#96

Seems as good a reason as any to post a link to Newport State of Mind…

https://youtu.be/Eijc2tGe-zM](https://youtu.be/Eijc2tGe-zM)

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#97

I’ve seen Electric 6 a few times and they’re always excellent. Dick Velentine is an entertaining front man.

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#98

Belle & Sebastian, Edinburgh circa 2006. Loved the band, but had internalised those early scathing live reviews of ramshackle, hesitant, unprofessional shows, so was pleasantly surprised by how polished and generally great they were live. It was a sit-down in a bandstand gig in Princes Street Gardens, and we were near the back. Two women were sat in front of us with this amazing-looking picnic + booze they slowly consumed over the gig. When the last encore came along the band Stuart announced they were going to play Lazy Line Painter Jane, said that Monica Queen was in the audience and invited her to sing it with them again. One of the picnickers promptly jumped up and ran down to the stage. LLPJ was one of my late wife and I’s favourite ever songs, and we were quietly thrilled to realise Monica herself had been sat in front of us the whole time :smiley:

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#99

The Monica Queen solo album that came out about, oooh 2005ish?, is really good, and worth a listen if you don’t already know it.

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#100

no, didn’t realise she’d made one. will investigate, thanks :slight_smile:

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#101

Ha! I totally misremembered this. The Manics show with the TTS in support was the year before the Holy Bible gig, so I really was going into the gig pretty much unprepared for how good they’d be. Just realised when I remembered they played “Walk Me To The Bridge” as part of the post-HB section of the set…

#102

oh also a lot of my friends left or just disappeared before Orbital’s set at this gig (6music’s Biggest Weekend thing in 2018) and i wasn’t massively interested in them myself but stuck around on my own, spurred on by the fact there were no queues at the bars anymore, and really enjoyed them.

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#103

i never had much interest in SFA but went to see them on this tour on a bit of a whim (think I volunteered to review it so I’d get in for free) and really enjoyed it. i like those two albums now but still haven’t listened to much beyond them, aside from the singles I remember them putting out in the early 00s

#104

I don’t think they wear particularly wacky outfits? Unless you mean the furry suits that they put on for TMDGAF. On their most recent tour they all just wore white boilersuits for every performance.

#105

Might have got my memories completely confused, thinknit was just boiler suits

#106

‘ahhhhh yes was thinking of slipknot’

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#107

Low

Not quite in the same spirit as much of this thread and I had heard they were great live so wasn’t that surprised. But knowing the pace of many of their records and considering that they don’t do much on stage they blew me away.

Cowboy Junkies

The first time I saw them live it was a similar vibe to The Trinity Sessions- very peaceful, acoustic, low key and beautiful. They were great. A year later I expected the same but they rocked - feedback, loud and long guitar solos and some quite heavy drumming. Really surprised me and I loved it.

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#108

Basement Jaxx

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#109

Snore bores on record but bang out a cracking gig… Glen Hansard/The Frames

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#111

what is

please?

#112

This Mutha Don’t Give a Fuck!

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#113

I will never forget at Witness festival coming into the main stage as The Frames murdered Debaser.
The crowd were literally on there knees genuflecting.
I’ve never been so angry in my life (at a gig) Their fans are crazy.

#114

Having seen Jon Hopkins a few times before I can confirm he is fantastic live. Probably my favourite was when he played at a small tent at glasto at the same time as Metallica headlined the pyramid. It was hot, sweaty, loud and bloody brilliant.

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#115

Richard Hawley surprised me. I like his stuff well enough on record, he does that crooner thing really well, good songcraft and all that, so popped along to an afternoon slot at a festival expecting maybe an semi-acoustic set of easy listening. What I got couldn’t have been farther from it - full band including mini-orchestra and everything turned up beyond 11; spent a joyous hour being pummelled by a soaring, full-on blast of sound and intensity and emotion. Absolutely blown away.

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