2011 Show survey
Top 5 shows of the year?
- Chokebore @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Paris
- Suede performing “Suede” and “Dogman Star” @ Brixton Academy
- The Flaming Lips Performing “The Soft Bulletin” @ Alexandria Palace
- And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead @ Leeds Cockpit
- U2 @ Glastonbury
Total number of shows?
77 gigs + 5 Festivals
First show of the year?
Underachievers night featuring the ABC Club, Douga and Uranium Lake @ Gullivers, Manchester
Last show of the year?
Amplifier @ Manchester Academy 3
Most surprising show?
Fight Like Apes @ Glastonbury. I’d caught them twice thus far that year and they’d been extremely disappointing and lacked their manic energy. At Glastonbury though, the blokes turned up in Lycra bodysuits whilst May Kay had one of the most ridiculously over the top dresses ever. They proceeded to be mental for 30 minutes.
Most disappointing?
The Antlers @ Club Academy, Manchester. They were incredibly boring to watch and barely spoke to the crowd. I nearly fell asleep.
Farthest travelled?
Manchester to Paris, which is like, 400 miles?
States attended shows in?
Jubilant, tired, content, depressed, excited
Venue most visited?
The Castle Pub
Worst injury?
I was elbowed in the eye during The Subways.
Most expensive ticket?
The Smashing Pumpkins was £43 if I recall.
Band seen the most?
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Ghost Outfit. 4 times each.
Best new discovery?
You can have a selection here: Replica’s, Ghost Outfit, Let’s Buy Happiness, The Louche F.C., Milk Maid, With That Knife, Islet, Kurt Vile, Golden Glow.
Bands seen this year that also broke up this year?
Those Dancing Days went on a “Hiatus” not long after I saw them.
Friends made at shows?
So many, Paul (Ericlered to some) at the Replica’s/Ghost Outfit gig, Joel on the Milk Maid/ Driver Driver Faster gigs in one night, Ben via Joel at Kurt Vile. Zoe at Tom Vek. Probably a lot more that I can’t remember right at this moment. sorry!
Band members met?
Sandra of The ABC Club, The Joy Formidable, The Duke Spirit (multiple times), Former Ghosts, Charlie Barnes (though I’m not sure he counts as I’ve been to gigs with him), Rival Schools, Trail of Dead, Best Coast, Johnny Foreigner, STEVE FUCKING SHELLEY! (Sonic Youth fame), Amplifier, Replica’s, Airship (in Phil’s living room before their gig in his basement), Young Legionnaire, Let’s Buy Happiness, The Electric Soft Parade, Ringo Deathstarr, The Smashing Pumpkins, Wild Beasts,
Best souvenir from a show?
Shaking Steve Shelley’s hand. Lots of set lists as usual.
Longest time in line?
About half an hour to get into Suede.
Shows seen from the barricade [front row]?
The Duke Spirit @ Sound Control, The Twilight Singers @ F’leche D’or, Rival Schools @ La Maroquinerie, Johnny Foreigner @ Night and Day, The Duke Spirit @ Academy 3, The Subways @ Academy 2 (most of it anyway), Patterns @ the Castle, Chokebore @ La Machine du Moulin Rouge, Ringo Deathstarr @ Constellations Festival, Charlie Barnes @ The Castle,
Most shows in one month?
9 in October.
Most shows in one week?
Pretty sure I did 4 gigs in 1 week in July.
Biggest crowd?
Radiohead, U2 or Coldplay at Glastonbury
Any drunk encounters?
Drunkenly meeting Mike of Oceansize after Mogwai, which was the day after Oceansize announced their split. He gave me a hug.
Top 5 best 2011 concert moments:
1. Charlotte Hatherley playing with Ash again.
2. Going crazy when Amplifier started to play ‘Continuum’.
3. Young Legionnaire passing around a bottle of Rum during their gig
4. The Parisian crowd going so crazy for Chokebore they come out for an unplanned second encore
5. Billy commenting that ‘Charlotte knows her holes’ during The Subways.
Top 3 worst 2011 concert moments:
1. Laura Marling not greeting the fans after her gig.
2. When half the crowd left the Former Ghosts gig after the support (A+R fuckers)
3. Those Dancing Days lead singers hissy fit halfway through their set.
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