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     Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1584 Registered: 04-2005 |
Dominique A last Friday in Bordeaux. As usual, a most excellent evening in the presence of Monsieur A. Accompanied just by a pianist (occasional electronics) and a double bassist, this concert was based around his recent re-recordings album ("Quelques Lumières"). Some songs maybe worked better than others in their new formats...one of my favourites was definitely "Le Sens". His (dry) sense of humour was apparent as he introduced us to "Patricia", his new guitar. "Why that name you may ask ? Well to me she definitely has pronounced feminine traits. Maybe I need to stop there as I'm on dangerous ground" ("un terrain glissant") | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 1585 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oops slip of the finger in the name of the thread. Hope it's not just one gig in the whole of 2025  | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 829 Registered: 08-2005 |
I'm off to see Graham Gouldman on Friday, but as of today I've bought a ticket to see the Tubs next Tuesday. Until a few hours ago I'd never heard of them, but an article in the Guardian today https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m ar/19/the-tubs-owen-williams-cotton-crow n-mental-illness, and a quick squizz on YouTube, and I'm hopeful. It helps that I like a bit of jangle-pop. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 4951 Registered: 03-2005 |
I also found that article interesting Simon. I might have had a 2025 gig entry for Adwaith on the first Thursday of March during my early March visit to the U.K. but unfortunately I took it for granted that any band I wanted to see would never sell out so I didn't consider buying tickets until after I got into town. And I was so sure of the obscurity of my taste that I didn't try until only a few days before the show and I was out of luck. I thought "how many people in London besides me are going to want to see this band that writes all their songs in Welsh?" Wrong!! | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 830 Registered: 08-2005 |
Two very good and very different gigs. Graham Gouldman and his excellent semi-acoustic combo - with occasional electric guitar - played 22 or 23 songs from his songbook. This featured songs from 1965 to the present day, taking in Bus Stop, No Milk Today, For Your Love, I'm Not in Love before finishing with Dreadlock Holiday. This was a sellout 500+ at the all-seated Cheese and Grain in Frome; with my 62-year-old knees I prefer sitting... The sound quality was among the best of any gig I've ever been to, and my wife (whose hearing isn't great) and I thanked the sound crew afterwards. I guess being largely semi-acoustic it's easier to keep the bass and drums in check, but it really was exemplary. I didn't need my sound-reducing ear plugs! ******** The Tubs played an hour-long set in the upstairs room of a Bristol pub - a sell-out 140 capacity venue! This cost about £13 and included a support band playing their very first gig. This was a standing event but I nabbed a stool at the back by the sound desk, so all was well! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 2353 Registered: 10-2006 |
A 13-quid pub gig, fantastic! I empathise with your knees, Simon, younger than mine though they are. Seated gigs are the only way to go now! Speaking of which, Bavarian tickets for Robert F won’t become available till late July, a frustratingly long time to have to wait. Would have been good to get all the logistics sorted out a bit earlier. We’ll see. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 831 Registered: 08-2005 |
I must keep an eye on the bands at Bristol's Louisiana pub (where I saw the Tubs) and the Exchange, where I saw Grant Hart years ago. They both have multiple gigs per week, and I can get the train from Bath, have a pizza or other early evening meal, see the gig and get the last train back to Bath. One of my old school friends is part of a membership scheme for the venues and he went to an astonishing 160 gigs last year...! No more gigs confirmed (apart from Robert Forster) in October but I'll probably see the Undertones in Bath in My - standing downstairs, seated upstairs! | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 577 Registered: 05-2005 |
My concerts to come, Dominique A, Soccer Mommy, Stereolab, The The, hopefully Barbara Carlotti. Unfortunately, I'm going to miss the Robert and his Swedish band's concert. At that time I plan to attend the cycling world championship in Rwanda (among other things in the country). |