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.

[cybertect]

Local boy Robbie McIntosh with his band at The Sound Lounge in Sutton last night

 

Always a quality act, the gig being 10 minutes' walk from my house was bonus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SteveXFR]

New Model Army at Cheese & Grain in Frome.

Absolutely superb. After being delayed a year because their drummer needed back surgery they said the latest album didn't feel new anymore so they played a selection of songs from through their entire 45 year career. A brilliant performance. It was a lively crowd as well, I hadn't expected a big mosh pit but thats what we got!

I finally understand where Ceri's distinctive tone comes from. Id assumed it was weird eq settings but he just picks right next to the bridge on a P bass.

Opening act Autumn Saints were excellent as well and sounded like good American rock heavily influenced by NMA

[TrevorR]

On 18/10/2025 at 11:51, cybertect said:

Local boy Robbie McIntosh with his band at The Sound Lounge in Sutton last night

 

Always a quality act, the gig being 10 minutes' walk from my house was bonus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice! And Jodi Linscott on percussion if I’m not very much mistaken!

Edited 4 hours ago by TrevorR

[lurksalot]

Headsticks, at a small dive in Northwich , great little place.

 

they were most excellent, absolutely on it , played superbly and completely lived and owned every song they played.

 

they deserved a bigger crowd , but then even my +1 couldn’t make it. 
 

recomended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

 

spare ear defence on the bar , you might need them 

 

 

ed to add a couple of pics 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by lurksalot

[Leonard Smalls]

2 minutes ago, lurksalot said:

Headsticks

Featuring our own @cheddatom on drums!

They're always excellent value...

[lurksalot]

3 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said:

Featuring our own @cheddatom on drums!

They're always excellent value...

I was all set to come Nottingham when you were supposed to play with them with Choked on the bill , but a pandemic put the kibosh on that !

 

Edited 3 hours ago by lurksalot

[Merton]

On 16/10/2025 at 11:43, Muzz said:

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...

 

On 16/10/2025 at 14:39, Lozz196 said:

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.

Tbh the first time I saw Florence Black (Feb 2020) the volume was much much better and they blew me away. More recently they’ve just become that heavy overly loud mush. I saw them on the Tremonti tour and felt the sound for the whole night, both bands, was sh1t. Far too loud, way too much boom on the kick and a huge, undefined bass mess.

 

Heavy music doesn’t have to be horribly loud and undefined to make it heavy!!

[Merton]

PS, and I saw The Virginmarys back in 2010 when they were still a 3 piece with a bassist. They were superb. Their first album was produced by Toby Jepson (of Little Angels Fame) and it’s a great slab of bluesy alt rock.

[cetera]

Saw Level 42 & Roachford last night at Watford Coliseum! Fantastic night, great sound and audience response.... and both bands were excellent 👍