The next gig I'm going to is... [Archive] - Page 2

SHAUN I

19-06-2009, 09:24 PM

What a show, ZPZ lived up to all expectations, I was blown away by some of the solo's especially Inca Roads, Cosmik Debris, Zomby Woof and Willie The Pimp, and what a bunch of really down to earth musicians, just like Roy and Nick. They were out at the end on stage talking to everyone and it was great to shake hands with Dweezil and Joe Travers the FZ Vaultmeister, (and an amazing drummer too!) I've been a big fan of both since the 'Z' years.
The evening ended with around 20 people Zapped out and dancing on stage and the whole crowd on their feet,
Certainly the most fun I've had with my clothes on for good while..:biggrin:

8crFuCAapRU

SHAUN I

22-06-2009, 07:04 PM

Just an added post, I love Son Of Orange County, this is a bit special as Steve Vai and Terry Bozzio join ZPZ with Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals, he sung the original on the Roxy & Elsewhere album, 1974. One for music fans alike everywhere, especially the guitar players on here, and a great tone from his SG and usual quality solo!

Cheers Shaun..

mRfIOdCeom8

bigchris

30-06-2009, 09:10 PM

My next gig will be in DeBarras seeing Luka Bloom on Thursday 30th July ... then on the Saturday in Skibbereen, we ( Paul Sullivan - an ex member of this forum ) will be at their festival, seing amongst others ... Gavin Moore, Tucan, John Spillane and The Waterboys !!

and of course we'll also be seeing whatever else is on at DeBarras on the Friday night !!

Then in September ... we'll be back again for the Clonakilty Guitar Festival !!

Wee Steve

01-07-2009, 11:08 AM

Jez Lowe in Portree. Should be fun, as long as more turn up than bothered for Ivan Drever.:rolleyes:

HarperPR

01-07-2009, 12:10 PM

2 festivals, three Twangs, Reverend and the Makers ...and virtually everything that's on at the iTunes festival at the Roundhouse! :m9:Including Oasis (whom I've never seen), Bloc Party, Newton Faulkner, Calvin Harris and Friendly Fires amongst others. Gonna be a hot July!:wink:

dave w

18-07-2009, 08:23 AM

tonight the Barbican in that London is the place to be - all star Fairport Convention line-up playing their hit (possibly) and other tunes from the 1st 5 LPs

Intense plushness

HarperPR

21-07-2009, 05:38 PM

After having had to miss a raft of good gigs over last 2 weeks (Newton Faulkner, The Twang, Friendly Fires - please let FF take the Mercury Prize! - Calvin Harris, Bloc Party and Delphic) I am now on course for Oasis tonight. Thank God. Have been bored silly. Shall not be drinking or smoking though - and I have my face mask!

wobbly bob

21-07-2009, 07:18 PM

cambridge folk fest... mainly for the less folky acts..

22-07-2009, 01:09 PM

The Trowbridge Village Pump festival. Vicky and I are heading off tomorrow, probably very nervously considering the variable weather, with tent.

http://www.trowbridgefestival.co.uk/2009.htm

HarperPR

23-07-2009, 03:43 PM

The Trowbridge Village Pump festival. Vicky and I are heading off tomorrow, probably very nervously considering the variable weather, with tent.

http://www.trowbridgefestival.co.uk/2009.htm

Let me know what you make of The Destroyers (Sun). Their PR chappie's keen for me to see them, but, er...haven't quite made it yet.:wink:

wobbly bob

24-07-2009, 08:53 AM

are they that group you were 'struggling' to get into the other week...?

wasn't keen, if i remember right...

HarperPR

24-07-2009, 03:21 PM

are they that group you were 'struggling' to get into the other week...?

wasn't keen, if i remember right...

That's them, yeah.:D

Maybe cos I had mentioned their guy here, I had a weird dream about him last night. We were at some venue (not sure if Brum - he also PRs for a couple of venues there - didn't recognise it) and I was wanting him to get me backstage - to see Nick Harper! But he kept talking to people, and I was getting edgy because I wanted to get in. Weird.

27-07-2009, 08:43 AM

Let me know what you make of The Destroyers (Sun). Their PR chappie's keen for me to see them, but, er...haven't quite made it yet.:wink:
Sorry, the last thing I saw on Sunday was the wonderful Steve Knightley... we decided Sunday night at home in a real bed was required and the Sunday lineup wasn't too hot. We did get quite lucky with the weather though... the prolonged rain forecast for Saturday night and all of Sunday didn't materialise!

bigchris

27-07-2009, 10:59 PM

Did you get chance to see Kangeroo Moon (?) - I've wanted to see them for years !!

28-07-2009, 06:55 AM

Did you get chance to see Kangaroo Moon
No, they were later on Sunday as well I think. But I have seen them before, in the days when I used to go to Glastonbury.

The person I did see was Luka Bloom, who played a great set and showed an unexpected line in warm, self-deprecating humour. I bought his "Tribe" album, hoping to listen to it today.

pete c

28-07-2009, 09:57 AM

Tribe is very chilled, not really typical Luka (tho maybe it is these days) I like it a lot. Wish I'd been there to see him.

HarperPR

08-08-2009, 08:26 PM

Pearl Jam at Shepherd's Bush Empire on Tuesday. Who said grunge was dead.:D

Wee Steve

09-08-2009, 09:11 AM

The Old Inn,
Carbost,
(hard by the Talisker Distillery),
Isle of Skye.

Tomorrow - Monday - 10 August 2009

A certain Mr N. Harper, I believe.

Just down the road (well, 30 mins - which counts up here).:biggrin:

scotpaulabear

09-08-2009, 09:36 PM

Steve, I hope you have a fantastic night - Nick's sounding great and that bar is total quality :biggrin:

My next: his Harpicness at the Fringe x2...

dave w

28-08-2009, 11:19 AM

Travellerman

28-08-2009, 01:58 PM

off to see Hawkwind, celebrating their 40th anninversary @ Porchester Halls, Notting Hill - full page feature on them in the Grauniad today
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/27/hawkwind-dave-brock

Ecce !!

I read that as "to see off Hawkwind" and thought that must be impossible! surely they will see the lot of us off :D

Enjoy!

dave w

29-08-2009, 08:25 AM

I'm sure that hawkwind, bits of cher and roaches will survive nuclear war.

they were really on form - so good that I'm going again.

Travellerman

29-08-2009, 09:12 AM

Lol.... :)

bigchris

29-08-2009, 02:09 PM

as I'm off to see the ONLY band that I dance to ... and IMHO they are the best band in the world ... and are playing ( again IMHO ) at one of the worst festivals ( even worse than Beautiful Days ... but better than the ill fated Eastern Haze ) ... and that's Shooglenifty at Towersey Festival

SteveT

30-08-2009, 06:13 AM

The Bad Shepherds tonight on the pier. They received fullsome praise from the bloke who is promoting them (well they would wouldn't they?) but his enthusiasm persuaded me.

dave w

04-09-2009, 10:26 AM

except they don't do that one anymore (5 years time) - tonight it's Noah & the Whale @ the ICA

HarperPR

11-09-2009, 09:29 AM

The Twang! Tonight! And party after. Woo, yes, bring it onn! Only wish I gone to bed last night before 8am this morning. This could be one long 48 hour hangover...

aspwatterson

11-09-2009, 02:23 PM

Us lot in Basingstoke on the stage where Nick performed earlier this year. Free to get in and with earplugs optional.

Central Studios, Queen Mary's College, Basingstoke.

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c/a

bigchris

28-09-2009, 09:30 PM

Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express .... in Winchester of all places !!

I must be getting old ... I now opted for a 130 mile round-trip for a gig instead of going into London on Thursday to see them !!

scotpaulabear

28-09-2009, 09:43 PM

Doesn't sound old, sounds like an adventure :wink:
My next is Zero 7 in Edinburgh in 2 weeks, can't wait (even though Sia isn't with them this tour)...

HarperPR

28-09-2009, 11:06 PM

The next 5 weeks for me follow a very similar pattern: Reverend And The Makers (Lon), The Twang (Lon, Bri & Manc), Editors (Lon & Bri), and the Reverend again (Lon).

"It's this repetitive, repetitive nonsense..." LOL!

The Monster

06-10-2009, 03:01 PM

Went to see Mott The Hoople at Hammersmith last night. What a revelation; not by any stretch a bunch of has beens trotting out some loveable nostalgia but a simply breathtaking performance almost on a par with their early 70s heyday.
Having seen them in the same venue 36 years previously and them having been apart for almost as long, it was utterly spine-tingling and I instantly remembered what being 15 felt like.

Ian Hunter is a genius in the Roy category and there is no higher praise than that.

HarperPR

06-10-2009, 04:17 PM

Diary of a Rock n Roll Star still one of my favourites of that ilk.

dave w

07-10-2009, 11:46 AM

Pixies @ Brixton tonight - playing all of Doolittle plus contemporaneous material.

Maybe gigs should be filmed for TimeTeam or some such program.

How long before English Heritage / National Trust start to re-enact classic UK music festivals/gigs? They currently do battles - 1066 coming soon -and didn't someone re-enact Orgreave recently ?

Living in the past indeed.

SteveT

07-10-2009, 08:10 PM

Neil Innes at The Cellars in Pompey on Friday. Whoopee!

http://www.neilinnes.org/

bigchris

07-10-2009, 09:36 PM

aspwatterson

07-10-2009, 10:44 PM

....so I feel I should go there again !!

You do roam platonic deserts, cosmic plateaux, sonic mountains and the bionic forests with your chronic vastness supporting!

...on your life's journey..

chrs
andi :D

scotpaulabear

08-10-2009, 07:34 AM

wobbly bob

10-10-2009, 06:54 PM

Diary of a Rock n Roll Star still one of my favourites of that ilk.

i'm reading that book at the minute! ah, the 70's....
:)

wobbly bob

10-10-2009, 06:55 PM

The Monster

10-10-2009, 07:31 PM

is there going to be a dvd? was a big mott fan, back in the day...

Hope so; apparently there was a lot of contractual wrangling (wouldn't be the same without that) but several cameras were there on the later dates, apparently. You'll find lots of interesting stuff on the MTH reunion page of the messageboard on ianhunter.com (sorry to drop names, Linn)
There is a live CD of the first night too, it was on sale the same night. The wonders of modern science...

The Monster

10-10-2009, 07:43 PM

Hope so; apparently there was a lot of contractual wrangling (wouldn't be the same without that) but several cameras were there on the later dates, apparently. You'll find lots of interesting stuff on the MTH reunion page of the messageboard on ianhunter.com (sorry to drop names, Linn)
There is a live CD of the first night too, it was on sale the same night. The wonders of modern science...

Must cut out the use of apparently, basically.

bigchris

11-10-2009, 10:21 PM

off to see an ex-support act for Nick ... way back in 2004 ( gosh where have the years gone ! ) Stephen Fearing supported Nick on his tour ... I then went to see him the same year at Twickenham Folk Club ... and the next time he plays the same venue is on Sunday ... so I feel I should go there again !!

I would have liked to add a quick note here saying how good the gig was ... but something very strange happened tonight !! I didn't bother getting there for the support act, so I entered the club just before 9:00pm. The club is a little bit cliquey but friendly enough. Stephen was great, just how I remembered him ... he played for 45 minutes and then had a break, so I bought his 2 CDs and went outside for a breather. I re-entered the club about 30 seconds after Stephen did ( he was outside having a smoke ) but I found the doors to the venue locked !!!?! I knocked a couple of times, but no one answered ... so I went home !!

I have sent the venue a rather "colourful" email !!

scotpaulabear

12-10-2009, 08:59 AM

Well, that's rubbish! Glad you got half a decent gig, but how silly is that...

Off to see Zero 7 tonight, if my various sinus and head issues don't manifest into the flu (swine or otherwise) before then... :bored:

just jane

12-10-2009, 03:47 PM

I would have liked to add a quick note here saying how good the gig was ... but something very strange happened tonight !! I didn't bother getting there for the support act, so I entered the club just before 9:00pm. The club is a little bit cliquey but friendly enough. Stephen was great, just how I remembered him ... he played for 45 minutes and then had a break, so I bought his 2 CDs and went outside for a breather. I re-entered the club about 30 seconds after Stephen did ( he was outside having a smoke ) but I found the doors to the venue locked !!!?! I knocked a couple of times, but no one answered ... so I went home !!

I have sent the venue a rather "colourful" email !!

Something similar happened to me once at my kids school carol concert at Chester cathederal, it was very bizarre standing outside in the freezing cold of december knocking to get into a cathederal :confused1:

just jane

12-10-2009, 03:49 PM

My next gig will be Ade Edmunson and the bad Shepherds on the 27th.

12-10-2009, 03:52 PM

You'll love the Bad Shepherds. I saw them at Trowbridge this year and they were wonderful... the CD is great too.

just jane

12-10-2009, 03:57 PM

Im looking forward to them, I did have the cd but lent it to a friend, I must remember to get it back.

HarperPR

12-10-2009, 10:22 PM

i'm reading that book at the minute! ah, the 70's....
:)

Is it still in print? Wouldn't mind reading that again. Long ago lost my copy.

HarperPR

12-10-2009, 10:24 PM

All this week - and next - I may be doing a raft of Twangs...or I may not, of course.:)

bigchris

25-10-2009, 06:30 PM

Off to see Focus playing at the Wycombe Swan tomorrow night ... although they are one of my fave bands and only playing a couple of miles from home, I wasn't originally going to go ... as they are just one of three bands playing ( with The Strawbs and one of the Wishbone Ash band versions ) ... but I thought I should as you never know if Focus will ever tour on their own again ... so something is better than nothing !!

Also not seen the Strawbs since the Suffolk & Good Festival in 1993 ( when Roy & Nick played ) gosh ... that does not seem like 16 chuffing years ago !!

25-10-2009, 06:32 PM

There needs to be more yodelling prog rock in my opinion.

SteveT

26-10-2009, 09:23 PM

I've seen this Focus line up twice now. Once as a "threefer" type thing with Wishbone Ash and The Groundhogs (before the latest stroke) and once as the only band on the bill. Very enjoyable too. Not quite the same style as the 70s versions but still good entertainment. Much better in a standing venue for some reason. If you haven't seen what Thjis v Leer looks like these days - you are in for a treat. :biggrin:

dave w

20-11-2009, 05:48 PM

tonight it's Espers + Cave Singers + Woods @ ULU then Tortoise & Cluster on Sunday and finally Laura Marling on Monday.

Maybe go into work after that for a rest :biggrin:

Travellerman

20-11-2009, 06:19 PM

Tortoise! I saw them with Lanois in San Francisco a few years back, a good gig. Their drummer was interesting to watch.

scotpaulabear

20-11-2009, 11:40 PM

Dave, Laura Marling was amazing when I saw her with Daniel Johnston (who was no slouch himself :wink: ), think you'll love her live!

My next gig is the reunion of my friend's band Hoochie Fig - after over a year fighting colon cancer (quite successfully!), he's ready to rock again :m3:

HarperPR

21-11-2009, 12:30 PM

Paloma Faith at Koko. She's had a fortune spent on her and been on everything, so hope she lives up to it.

dave w

26-11-2009, 12:23 PM

Gong + Steve Hillage band @ the Forum 27-11-2009
then the Hawklords @ 229 on 29-11-2009 - possibly doing all of the Space Ritual album, or not, as the mood takes them.

scotpaulabear

26-11-2009, 12:29 PM

Glenn Tilbrook at the Inn at Lathones next Tuesday... then 3 more of his Scottish dates that week :blushing: (why do if you can overdo LOL)

bigchris

26-11-2009, 07:08 PM

Strange ... I thought your next gig was Nick tomorrow night ?!?!

scotpaulabear

26-11-2009, 11:27 PM

Well, originally (on the old board) this was a non-Nick gig thread, forgot it wasn't on here, but yeah my next gig is less than 24 hours away :biggrin: So is yours I believe!

critch

28-11-2009, 05:24 PM

Hey Peeps! And what a gig it was.. Good to see you Big Chris - even though I think you'd forgotten who I was :wink: Haha! But then after a barrell of Timmy T I think I can forgive you for that!

Craig_Powers

29-11-2009, 07:56 PM

Glenn Tilbrook at the Inn at Lathones next Tuesday... then 3 more of his Scottish dates that week :blushing: (why do if you can overdo LOL)

I wanted to see Glenn Tilbrook too but his local gig at St.Helens Citadel clashed with Nick @ Pacific Arts. Eight of my friends was to see G.T. and I went to see Nick. We all made it back to the same pub for a few beers and banter. Great performance by Glenn by all accounts. All came away impressed.

Watford Pete

01-12-2009, 09:17 AM

I'm trying to remember that there is life in this old dog, so doing 2 gigs in 2 nights.

White Lies in Portsmouth tonight. Very excited as this will be the 1st time I have seen this lot - despite gate crashing a soundtrack the last time they were in town when I couldn't get to the main event because of wifes waters breaking shortly before Joan graced us with her presence!

HarperPR

01-12-2009, 01:03 PM

You will love love LOVE White Lies, Pete! I've seen them twice now, the last just the other week at Brixton. Blimey, what a night/morning!:wink: They throw a good afterparty too - get in there! :m3:

pconpie

01-12-2009, 10:31 PM

This week, I will be mostly watching Horslips. The Point Depot (now a sponsored arena for a telephony company) Dublin, Saturday 5th December.

Watford Pete

02-12-2009, 05:38 AM

You will love love LOVE White Lies, Pete! I've seen them twice now, the last just the other week at Brixton. Blimey, what a night/morning!:wink: They throw a good afterparty too - get in there! :m3:

Unfortunately I wasn't that impressed. Really looked forward to it and found the set to be a bit mechanical.
There were a few PA problems and a ton of kids who insisted on throwing lager through the air, but in comparison to the great event of the Tragically Hip on Monday, this was a bit of a let down.

HarperPR

03-12-2009, 08:47 PM

Oh...! Sorry to hear that. Different night, different show I guess. The beer throwers seem to be gaining momentum - seeing that more and more with a few acts, if you're talking at aiming at the stage and not just amongst the audience?

just jane

04-12-2009, 01:46 PM

The Annual Christmas Mahones gig will be my next one :D, and the next song is another drinking song :cheers2: I wonder how many time theyll play Fairy tale of New York this time.

scotpaulabear

04-12-2009, 02:43 PM

The Annual Christmas Mahones gig will be my next one :D, and the next song is another drinking song :cheers2: I wonder how many time theyll play Fairy tale of New York this time.

Oh yus! theirs was probably the best set of the Cropredy festival I went to (besides Nick's that is :wink: ) - and yes this is another drinking song LOL :cheers2:

HarperPR

07-12-2009, 10:49 PM

Katrina, are you going up to Brum next week for Dave Sharp? Now that The Twang are also on with DS and The Wonder Stuff, guess I'll sort of have to stick around a second night!

bigchris

04-01-2010, 04:38 PM

Next gig for me is Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake at the Barbican in London on 22nd Jan 2010 ... I'm not exactly a big fan of ND's songs; I'm only going because Scott Matthews is playing ... though the fact that Teddy Thompson is there, is a bit of a bonus !!

Travellerman

04-01-2010, 07:50 PM

Preston Reed :D

bigchris

04-01-2010, 10:40 PM

Man of few words ( you ... not PR )

Travellerman

04-01-2010, 10:51 PM

:) ~ I've not seen him before (have you?), other than Youtube clips, but I'm looking forwards to it. Nick plays next door two nights later aswell, so it's looking like a good weekend, and much needed too, it's been ages since I went to any kind of gig. Times are 'ard etc...

bigchris

05-01-2010, 12:22 AM

:) ~ I've not seen him before (have you?)

Yeah a few times in Clonaklity and in Henley last year ... you won't be disapointed !!

HarperPR

18-01-2010, 01:31 AM

Off later this arvo to Fleche d'or, Paris, on a little beano to see Peter Doherty. Although no knowing if he will pitch up for it! It is bizarre to think I can be there in less time than to Brum!

Closer to home, there is a Haiti benefit gig taking place at the Cavern in Liverpool on 29th with Nigel Clarke from Dodgy, Alun Parry, Darren Poyzer, Ian Prowse from Amsterdam (worth it alone if he does the wonderful Does This Train Stop...) and more. Worth going. www.love-haiti.org/

pete c

18-01-2010, 08:45 AM

Last gig I went to.... The Swell Season, last night at Salford Lowry. Gorgeous gig, although Glen commented on the weird ambience in the room. Audience was very quiet, but that was because we were all listening, rapt, to the beautiful music. He did conclude that the room (Quays Theatre) was designed in a way that didn't allow audience noise to carry very far. The music sounded great though. A quiet gig is not necessarily a bad thing, and we joined in with some singalongs at the end.

He also said that they don't play much in the UK because "it's a weird place for Irish bands to play, the media has a very X Factor mentality" which elicited protest from the audience, but he has got a point, saying that the Frames (his other band, who form the backing for Swell Season) could sell out venues in Ireland then play to 12 people in Liverpool. He promised to return for a bigger tour sometime soon.

Support were The Lost Brothers, a king of Irish Proclaimers duo singing country-tinged songs, great harmonies.

Shane

18-01-2010, 12:53 PM

tonight, it's Mr Todd Rundgren @ the Forum.

Im going to see Todd Rundgren playing A Wizard / A True Star in a couple of weeks in london. Im pretty excited about that one.

Watford Pete

19-01-2010, 10:10 PM

http://www.jontnet.com/gigs.php

GIG - The Drift Bar 22nd January, 8pm

LOCATION: The Drift Bar, 78 Palmerston Road Portsmouth, PO5 3PT
Jont on stage from 9pm - 10pm

GIG - ALBUM LAUNCH GIG 26th January 2010

LOCATION: ALBUM LAUNCH GIG, 96 - 98 Pentonville Road London, N1 9JB
Playing tracks from his forthcoming album of ragged, sun-flecked melancholy SET IT FREE, Jont and his new band The Infinite Possibility play their first big gig of 2010 - exclusive free Jont track with every advance ticket from www.musicglue.com! Doors 7.30pm Music 9pm. Advance tickets from www.curiousgeneration.com / www.thelexington.co.uk. Flyer at http://jontnet.com/newsletter/Jont-Lexington-Flier-Jan-10_web.jpg

SteveT

20-01-2010, 06:40 AM

GIG - The Drift Bar 22nd January, 8pm

LOCATION: The Drift Bar, 78 Palmerston Road Portsmouth, PO5 3PT
Jont on stage from 9pm - 10pm

I'll see you there Pete.

HarperPR

21-01-2010, 03:14 PM

Fyfe Dangerfield
www.myspace.com/fyfedangerfield

The Twang
www.myspace.com/thetwang

First Aid Kit
www.myspace.com/thisisfirstaidkit (listen to Hard Believer - beautiful - if not everyone's cup of tea!)

bigchris

21-01-2010, 03:25 PM

Linn - that entry was a little "andi-esk" !!

Just a list of three bands that you like !?

I might be wrong, but I thought the idea behind this thread was to let others know which gigs you are going to ... so maybe if someone else is going to the same gig, then a pre-gig meetup might be on the cards ?!?

HarperPR

21-01-2010, 06:16 PM

LOL, Chris! Andi has led me astray.

It was the next gigs: Fyfe tonight at Scala, acoustic Twangers on Feb 5 at The Garage and First Aid Kit on Mar 4 at Union Chapel.

SteveT

21-01-2010, 07:03 PM

Saturday will see me attending this at the RMA in Portsmouth:

http://www.myspace.com/sallystrawberrymusic

http://www.myspace.com/thesallystrawberryrevue

The gig I'm getting very excited about though is Andy Sheppard in South*mpton on Feb 6th:

http://www.turnersims.co.uk/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=28&extmode=view&extid=459

bigchris

21-01-2010, 07:34 PM

certainly not my next gig ... but just booked 4 tickets for the Off The Tracks festival in May ... before ANY details are available on who is playing ... will now have to wait and see if anyone decent turns up on the programme ... just so that when we are sat around our tents we know we are missing someone good !!

scotpaulabear

21-01-2010, 10:30 PM

just so that when we are sat around our tents we know we are missing someone good !!

:D

Don't you want to come to Beautiful Days again Chris and miss lots of great music? :wink:

bigchris

22-01-2010, 10:40 AM

:D

Don't you want to come to Beautiful Days again Chris and miss lots of great music? :wink:

[Rant Begin: :rant: ]
I still need to be assured that BD have improved their act ( the organisers not the bands ) since when we went ... in that year it was the most un-organised festival we had ever been to ( queing up to get into the site - the last mile took us what about 3 hours or so - as they were putting the wrist bands on to people as they were sat in their cars - very slow AND very non Green !! ) since then has been surpassed by the now defunct Eastern Haze festival ... but as the BD is supposed to be the Levellers festival ( who have obviously attended 100's of festivals themselves ) we would have thought that they would have known what they were doing !!
[Rant End: :rant:]

Erm so ... no, probably won't be doing BD this year !!

scotpaulabear

22-01-2010, 11:09 AM

HAHA okay fair enough :p
I have heard it's better from repeat attendees, but they may be biased... everyone said the year before last was meh but this year was amazing, best vibe ever. And I haven't heard the traffic complaints again... that was MURDER, if we'd missed Nick sitting in traffic - which we nearly did - I would have lost my mind. :willy_nilly:

Regardless, I am going this year (family health issues willing) - the tickets are bought and I'm psyched no matter who is playing. Though Nick had better haha.

dave w

06-02-2010, 02:58 PM

tonight, it's Todd Rundgren @ Hammersmith Odeon (or whatever it's called these days). Shane, I've sent you a message re: meet-up.

Shane

08-02-2010, 11:07 PM

What did you make of that? I wasnt a bit impressed with Todd Rundgren's Johnson. I wasnt one of those booing but it was pretty rubbish. Wizard was great though. I think i might have preferred it if he played it as more of a straight band thing with less of the pantomime and not had the band members doing lead vocals because he had to run off and change costume again but thats a fairly minor gripe when it was all so silly and entertaining. Highlights for me were Zen Archer, Is It My Name (or whatever its called) and a few others too probably. The band were excellent, i was suprised how close to the original it sounded. tonight, it's Todd Rundgren @ Hammersmith Odeon (or whatever it's called these days). Shane, I've sent you a message re: meet-up.

bigchris

22-02-2010, 07:03 PM

just heard that Jonn Gomm is playing down the road from work tomorrow in Bracknell ( with two other guitarists that I've never heard of - Byron Johnston and John Dignam ), so it would be rude not to pay a visit and give the fellow yorkshireman some support !!

Travellerman

23-02-2010, 10:37 AM

I have two JG tracks on my ipod, and they're not too bad - I have no idea how I came about them though :biggrin: perhaps they descended from someone posting something here... you maybe ??? Enjoy the night.

scotpaulabear

26-02-2010, 07:18 AM

Not quite the next gig, but my husband has just cheered me up after a horrible week with news that we have 2 front row seats for Crosby Stills & Nash in Glasgow this July :willy_nilly: :biggrin: I love that man...

SteveT

28-02-2010, 12:47 PM

Crosby, Stills or Nash?

:wink:

scotpaulabear

28-02-2010, 06:03 PM

Crosby, Stills or Nash?

:wink:

Yes, very yes, and kinda but only with the other two :wink:

HarperPR

03-03-2010, 12:40 PM

Probably First Aid Kit in London tomorrow. Then THE TWANG - yee hah!:cheers2: - at the Borderline in London on March 13 (can't believe they are playing there - it is tiny and the dressing room is no bigger than a large cupboard!).

dave w

05-03-2010, 12:19 PM

Tonight, it's John Cale at the Royal Festival Hall doing one of those "let's play a whole elpees worth of tunes in one gig" gigs.

In this case, Paris 1919

Travellerman

05-03-2010, 04:40 PM

Nick! :D Mar 21.... if I can get away from work on time :)

scotpaulabear

08-03-2010, 06:14 AM

Nick! :D Mar 21.... if I can get away from work on time :)

I can't see you letting a little thing like work get in yer way, Trav :D

Well, since I don't see myself getting to see anyone over here (I took Mom to an local "pub" the other night and we saw her friend play for a while, but it was more to destress than gig!), my next gig will be Justin Currie on the 18th, just down the road from my house, then Nick at Union Chapel :biggrin:

Travellerman

08-03-2010, 04:43 PM

I can't see you letting a little thing like work get in yer way, Trav :D

:D Well, if we finish before 22:30 maybe I can get a bus, if not it's an all nighter... or a 17 mile night hike across the Downs.

(I just realised that I might be able to get a taxi, always the last thing to cross my mind! :D :rolleyes:)

dave w

30-03-2010, 12:36 PM

Tonigt I'll be mainly seeing The Who doing a trot through Quadrophenia at the Albert Hall (the Royal one, not the one in Bolton)

scotpaulabear

30-03-2010, 01:00 PM

Sounds fab, Dave!

Monday night, James at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange...
(and then Nick in Preston if the rail companies play along :bored: )

bigchris

30-03-2010, 02:26 PM

Tonigt I'll be mainly seeing The Who doing a trot through Quadrophenia at the Albert Hall (the Royal one, not the one in Bolton)

How come you weren't at the Union Chapel gig on Friday ?

dave w

03-05-2010, 10:28 AM

tonight I'll be adding to the pension funds of the Stooges & Suicide, at Hammersmith Odeon/Apollo/Whatever

Watford Pete

10-05-2010, 08:14 PM

Very excited.
Roy and Joanna.

Hole in the Wall from around 6.30pm if you are coming by Waterloo.

scotpaulabear

10-05-2010, 08:22 PM

A crapload of gigs in the next 2 weeks (including Nick, Glenn, the Charlatans, the Brian Jonestown Massacre and Justin Currie), but first Flight of the Conchords in Manchester - it's business time! :D

HarperPR

31-05-2010, 04:45 PM

Villagers at Bush Hall. Eagerly anticipated by moi as the album, Becoming A Jackal, is one of my two current non-stop-players (along with Stornoway). And for the Sunday Times to give it a 4* review and call it 'a beautiful and remarkable debut', Mr O'Brien must be doing something right!

Travellerman

31-05-2010, 07:58 PM

Roy Harper... :D

bigchris

31-05-2010, 08:32 PM

wot a week ahead .... Mark Knopfler on Wednesday and Roy Harper on Saturday ... two of my fave artists !!

Shane

01-06-2010, 12:55 PM

Ive gotten very lazy lately, i havent been to a gig since february (Todd Rundgren) but tonight im going to venture out and see Rangda - a "Supergroup" with Sir Richard Bishop of Sun City Girls, Ben Chasney of Six Organs of Admittance and Chris Corsano who has played drums with pretty much everyone.

telemonster

08-06-2010, 07:05 AM

Friday at Donington! AC/DC and Them Crooked Vultures! :D

HarperPR

08-06-2010, 09:02 PM

Anyone checking out Meltdown at the South Bank? Some good artists playing. Lots I am very tempted by! After seeing Villagers again last night for the second time (mad whim to go to Paris - only takes me same time by train as to get to Brum!), will definitely be a third here on 15th when they support Field Music.

And as a freebie Sunday afternoon busk, there's John Smith on 20th.

http://bit.ly/dBY7PV

Dr_Doom_The_Optimist

08-06-2010, 09:23 PM

HarperPR

08-06-2010, 10:31 PM

VILLAGERS :thumbup1:

The album is superb.

+A

Hell, that it is! Love how Conor is being banded about like a new Messiah. He certainly has quality. Every time I hear The Meaning Of The Ritual I get a little bit teary!

HarperPR

17-06-2010, 05:40 PM

All this Sunday afternoon and all for FREE!
http://j.mp/cdW0xp

HarperPR

25-06-2010, 12:49 PM

Off to Glaaassstonbury this evening. Stopping en route so not on site until tomorrow. And hopefully will be out again before sunset on Sunday! Well, you know how much I hate festivals, even Glasto! :biggrin:

Looking forward to seeing Villagers (yet again), Stornoway, Beach House, Delphic, Frankie & The Heartstrings, Dreadzone (always!), WAS. And that band called 'England' on Sunday...:wink::D

bigchris

25-06-2010, 01:35 PM

Hopefully not getting stuck in the Glasto traffic ... I should be seeing Christy Moore down in Basingstoke tonight ... and then on the Saturday the yet-famous Stellavision at the Rose & Crown in Darton !!

scotpaulabear

25-06-2010, 02:52 PM

Hannah O'Reilly (fantastic songs about murder and orgasms, oh my! :D ) and Paul Gilbody (smooooth acoustic, lovely guy) at the West End festy in Glasgow Sunday, then the godlike CSN (front row!! :blink: ) at the SECC in a week and a bit...

aspwatterson

09-07-2010, 06:30 AM

http://www.basingstokelive.co.uk/

With Nadeen!

andi

ps Can't we drag Nick along next year pretty please?

HarperPR

10-07-2010, 12:12 PM

Any Mumford & Sons fans here and near/in London? You might be interested in the string of freebie gigs next week at
Flowerpot, NW5. http://bit.ly/bVgfhm

dave w

27-07-2010, 12:34 PM

may not count as a gig in the traditional sense.......
.........Alan Moore @ Waterloo/Old Vic vaults on Thursday night, reading from one of his new works. Not optimistic about there being a mosh pit.:m3:

there's a slew of Alan Moore features around at the moment, here's a link to one you may not have seen http://www.mustardweb.org/04/index.htm

HarperPR

28-07-2010, 08:44 PM

I am going to those tunnels next week to see Villagers. Never been there. Would appreciate a venue review, Dave, after you have tasted the ambience!

dave w

10-08-2010, 10:20 AM

tonight it's a rare screening of The Final Programme @ the BFI followed by a Q&A with none other than Michael Moorcock

http://www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank/film_programme/regular_strands/the_flipside/the_final_programme_qa_with_michael_moorco

dave w

18-08-2010, 12:37 PM

off to the Green Man festival - 3 whole days of popular artists covering songs from one of Roys best records..............I may have been misinformed about the nature of the event :blink:

SteveT

28-08-2010, 12:43 PM

The Men They Couldn't Hang tonight. First time for twenty years or so. I can barely remember what they were like but am expecting some toe tapping to take place.

dave w

01-09-2010, 09:44 AM

John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett @ the Half Moon in Putney tonight

the pie will be before the gig

scotpaulabear

01-09-2010, 07:34 PM

Just got tix to KT Tunstall at the Barrowlands in October. What I've heard of the new album sounds fab, and a bit more in-your-face than previous, which is cool :biggrin:

SHAUN I

01-09-2010, 07:50 PM

Roy Harper, Palace Theatre, Manchester, 18th September..
Oh, and Joanna Newsom's on the same bill :biggrin:
should be a great night!

scotpaulabear

02-09-2010, 12:27 AM

Roy and Joanna's Glasgow gig is (I think) 2 days after that - that's my real next gig too, yay! :biggrin:

Travellerman

02-09-2010, 09:06 AM

Hehe.. like Shaun, Roy Harper in Bristol on the 16th, Miss Newsom is playing too :D I have not seen her before so I'm looking forwards to that part too.

pconpie

03-09-2010, 08:50 PM

Hmm.... insane. There seems to be a theme here. I too am attending a Miss Newsom concert. Dublin, 14th September. The ticket just refers to "Special Guests". Oh how mysterious.

Watcher

04-09-2010, 10:20 AM

Jethro Tull at South Shields on the 17th - somehow connected to the Great North Run! (which I won't be attending!). Then Nick at the Cluny in November (my gig going has sadly slipped in recent years, these two and the Fairports are my staples, very few others considered, something to do with childrearing and lack of babysitters - oh, and bone-idleness may enter into it somewhere too).

HarperPR

04-09-2010, 02:33 PM

In no particular order (and some more than once!), The Twang, Roy, Nick, Mark Chadwick, Villagers, Fyfe Dangerfield + The Boy Who Trapped The Sun, Exit Calm...few last minute randoms, I guess...then comes November, haha!

But having fallen over a bollard at the Libertines gig recently, and still with painful joints, I may be in need of the disabled OAP section for all! LOL

HarperPR

11-10-2010, 10:59 PM

These at Hoxton on Thursday. And if you like em, I have a spare g list place, so hit me up if you wanna come.

Exit Calm - Don't Look Down http://t.co/qkaWovF
(2 mins in it's just a wall of sound washing over you. His voice - immense.)
And when they are being acoustic, they sound like this:
http://t.co/K5njmWc

HarperPR

29-10-2010, 04:29 PM

The start of my two months' gigging insania tonight!

Everything Everything at The Hospital, who I do quite like, but not anywhere near as much as I heart Chapel Club, who are also there! Listen to this for loveliness:
http://t.co/ZyulyVj

critch

29-10-2010, 10:40 PM

Can't remember if I posted that I was going to Birkenhead a week Saturday - with 3 Harpic virgins actually! But I am, and I'm looking forward to it immensely! So I thought I'd try my luck and see if I put a request on here for songs, whether it might get back to Nick and he'd do them! :)

So, any chance of Before they put me in the ground, Blood Song, and Titties and Beer? Thanks! :)

bigchris

31-10-2010, 08:28 PM

First of a lot gigs in the next few months ... Tuesday is The Afro celt Sound System at the Barbican ... won't be as good a place as a festival, but beggars and all that !

HarperPR

02-11-2010, 09:50 PM

Goldheart Assembly tomorrow at lovely Bush Hall, then Oxford trekkie Thursday for Stornoway's hometown show. Can. Not. Wait. :thumbup1:

bigchris

03-11-2010, 12:18 AM

First of a lot gigs in the next few months ... Tuesday is The Afro celt Sound System at the Barbican ... won't be as good a place as a festival, but beggars and all that !

How wrong was I !?!? An absolute superb gig ... easily one of the best ( of any artist ) I've been to in the past few years ... they are celebrating their 15th anniversary this year and have just released a retrospective double CD. If you bought the CD tonight ( which I did ) you have access to download a remix track @ http://download.afroceltsoundsystem.net - code = HPARACSS

SHAUN I

03-11-2010, 06:40 PM

Nick Harper, The Grand, Blackpool..Tomorrow night! :m8:

SteveT

03-11-2010, 08:44 PM

Eric Bibb at Chichester Festival Theatre on Monday. It must be ten years since I last saw him and I think that was in a big tent, so now that I'm a decade older the CFT's comfy seats will be a blessing.

just jane

04-11-2010, 06:53 AM

I have apparently won tickets to see 3 Daft Monkeys at Manchester next Tuesday :D

scotpaulabear

04-11-2010, 07:49 AM

I have apparently won tickets to see 3 Daft Monkeys at Manchester next Tuesday :D

NICE! :biggrin: Tell 'em to get their arses back up to Scotchland please :wink:

scotpaulabear

04-11-2010, 07:50 AM

Nick Harper, The Grand, Blackpool..Tomorrow night! :m8:

Coincidence! that's where I'll be tonight! :D

dave w

04-11-2010, 01:44 PM

Zappa plays Zappa @ the Roundhouse on Saturday 6th Nov

Playing all of the Apostrophe album, which has Cosmic Debris on there, if I remember correctly - used to be covered by Nick

SHAUN I

04-11-2010, 05:19 PM

Zappa plays Zappa @ the Roundhouse on Saturday 6th Nov

The whole weekend sounds great, dedicated to one of the greatest ever composer/musicians. I really wanted to go to this, but couldn't manage it, what with one thing and another getting in the way, saw Dweezil & co last year, they are pretty amazing live..have a great time mate!

SHAUN I

07-11-2010, 01:42 AM

Zappa plays Zappa @ the Roundhouse on Saturday 6th Nov

Saw the live streaming of this concert tonight from The Roundhouse, obviously not the same as being there, but a great gig nevertheless, although a few tracks were missing by request of Dweezil (Due to unseen FZ footage) A really great Gumbo Variations opener and a live first of Excentrifugal Forz, what with catching up with Robert Plant on the iplayer, it's been an entertaining evening :m2:

Hope you had a good night dave w.

HarperPR

09-11-2010, 02:14 AM

I have apparently won tickets to see 3 Daft Monkeys at Manchester next Tuesday :D

Well done! Are you going? They don't really do it for me.

HarperPR

09-11-2010, 02:19 AM

Saw CocknBullKid at the Roundhouse tonight. Liked more than I expected. We left before Marina and the Diamonds. :closedeyes:

Tomorrow - or later tonight rather - Cowboy Junkies at the Chapel.

just jane

22-11-2010, 04:26 PM

Well done! Are you going? They don't really do it for me.

Of course I went, I like them. They bring a bit of my summer to a cold dark night in Manchester :biggrin:

My next gig will be The Levellers in Manchester on Friday and Ive just had another email off Mike Eccleshall telling me Ive won tickets to see them again in Shrewsbury on Saturday(I think hes getting fed up of giving me tix :biggrin:) anybody would think Im becoming a stalker.

Im not usually lucky with competitions, the only other thing Ive won before is tickets to see Bellowhead at Liverpool and the academy messed up the guest list and wouldnt let me in:confused1:

HarperPR

23-11-2010, 01:05 PM

Of course I went, I like them. They bring a bit of my summer to a cold dark night in Manchester

My next gig will be The Levellers in Manchester on Friday and Ive just had another email off Mike Eccleshall telling me Ive won tickets to see them again in Shrewsbury on Saturday(I think hes getting fed up of giving me tix :biggrin:) anybody would think Im becoming a stalker.

Im not usually lucky with competitions, the only other thing Ive won before is tickets to see Bellowhead at Liverpool and the academy messed up the guest list and wouldnt let me in

Hey, lucky you! People will start to think there is something going on between you and Mike! :D

I would say, trust the Academies to mess up, apropos Bellowhead but was it organised by them, or was it a comp thing run by the artist? If the latter, then the door staff can only go by what names they have on the list. It is always handy to take some proof with you and/or a contact number for someone on the night, just in case of problems.

I have only ever had trouble three times - all with the same band! :angry: One of which was an Academy Birmingham show. The girl on the door was really nice, however, and after I stood for ten minutes trying to get a mobile signal in order to call up all the email correspondence that I had had with the band's manager about other things, and try to find the mention of that gig. When I finally did and showed it to her, she looked at it and said she'd accept it as that was how she knew this guy signed off his mails (ie I hadn't faked the mail!). And as SteveT here knows, the other time at Portsmouth, I got the 'if your name's not down you're not coming in' mob on the door, and ended up having to phone a band member's girlfriend several hundred miles away to phone the TM inside to let me in. :biggrin: All fun and games.

I am feeling end of year gig fatigue now. Would have liked to see John Smith tonight, but may leave that and just head straight for Pretty Green and Exit Calm Friday.

HarperPR

26-11-2010, 01:51 PM

Exit Calm tonight at the Pretty Green launch at The Garage, woo yay! :m9: Very VERY excited. I am sure that a lot of people are thinking that Liam may just decide to do a little unannounced set with Beady Eye, considering how rapidly the tickets sold out for this - and with Tom from Kasabian in town to do a Pretty Green instore this afternoon, who knows what could happen....I don't...all know is it is going to be a late one, and I just hope by the time I head home in the early hours there are not several inches of snow already on the ground! :angry:

HarperPR

27-11-2010, 11:27 AM

Another fine, if brief - 32 mins - set from Exit Calm at the Pretty Green launch last night, but it was really a club night so I suppose that was why.

Tom Meighan from Kasabian pitched up as expected. Andy Bell (Oasis/Beady Eye) played the two Beady tracks in his DJ set, and both he and Liam watched Exit's set.

Liam was mobbed by fans when he arrived inside, but he seemed very gracious and posed for pix with fans. He even smiled! I was within touching distance too - but I resisted!

SHAUN I

27-11-2010, 08:28 PM

Liam was mobbed by fans when he arrived inside, but he seemed very gracious and posed for pix with fans. He even smiled! I was within touching distance too - but I resisted!

Don't you mean punching distance! :biggrin:

bigchris

09-12-2010, 11:20 PM

Scott Matthews tomorrow night in his home town of Wolverhampton ... just wonder if "Robert" will turn up ( as he sang on his CD last year ) ?!?!

HarperPR

10-12-2010, 01:43 AM

Don't you mean punching distance! :biggrin:

He was cool. Actually felt a bit sorry for him. He did spend most of the time in the backstage bar after that, except for viewing Exit.

HarperPR

10-12-2010, 01:48 AM

Scott Matthews tomorrow night in his home town of Wolverhampton ... just wonder if "Robert" will turn up ( as he sang on his CD last year ) ?!?!

Gav (producer) put the two of them together as he has also worked with Mr Plant before. Added a nice touch to the album, I thought.

aspwatterson

10-12-2010, 09:40 AM

My boss's son has been ripped off on a dodgy website advertising Madness gig tomorrow in Reading. They've taken £85 off her for false tickets and she's pulling her hair out! What can she do?

Andi

HarperPR

10-12-2010, 11:09 AM

My boss's son has been ripped off on a dodgy website advertising Madness gig tomorrow in Reading. They've taken £85 off her for false tickets and she's pulling her hair out! What can she do?

Andi

I am a writer, not a consumer lawyer, Andi! But never EVER buy from dodgy sites. Check out first. I take it this money was charged to a debit/credit card, so the bank and lender would be first port of call.

aspwatterson

10-12-2010, 09:54 PM

Thanks and will pass on... just thought you might know someone mad whom you could plead with as a personal...never mind..it wasn't a ploy to get your phone number honest!

andi

Travellerman

25-01-2011, 02:37 PM

Actually, this is not the next gig I am going to. In fact, I'm not going at all, but if I were in London or close by I would :D

If anyone enjoyed Nouvelle Vague and their take on the songs we know, one of the girls, Melanie Pain, is singing solo at the Jazz Cafe.

http://www.jazzcafelive.com/newsandevents/templates/bookings.aspx?articleid=1215&zoneid=1

I've saw her a few years back in SFO and was 'quite taken' :blush:

SteveT

25-01-2011, 06:54 PM

Richard Thompson for me at the weekend. Yippee.

bigchris

25-01-2011, 07:25 PM

Saw RT last Monday at the new Waterside theatre in Aylesbury ... I bought the tickets ages ago ( before the theatre was actually built ! ) and had forgotten where I'd booked my seat - bang in the middle of the front row !! I've seen RT loads of times before, but never that close ... and was just blown away ... superb stuff !!

SteveT

25-01-2011, 10:16 PM

I wasn't very quick off the mark getting my tickets so am near the back but it's not a big place (Warwick Arts Centre) so I don't think it'll be a problem.

On Wednesday I'm seeing Steve Knightly (a first for me) and as a treat to get over the dreadful football I've just witnessed tonight, I have booked tickets to see the lovely Emily Smith in a couple of weeks' time.

I shall need a sit down after all that lot

HarperPR

10-02-2011, 05:52 PM

It's Chapel Club all the way for me - twice this coming Sunday in Brum, and then again in Heaven next week (the London one, not the one upstairs!).

And if you are awake tonight, catch them on C4 at 12.55am doing a few acoustic songs from Shoreditch church. Bless em. And...you can also catch them in my upcoming bit-of-a-marathon interview! Okay, I am obsessed I know - just be thankful you don't follow me on Twitter, haha

But I am having some breaks to see Brother, Frankie & the Heartstrings, Jamie Woon and Tripwires over the next 2 weeks.

aspwatterson

10-02-2011, 06:51 PM

Did u sort your Brum Transport out coz I was a'tinking?

AQ

bigchris

23-02-2011, 05:08 PM

Well the next gig I was supposed to be going to was Mogwai tonight in Oxford .... I only got "into" Mogwai last year and bought a couple of their old CD's and thought they were really good .... but yesterday I received their new CD ( which they are bound to be playing tonight ) and think it's pretty crap !! So now I'm thinking can I be ar**d to go to Oxford tonight ?!

scotpaulabear

24-02-2011, 08:33 AM

Did you go in the end, Chris?

Oh and after la Tunstall last night, I think I have a empty gig diary until the Charlatans acoustic show in Glasgow late next month... unless I go see Glasvegas in Edinburgh next week but financially that's maybe not the best idea!

bigchris

24-02-2011, 10:07 AM

Did you go in the end, Chris?

Nope ... I gave the CD one more listen ... with the voume at max ( to see if that would stir something up for me ) ... but alas it did not !!

aspwatterson

30-03-2011, 10:57 AM

Loudon @ Anvil Basingstoke 26th May. Let's give him a big welcome from donut city!

http://www.anvilarts.org.uk/performance/thu/loudon-wainwright-iii?t=1301482356

A

Watford Pete

11-04-2011, 12:05 PM

Finally, after about 8 years of waiting, Alexi Murdoch is coming to London.
Playing the Borderline tonight and I am very excited!

What with Nick at the Cellars on Friday, this could be quite a week.

aspwatterson

12-04-2011, 07:35 AM

Finally, after about 8 years of waiting, Alexi Murdoch is coming to London.
Playing the Borderline tonight and I am very excited!

What with Nick at the Cellars on Friday, this could be quite a week.

PF- will be nice to see you Whitwellian after all this time!

A

aspwatterson

12-04-2011, 07:04 PM

PF- will be nice to see you Whitwellian after all this time!A

WI_9czYEY4s

A

HarperPR

14-04-2011, 04:47 PM

Next up on my agenda: the amazing Record Store Day line up at Rough Trade with Jamie Woon, Wild Beasts and Chilly Gonzales; then The Dears; then to Paris for Chapel Club and then back to London for two nights later - more Chapel Club!:biggrin:

HarperPR

19-04-2011, 05:23 PM

And I didn't do the first things above in the end! But went to see Metronomy and Ghostpoet instead, ha! Metronomy have little personal light gadgets on their chests - which may have been the highlight of my night.

But I am on track for the rest of my list.

Plus, if anyone wants to blow Easter Sunday and be my +1 at the Barfly, Camden for Chapel Club, Tripwires, Flashguns - hit me up, as the kids say.

aspwatterson

07-05-2011, 09:36 AM

Gordon Giltrap playing within 500 yards from my house tonight! Bet tickets are sold out?

http://www.ents24.com/web/event/Guitar-Superstar-Central-Studio-at-Queen-Marys-College-Basingstoke-2366662.html

Andi

Watford Pete

16-05-2011, 11:37 AM

Tonight I am going to see NatW at Roundhouse.
Wasn't as impressed with album 3 as I was #2 (the homage to Marling).

HarperPR

16-05-2011, 01:40 PM

I saw Noah and his whale at KOKO the other month, Pete - wasn't that enamoured, have to say, but have had some good reviews :closedeyes:

Saw Anna Calvi and Grouplove in Cambridge on Saturday. Not that taken with the former (despite the curernt hype about her) but loved Grouplove :)

This week is, bar tomorrow night at Hoxton for The Lines, for me all Chapel Club (sorry, ha! that's the way it rolls with me): Wednesday at The Shacklewell Arms in Dalston, and then 3 nights at Brixton opening for Suede. :m3:

aspwatterson

26-05-2011, 08:06 AM

Loudon Wainwright III to night at the Anvil Basingstoke! Wonder if he's here already in some local hotel down drinking at the bar? :biggrin:

Andi

HarperPR

03-10-2011, 02:08 AM

Not strictly my next gig - should be a pit stop this week for Exit Calm and The Twang, but all very up in the air given my current health woes and 2 hospital visits this weekend! :angry: - but at 3am next Sunday *should* be preparing to leave in the morning for Manc and the start of the 8 date Chapel Club tour! Yeehah!

So been looking forward to, and with support from the mega good Clock Opera and Other Lives (at SBE), plus 2 sets per show from Chapel...should be an amazing tour. So if you're by Manc - Edinburgh - Sunderland - York - Portsmouth - Brighton - Oxford - London come and stop by! ;-)

Here's a little taster. Track, new, but won't be on next album http://t.co/g91iOibV and you can free download here, if you like! http://t.co/ptMWMfd5

dave w

08-12-2011, 09:46 AM

On Saturday night (10th Dec), it's Hawkwind @ Shepherds Bush Empire.

That gig is bookended by top Hawkwind tribute/covers combo Hoaxwind in Irish pub tribute/covers bar O'Neils (they'll be on at 7:45 & 10:45) - and absolutely free.

SteveT

08-12-2011, 12:20 PM

The Unthanks tomorrow night. I saw them earlier in the year doing their own stuff but they are doing the songs of Robert Wyatt and Anthony & The Johnsons (sp?) on this tour. I haven't bought the album yet so I'm looking forward to a set, most of which will be unfamiliar to me.

Colin L

08-12-2011, 07:23 PM

Saw Fish last night in York.
Next Wednesday, Saw Doctors in Sheffield and next Saturday the Levellers in Sheffield.

just jane

08-12-2011, 08:53 PM

next Saturday the Levellers in Sheffield.

Me too:biggrin:

HarperPR

10-12-2011, 05:05 AM

Me too:biggrin:

Me three! But at Brixton with Ms E. Rose :biggrin:

But before I get to them, there are Smith + Burrows, We Are Augustines, more Clock Opera, the Club AC30 party gig with Exit Calm, and The Correspondents!!! Phew...

HarperPR

05-01-2012, 02:45 PM

Not strictly a 'next gig', but anyone planning to go to Honeyfest and check out Dry The River, you can also catch them in London on the 23rd of this month at XOYO at the Q Sessions......just *luckily* the very wonderful Clock Opera open for them too!!!

And hear the Clocks here. I know some of you have done already :wink: This is the new brill vid for the single release at end of month of Once And For All.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B3ubR0BU4w

SHAUN I

12-03-2012, 08:05 PM

The Magic Band, tomorrow night at The Continental, Preston.

dave w

20-03-2012, 10:11 PM

Will be seeing the Deviants @ The Borderline on Friday night then that Nick Harper @ the Half Moon on Saturday.

No sleep till Putney :cheers2:

bigchris

21-03-2012, 10:11 AM

I'm off to see Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham tonight, The Australian Pink Floyd on Friday and the Waterboys on Sunday .... no energy to see Nick in the middle ... especially as I'm doing an anti-HS2 walk on Sunday too !!

scotpaulabear

21-03-2012, 03:29 PM

Lucky!

I'm doing an interesting 'gig' this weekend - a friend is having a modern 'salon' and inviting creative friends (writers, musicians, artists etc) to come over and share their arts with each other. I shall be sitting there appreciating, drinking and hiding my lack of talent :blushing:

Next 'proper' gig out after that is 2:54 in Glasgow first week of April. They're kinda like the new Lush. To me, this is a good thing...

And I've just realized half the 14 gigs I've seen so far this year have involved Nick. No comment. :blushing: