 hour ago, cetera said:

That's Claudia Winkelman.... and I claim my £5!

And not on her regular job, what a traitor!

[casapete]

49 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

And not on her regular job, what a traitor!

Or a rawk version of Strictly?

[Muzz]

A couple of weeks late (I've been on holiday), but...went to see Florence Black at the Academy in Manchester with some friends. I wasn't massively familiar with their stuff (my friends were the fans), but they were supported by the Virgin Marys, another one of those financially-advantageous two-piece bands...I should, as a bassist, be fundamentally opposed to bands without bassists, but they were OK: not as good as The Bonnevilles, but better than Royal Blood, at least for me.

 

To the headliners; straightforward rock trio, and after hearing how low they were (not volume, see later) and watching the two at the front checking their tuning after every song, I looked up their tuning, and they have songs where the (4-string, mostly Stingray) bass is in Drop A...not doom-y in sound, just rock played very low and...very loud. Very, very loud. Honestly, probably the loudest band I've seen at the Academy, I was sooooo glad I had my attenuators in; I popped one out halfway through, just to check, and it felt like I'd had an ice pick kicked into my ear. I'd probably go and see them again, but I'd be hoping they back it off by about 10db...

 

Larkin Poe tomorrow night, I'm looking forward to that...as long as they're not at 125db all over the room...I doubt it, tho...

[Lozz196]

I saw Florence Black support Tremonti back in Feb/March. Did have tickets for their recent London gig but reading the above about volume fairly glad I didn’t go in the end.

[51m0n]

The Divine Comedy on Monday night, followed by New Model Army on Tuesday night....

 

Both absolutely superb gigs.

[mowf]

Newton Faulkner on Tuesday night. Solo guitarist blokey, very talented and also funny.

Nova Twins last night. The sounds Georgia gets out of her bass are just ridiculous, they are massively talented.