#1366

Was the guitarist ok? Looks like he got beaten up pretty badly the night before in cardiff

#1367

Apparently he was unconscious in hospital in the day, but his first words when he came around were what time are we on? He was wearing sunglasses (but wasn’t the only one in stage wearing them). He got a good reception as expected.

#1368

Caught BC Camplight in Oxford on Tuesday, loved it. Cracking band who rattled through all my favourites from those two albums in an hour, and he was funny between songs. He really had it in for Cambridge, where they’d just had a sold-out show that had been ‘like attending my own wake’. ‘Good night, I’m Father John Misty’ cracked me up too.

#1369

Jon Hopkins at Brixton. The man is at the peak of his powers. Such a good set. A new (?) track 2nd from the end sounded beastly. Would love to know what it is.

Wish I could go again tonight. Kelly Lee Owens superb support too, and Haai djing.

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#1370

Killing Joke. Very good

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#1371

Goat Girl @ Koko…

Absolutely brilliant. Their album is one of the best of the year for me and it didn’t disappoint live - which is just as well as they played absolutely everything on it. Band seemed to be enjoying themselves and the crowd were well up for it - slightly annoying pushy male centric mosh pit for a gig with a large female attendance though. The usually dismal sightlines of Koko are fine when it’s not a sell out seemingly. Having played every song they had they left the stage, only to be clapped back on for a seemingly impromptu encore. They asked the crowd which song they wanted as they would have to replay one, before realising that they’d list their drummer backstage so only had one sing they could play. Lovely stuff :+1:

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#1372

That’s so awful. Cardiff is usually such a friendly city.

I was hoping to go to this but couldn’t make it. Enjoying the album and yer man in BC Camplight seems like a real good bloke. Offering fans their spare guest list on Twitter if there are spaces.

#1373

Last night was Slayer doing there farewell gig in London.
The bill had Obituary, Anthrax and Lamb of God on it which is a pretty phenomenal line up as long as you like that kind of thing.

It was amazing. :metal::bearded_person::metal:

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#1374

Yikes, somehow I missed all this before. That’s horrible. Amazing that he was back on stage in Bristol. :sunglasses:

#1375

2Q festival in Lincoln. 80 odd bands across nine venues. Good day.

#1376

Yeah, saw them last night and pretty much agree with this, although I really enjoyed hearing U-Mass and Tame on the encore! Was delighted to finally see them live!

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#1377

Going tomorrow to see them. Anthrax on before Lamb of God yeah?

#1378

Yea. But they’re all worth catching

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#1379

I was there too, it was fun!

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#1380

weird question but

i often see people talking about how they meet/get talking to band members at gigs. maybe i’m overthinking it but how do people go about this? just go up and say hello after the set? i’d be worried i’m annoying them

#1381

Roddy Frame at The Stables, Milton Keynes. Every bit as magic as I’d hoped. He’s a very witty guy and the run of High Land, Hard Rain songs was :ok_hand:. That he wrote something as moving and emotionally literate as a teenager blows my mind. Good guitarist as well - I reckon he owns a few flamenco albums. One thing I would say about Wavendon - the locals clearly believe pavements and street lighting are some sort of big-city bollocks and want no part of it, thank you. Gave the walk up Stockwell Lane a frisson I could have done without, thanks.

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#1382

Depends on the band usually. Normally I’d only chat to them if they are manning the merch stand after the show. Sometimes they might just hang around after the show milling about. At No Age earlier this year they were just walking through the crowd very friendily.

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#1383

Exactly the above. Just people.

It can be more tempting to do this when wasted but that’s normally just a means of guaranteeing it goes either really well…or really, really, badly.

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#1384

Ladytron (w/Stealing Sheep) @ The Roundhouse…

Excited about these guys being back - it’s been awhile. Double the fun as the excellent Stealing Sheep were support. They certainly looked good in their matching sequinned jumpsuits, and did some good intro/outro routines that would have been fitting of a headliner. Played a bunch of new stuff, so hopefully there’s an album on the way.

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Crowd were up for the main act which is pleasing for a London gig. They played a selection from across their career, with a couple off the forthcoming album. They sounded great - I’ve seen them a bunch of times in the past and sometimes they can sound a little weedy live, but they were really good, probably the best I’ve seen them. Hopefully get another tour when the album drops next year :+1:

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#1385

Hrs a much better guitarist live than I’d thought he’d be