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Concert/gig attending thread.....

Didn't know we had a thread for this!
Music is my main passion (pinball second [emoji2960]).
This month I've been to quite a few big(ish) gigs.

Leprous and The Ocean
The Midnight

Cult of Luna coming up at end of month as well as a trip to Amsterdam to see an unknown band called The Wounded whom I've loved for ten years but will never make it over here. Think The Cure with heavier guitars mixed with early Anathema (if you know them), really emotive and depressing music [emoji38]

I love my metal, but often the more progressive and atmospheric stuff.
Post rock and post metal also.
Have a love of the retro synthwave stuff too.


Wonder if there's anyone on here with similar music tastes?
I see someone attended Tool in Prague, I was there too! But tool is more my other half's thing. Maynard winds me up and I find them a bit overhyped [emoji38]
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I was spoilt last week.

I saw a cracking set by Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs in Reading on Thursday. Committed does begin to describe the performance!

Friday I caught Sleaford Mods again in Hammersmith. These guys just keep getting better. For my money, some of the best social commentary in Britain today.
 
David_Vi said:
Didn't know we had a thread for this!
Music is my main passion (pinball second [emoji2960]).
This month I've been to quite a few big(ish) gigs.

Leprous and The Ocean
The Midnight

Cult of Luna coming up at end of month as well as a trip to Amsterdam to see an unknown band called The Wounded whom I've loved for ten years but will never make it over here. Think The Cure with heavier guitars mixed with early Anathema (if you know them), really emotive and depressing music [emoji38]

I love my metal, but often the more progressive and atmospheric stuff.
Post rock and post metal also.
Have a love of the retro synthwave stuff too.


Wonder if there's anyone on here with similar music tastes?
I see someone attended Tool in Prague, I was there too! But tool is more my other half's thing. Maynard winds me up and I find them a bit overhyped [emoji38]
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You are wrong; TOOL are brilliant lol:)
I'll Have to check out The Wounded; sounds like an interesting mix.
This year hasn't been too gig heavy - apart from playing in my band and seeing mates play I've only been to see Die Antwoord (had to go with my other half - wasn't impressed) and Dub Trio (Dub Trio are great; instrumental band from the states with fat riffs and some prog/dub step moments).
Off to see Dweezil Zappa soon though which should be good.

Last year was great for gigs; went to Grasspop fest in Belgium for a few days; Guns'n'Roses, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Judas priest - loads of good stuff.

As a side note, if anyone is in to their Rock/Alternative stuff, feel free to check out my old band from a few years ago: https://humanherd.bandcamp.com/ - I was the guitarist/singer/Songwriter - cheaply recorded and vocals aren't great, but not too bad. My new band should start gigging again in the new year, so if anyone is around London feel free come (I'll post gig dates etc when booked)

I'll be at the 2nd Monsterball meet weekend at Flip Out next week, so give me a shout if anyone wants to talk music/bands!🤟
 
Den - aka Wolfgang said:
You are wrong; TOOL are brilliant lol:)
I'll Have to check out The Wounded; sounds like an interesting mix.
This year hasn't been too gig heavy - apart from playing in my band and seeing mates play I've only been to see Die Antwoord (had to go with my other half - wasn't impressed) and Dub Trio (Dub Trio are great; instrumental band from the states with fat riffs and some prog/dub step moments).
Off to see Dweezil Zappa soon though which should be good.

Last year was great for gigs; went to Grasspop fest in Belgium for a few days; Guns'n'Roses, Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Judas priest - loads of good stuff.

As a side note, if anyone is in to their Rock/Alternative stuff, feel free to check out my old band from a few years ago: https://humanherd.bandcamp.com/ - I was the guitarist/singer/Songwriter - cheaply recorded and vocals aren't great, but not too bad. My new band should start gigging again in the new year, so if anyone is around London feel free come (I'll post gig dates etc when booked)

I'll be at the 2nd Monsterball meet weekend at Flip Out next week, so give me a shout if anyone wants to talk music/bands![emoji2937]
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I wish I was able to make the flip out event!

I used to enjoy Die Antwoord and saw them live, that was 5 years ago at least!

If you like Tool, I'd reccomend bands like Riverside, Caligula's Horse and Soen.
Soen are probably the most Tool sounding.
Leprous are an amazing band, if you haven't heard them you probably should, although their latest album is a lot softer almost like dark pop, it's still brilliant although divisive

You can't deny Maynard is a bit of a dick!

If anyone is interested in my music tastes I have a last.fm, been using it since 2004!
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Loads of festival and gig stuff over the last few months .

Tonight though .... everything set to stun and the Oirish cranked up to 11 :cool: I've seen them go from playing to 50 in a pub to sold out gigs around the world ,festival headlining slots , Mercury prize shortlisted in the space of 18 months. Good work boys. The awesome Fontaines DC back in Brighton tonight :cool: See you in the pit !

 
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Fontaine dc at the Concorde 2 just finished.... Absolutely brilliant!
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Nailed it again. 5th time seeing them and they are just on fire. Hurricane Laughter - holy cow if there is a more thrilling start to any bands set right now I need to know. Ferocious wall of noise.

We should have met up! Pinballinfo night out [emoji23]

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I lost Mrs To to the front row, she has seen loads of bands live starting with ABBA through punk, new wave, grunge, baggy britpop and beyond and she when we got outside she said “That Could well be the best gig I have ever been to..” high praise indeed.
Boys From the Better Land really went off and Liberty Bell was superb but I agree Hurricane Laughter is one hell of an opener.
 
Been spoilt for gigs this week in Brighton. Saw the awesome Fat White Family again tonight - great performance, plenty of crowd surfing [emoji3] Sold Out show at Chalk - the new improved much larger Haunt. Rivals the Concorde now as Btons #1 mid size venue




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I can see most festivals this year being pulled. I play in a tribute band and we have had most March to July shows pulled already.

Most of the August/September gigs are festivals, You wont have things like thousands of people stood close in a field/arena/club happening for a long time.

I can see social distancing being in for most of the year.
 
Sadly, I think you are right.

I saw ramblin man were still hoping to go ahead in late June. Its simply not going to happen.

id like to think by autumn a few more gigs were going to go ahead but I’m not convinced that even six months from now we will have gone back to full normality.
 
benjamin lawrence said:
Now that I'm a bit miffed about but it's not a biggie, was gonna end up going saturday and sunday, the lineup was actually pretty good. Still kicking that I missed out on tool last year

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I know some of the guys who put Download on every year, and a lot of the workers who do sound/lighting/crewing etc.

The problem is most the acts are refusing to come over to the UK for the next six months absolute minimum.

If download (or any other festival) was cancelled within a month of the performance, the cancellation fees would be 100% - which means the organisers have to pay all the bands, staff, crew, the people who rent the stalls doing food could sue for loss of earnings. The only way this would be reduced is if the government put another lockdown in place (which COULD happen if once we all get let out the cases rise again!).

Will personally feel very lucky if this year I get to perform on a festival stage! I performed on 12 last year.
 
Nickbs said:
So what concerts have you got lined up to attend?

Thought I'd start this thread whilst I'm sat in the bar at the O2 academy in Bristol initial awaiting the on-stage appearance.of 'Ella Eyre' (no I'd never heard offer either) .

Having agreed to do the 'responsible adult' bit for the youngest teenage daughter & her friend I've at least managed to bag a good spot in the bar, a table to lean on and a good wifi signal through the personal 'hotspot'( ooh err') on my phone. The support act doesn't even sound so bad so far & some of the audience look almost as old as me (or is that just the lighting).

Planning a parental revenge by way of having booked the whole family tickets to go and watch Status Quo perform their new acoustic album live at the Roundhouse in Camden next week (2 surplus standing tickets still available at face value if anyone else interested due to booking 'cock-up'!!)


Got me wondering what other concerts/gigs//performances fellow posters ha lined up?
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So who’d have thought it: just 8 years after I started this thread while I was escorting my then 14 year old daughter to an Ella Eyre concert at the O2 in Bristol, Ella Eyre pops-up, almost topping the bill, at the Platinum Jubilee Concert singing in front of Buckingham Palace, overseen by a animated drone sequence of a corgi dropping a bone.

The strange twists fate and fame take you on!
 
Nice to find a thread you didn't know existed.
Been to a few gigs this year;
The Mysterines
John
Pip Blom
Bambara
Dry Cleaning
Oh Sees
Pigs x7
And just got back from Red Rooster which was way better than expected. Only a small festival but a great atmosphere and literally 5 mins drive away. Tried to have a game on JP2, couldn't hit a barn door, stll way too fuzzy🤪
 
This year I’ve been to:
The war on drugs😎
Dave Pearce and Sun Scream 🤔
Go West & Paul Young 🤣
Creamfields 🫠

Still to come, Hot Water Music.
 
I did 3 back to back SLF gigs in March. One in Troon, one at Glasgow Barrowlands and one in Newcastle.

Also got to Sunderland last month to see the Anti-Nowhere League.

Last but not least (for now anyway) saw Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons - who just played a whole set of Motorhead songs
 
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Also got to Sunderland last month to see the Anti-Nowhere League.
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'Hello Mrs Shaw, can I borrow your lawnmower?'

Can't believe Animal is still alive, never seen so much snot. It was disgusting
 
Watched Queen in Manchester last week.. they were absolutely fantastic
 

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