Recent Gigs & Upcoming ones

[azabob]

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I on the other hand knew nothing after half time until this morning and was able to enjoy the gig.

Solid show, really heated up about 3 songs in and kicked it from there. Fairly good spread of songs as you said, although no "The Way We Get By" was personally disappointing.
The bottom end was so loud I think it rearranged my bowel. At one point I could feel my face vibrating with the kick drum.

Does your user name come from the song or because bulldogs are/were often underdogs?
Also like you, didn't want to know the result till after spoon ended. Spoon never fail to deliver.

[The Underdog]

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Does your user name come from the song or because bulldogs are/were often underdogs?
Also like you, didn't want to know the result till after spoon ended. Spoon never fail to deliver.

From the song, but it fit with the second thing too.

I saw Wilco last night.
That's gig of the year sewed up I'd say. Just absolutely exceptional.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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From the song, but it fit with the second thing too.

I saw Wilco last night.
That's gig of the year sewed up I'd say. Just absolutely exceptional.

That's no surprise, they never fail to deliver live. They are the most musically proficient band I have ever seen live. Total masters of musicianship, who amaze me with their ability to replicate live the amazing soundscape they put down in the studio.
And since Tweedy's been drug free, he has become a much more confident, happy and engaging personality on stage, comfortable with engaging with a crowd.

[LostDoggy]

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I had a mate by the Metallica tickets for me, but apparently it is just hell trying to get them.
He was on at 12.01 and it took him over half an hour to get them. Over on Bigfooty, people are saying it took them 2 hours. GA was gone withing 4 minutes so i'm in gold seating.
They've announced a second show, but like i said, i'm not here. I'd except the final pre-sale and general sale to be even worse

[comrade]

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I saw The Man In Black show last night with Tex Perkins in the role of Johnny Cash. It was a ripper; Tex was perfect.

I was getting score updates all night which made it difficult to concentrate at times. Mantis sent through the final result just as Tex was putting the finishing touches on Hurt - some nice irony right there.

[The Underdog]

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That's no surprise, they never fail to deliver live. They are the most musically proficient band I have ever seen live. Total masters of musicianship, who amaze me with their ability to replicate live the amazing soundscape they put down in the studio.
And since Tweedy's been drug free, he has become a much more confident, happy and engaging personality on stage, comfortable with engaging with a crowd.

Nels Cline and Glenn Kotche are ridiculously good musicians and lift the band to a new level.
They did a good range of material, a lovely crowd sing-a-long of Jesus Etc, and one encore included a cover of Alex Chilton's Thank You Friends followed by Big Star's In the Street, which made my night. Nearly 3 hours felt like half that.

[The Adelaide Connection]

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Should be a fantastic show. I've seen them the last two times they've come to Australia, and they were amazing.
Decided not to go this year only because we went to see Henry Rollins instead.
Let us know how you enjoy the show.

So after all of those false starts, I finally got to see Wilco. As mentioned by others, it was an excellent gig. Highlights for mine were in the form of the older material such as Misunderstood, Handshake Drugs and California Stars. The Chilton/Big Star covers and singalong of Jesus etc. were pretty spectacular too (apparently it wasn't so great the night before?).

In many ways I still rue not getting the chance to see them when they were touring for "A Ghost is Born" as that album probably ends the run of my four favourite albums and there were a few tracks played off the latest two albums that are a bit "meh" for mine (such as the ghastly "hoodoo Voodoo").

It is the first time I have been to the Forum and oh my, it is a spectacular and a super-awesome venue. It does lose marks for serving bottles to patrons which meant that in quieter numbers there was an infuriating "clink, clink" of people kicking into bottles on the floor and the bar staff throwing them into their bottle bins. I also saw two people hit the deck from standing on them too. Pour them into cups you idiots.

Agree too with the comments RE: Jeff Tweedy, he seems happy and healthy and genuinely enjoying touring. He was funny, talkative and interacted with the crowd and looked very comfortable. Loved his comment about Liam Finn, whose weird Homo-erotic performance with his bizarre friend was uncomfortable to watch and stalled any momentum that his first few tracks alone had gained. Seriously, what the hell was going on there?

Gig of the year? Hmmm, maybe. Polyphonic Spree might just have the chocolates so far, but perhaps like with the Mountain Goats it was hard to leave Wilco totally satisfied as there are so many songs I wanted to hear (not a lot of YHF played). There are still some crackers to come this year too, especially Yusuf.

Spectacular gig nonethless.

[LostDoggy]

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I had a mate by the Metallica tickets for me, but apparently it is just hell trying to get them.
He was on at 12.01 and it took him over half an hour to get them. Over on Bigfooty, people are saying it took them 2 hours. GA was gone withing 4 minutes so i'm in gold seating.
They've announced a second show, but like i said, i'm not here. I'd except the final pre-sale and general sale to be even worse

Well done!! I missed out on GA in the presale, will try again tomorrow when the rest of the tickets are on sale. There are 3 concerts now, so hopefully!!

NOT happy with Ticketek. Not only are they limiting tickets to 4 per person (I think 8 is much more reasonable) but they're charging $19.10 for registered post and $15.10 for regular post OR pick up. What a rort. They should be ashamed of themselves. Don't they make enough money out of the top 4 teams' members registering for grand final tickets each preliminary final week?

[The Underdog]

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Gig of the year? Hmmm, maybe. Polyphonic Spree might just have the chocolates so far, but perhaps like with the Mountain Goats it was hard to leave Wilco totally satisfied as there are so many songs I wanted to hear (not a lot of YHF played). There are still some crackers to come this year too, especially Yusuf.

Spectacular gig nonethless.

I got to the point where they were playing so well I didn't care what songs they played. Admittedly I'd seen them pre-Sky Blue Sky in what was a pretty average show at the Palais, so my expectations weren't super high to begin with. But the level of playing I thought was just outstanding.

BTW - wasn't Hoodoo Voodoo off of the 2nd mermaid Ave. album?

[The Adelaide Connection]

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I got to the point where they were playing so well I didn't care what songs they played. Admittedly I'd seen them pre-Sky Blue Sky in what was a pretty average show at the Palais, so my expectations weren't super high to begin with. But the level of playing I thought was just outstanding.

BTW - wasn't Hoodoo Voodoo off of the 2nd mermaid Ave. album?

Yeah I guess the trade off is a few songs you don't like and a sober, more consistent Jeff Tweedy versus more tracks you like with a lottery Jeff Tweedy.

Re: Hoodoo Voodoo: yeah I think the sleep deprivation got the better of me there. I think you are right, I am pretty sure it is off one of the Mermaid Ave. albums but now that I think about it I think it might be the first one. I must have automatically lumped it into the category with the majority of the new material that doesn't get me too excited, but I guess none of this material is offensive (to the point where I cringe) quite like I do when I hear HV.

It really was a great gig though and hey, at 3 hours you can afford to have a few tracks that aren't exactly your favourites.

[The Underdog]

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One I know Griffen 16 will probably be interested in, A Tribe Called Quest are playing Festival Hall on August 12th. One of my favourite hip-hop acts, think I might be up for that one.

[The Underdog]

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One I know Griffen 16 will probably be interested in, A Tribe Called Quest are playing Festival Hall on August 12th. One of my favourite hip-hop acts, think I might be up for that one.

Or not, at $93 a ticket.

For any Big Star/Chilton fans, there is an Alex Chilton tribute night at Yah Yah's on Sunday with Tim Rogers, Henry Wagons and others. Should be good.

[Mofra]

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Tumbleweed next Friday night at the HIFi.

Warped are playing at the Tote on Thursday, one of my favourites. Will be hard to get in but will be an amazing show.

[AndrewP6]

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Based on posts in this thread, there's probably not much interest here, but on Wed. I had the thrill of seeing Yusuf In Concert -for those unaware, he's the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens. What an amazing experience! To see a music icon doing what he does best, with a top notch band, was incredible. Played pretty much all the "hits" from his pop star period, plus material from his latest two albums since returning to making music again. An experience I'll never forget, that's for sure.

[LostDoggy]

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Woo hoo!! Got general admission (standing) tickets for Metallica's latest concert!!