XMESS TOUR REViEWS - SPOiLERS!!!

[marky-boy]

anybody know what time wolfsbane and the wildhearts are coming onstage tonight (manchester) i want my tea first!!! have i got time!

[macc lad]

he kept knocking his mike and stand over for some reason didnt look happy then

i dunno, i think he was just having a bit of a laugh, at one point he just passed his guitar to a roadie and took to the front of the stage with the mic, and after the same roadie fixed his stand, ginger deliberately knocked it over and smirked at him. it was his birthday, wouldn't surprise me if he'd had a drink or two beforehand and was just having a bit of a muck around. didn't take away from the gig though, was an amazing show!

prob was i guess there was a bit of feedback going on though i wasnt sure if he thought it was off his mic

[fredfuck]

anybody know what time wolfsbane and the wildhearts are coming onstage tonight (manchester) i want my tea first!!! have i got time!

in Wolvo, Wolfsbane were supposed to be on at 8.30 and Wildhearts at 9.30

ran about 15 minutes late mind

[marky-boy]

anybody know what time wolfsbane and the wildhearts are coming onstage tonight (manchester) i want my tea first!!! have i got time!

in Wolvo, Wolfsbane were supposed to be on at 8.30 and Wildhearts at 9.30

ran about 15 minutes late mind

perfect, scampi and chips it is!!

[nig1012]

......................'ang on I've lost meself here, anyone else know what I'm talking about? I think the suns getting to me.

sun! SUN! where the hell r u its f@#ckin freezin here

[robdy2k]

Had an amazing WH experience last night - avoided the boards to be surprised by the set and was I ever surprised.

Felt a bit begrudging buying The New Flesh having bought the Jap edition of The Wildhearts which meat I already had Oh Bonita!, but when they opened with Unbroken my jaw hit the floor and I made a b-line straight for the front. Seeign Hot Steve rocking out to it in the wings was ace too and gave me more verve... GREAT SONG, BETTER LIVE THAN STUDIO!

From there to '...People Go' at the end the show was abso-flippin-lutley FAB! The band have clearly gone from strength to strength since last years Xmas shows. They were a shit-hot band then, but IMHO were resting on the laurels of the previous line up of the band somewhat, with the set being essentially the same as most of those post reformation. This felt like a new beginning and my prayers about new-shit being played were answered to the point of thinking 'did they play too much'?

The set definately highlighted the fact that The Wildhearts album is DAMN HEAVY! and the riffs are somtimes really relentless (Destroy All Monsters - great intro BTW - 'CHI-OYLD' ), but when you've got a song as quality as The Hard Way it makes it all worth while. Great to hear that live. (think I'm gonna run out of superlatives here...)

Now then. The real jewel in the crown for me was the Endless Nameless stuff. I have NEVER in my 13 years a WH fan heard a single EN album track live (b-sides granted but not an album track)... Nurse Maximum and URGE made me wet my pants with delight (not literally... although if I was a girl they might have ). These songs sparkle live... without the OTT distortion of the record they are clearly amazing tunes which I would be happy to see in the set for the next ten years. PissJoy would have been great but I ain't greedy... the Enigma of Endless Nameless live has been destroyed for me last night and I'm eternally greatfull for that!

Finally - She's All That - LIVE - who'd have thought? The track causing most division on the boards when the album came out getting an airing. Personally I thought that it was only on the last few choruses that the band nailed the three part harmoney, but Ginger's rendition on the Verse's was ACE, a great live song I think... prefer it to say 'So Into You' for sure...

The Wildhearts are in the truest sense a great band now. Amazingly they still look FANTASTIC on stage (unlike Wolfesbane who don't scrub up TOO badly - not too sure about Blaze's 'Dirty Sex' T-Shirt mind - but they're not a patch on Ginger's suave new style, CJ's eternal youth, Scott's refined new and improved 'Danny'isms and Ritch just being Ritch. Solid). They are also evolving with the times again which is something I felt wasn't happening before, there was still a nostalgia feel about the shows for me despite TWHMBD... now - where we're at right NOW - this feels like PROGRESS.

The Wildhearts ROCK! PERIOD!

Roll on Gingers solo record (can't WAIT) and then the next album. Exciting times people, exciting times.

PS - to the dudes giving it aggro down the front - WANKERS - can't you just let some people DANCE and not force then to smash into each other. It's fair enough for heavier songs but when it's boogie time you don't want to be flung all over the place when you're feeling the vibe.

[Rancidpunk_76]

Twas truly an ace show. To those newbies/fairweather fans who have complained - seriously?? The 'Hearts played the standards (Tv Tan, 29 x The Pain), they played new stuff (Destroy All Monsters, Hard Way) they played rare stuff (Endless Nameless material!!!!) and yet people are still complaining?!

WHAT DO YOU WANT?? BLOOD???!!!!

As for the slopiness of the performance, bad sound etc etc - well, i''m the least qualified to comment as i was too busy dancing like a loon with a mile-wide-smile on my chops to notice.

[richyboy1981]

It seems to me that the set list changed quite a bit each night. I can remeber most of the wolvo one, but had had a few....

Could anyone knock up a general setlist, highlighting any additions/extras played at different gigs?

For the record, my highlight was the end bit to All American Homeboy Crowd coming from nowhere!

[Col]

Newcastle as per exact setlist:

unbroken
tv tan
suckerpunch
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
this revolution
destroy all monsters
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
sick of drugs
the hard way
caffeine bomb
intro nita nitro
intro vanilla radio
zomboid
>>>>>>>>>>>>. ginger white les paul
29 x the pain
>>>>>>>>>>>
rooting for the bad guy
headfuck
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
urge
nurse (half)
cheers
geordie in wonderland
i wanna go

There was a few jammin sessions, the ones I remember off hand are
all i want for xmas is my 2 front teeth
Quo's sweet caroline
Also the end bit off in like flynn in there somewhere, probs around zomboid(or was the drink starting to take it's toll by then)

[Sarc]

......................'ang on I've lost meself here, anyone else know what I'm talking about? I think the suns getting to me.

sun! SUN! where the hell r u its f@#ckin freezin here

I'm in Lanzarote until mid january although since i posted that load of bollocks the weather has decided to go for a burton and we're now in the middle of a torrential downpour with gale force ten winds so its probably warmer in Blighty at the moment believe it or not

[Sir Euan]

glasgow setlist went something like this (not in order!)

unbroken
tv tan
sick of drugs
revolution
suckerpunch
destroy all monsters
fuck christmas (this was played maybe 3-5 times, at the end of a few songs)
nita nitro (in full)
love u til i don;t (in full)
the hard way
OCD
headfuck
29x the pain
loch lomond
don;t worry about me (with the band playing)
geordie in wonderland
cheers
urge
nurse maximum
good bit of bohemiam rhapsody
i wanna go where the people go

I think thats's everything they played, WHAT A NIGHT it was amazing, URGE was perfect.

Wolfsbane, now I didn;t know then before apart from that that guy off ginger;s solo band is in them. FUCK they were shite, they were hilarious though. Like a spinal tap tribute act.

Damone were good, some songs a bit samey, but I'd think about seeing them again and gettin an album.

Merchandise was dire and rather boring, not to mention expensive for what you were getting.

edit: cheers for letting me know the songs I forgot in the set DangerousBeans

[PeeCee]

Wow this is a great setlist for the people who have seen the WH since the reformation in 2001 but for the new fans? not so sure. Anyways I wish I could have been there. I never heard half of those songs live and I really would love to. I just wish they keep on that good rock'n'roll vibe and surprise us more in the new year. Now back to the lurking mode. Long live The Wildhearts.

Much love

PC

PS: I'm not gonna be there but The Intrepid Fox is the place for the meet up in London and to finish the night.

[kittykowalski]

For the record, my highlight was the end bit to All American Homeboy Crowd coming from nowhere!

That's good to hear. That, unfortunately for those who don't like it, was my husband's idea. Ginger stayed in NYC with my us from late October till last week and we filled his head with some nonsense about the setlist, namely that AAHC was my husband's favorite WH song and he should play it live, and that my favorite WH stuff was from EN. Ginger took it to heart and put it in the set, but sadly we aren't there to see it. Really good to see some people are appreciating it for us.

[sparky]

Excellent set lists anyone have any boots of the gigs

[DangerousBeans]

glasgow setlist went something like this (not in order!)

unbroken
revolution
suckerpunch
destroy all monsters
fuck christmas (this was played maybe 3-5 times, at the end of a few songs)
nita nitro (in full)
love u til i don;t (in full)
the hard way
OCD
headfuck
29x the pain
loch lomond
don;t worry about me (with the band playing)
geordie in wonderland
cheers
urge
nurse maximum
good bit of bohemiam rhapsody
i wanna go where the people go
.

I think the only ones you missed out were Tv Tan and Sick of Drugs from that list.

However The Wildhearts were utterly fucking brilliant.Quite frankly the happiest i've seen them since the early 90's and it spilled over into the crowd to make a fantastic atmosphere.The singalongs were easily audible over the band for S.O.D,Tv Tan,headfuck,I wanna go etc..even Nurse Maximum.

I was a bit worried when i saw they were playing the Carling Academy as i felt it was maybe a bit too big for them...however the downstairs was really busy without being too cramped so it was well worth the risk(and Ginger said he thought they were playing somewhere smaller)and it paid off

I really enjoyed Damone as well..thought they were brilliant..however i knew the songs before i went so that helped.Missed the chance to speak to the singer at the end as well...damn.

Wolfsbane..well i'll be honest i don't really like them and never have done but i did singalong to Manhunt and I Like it Hot as they were the only ones i remembered.Even though i'm not a fan Blaze is a good frontman..can't beat a bit of banter with the crowd and it was a good laugh if nothing else.

Finished after 11 which was a bit late for us trying to get back to Ayr on the half 11 train(which i missed but found out there was the drunk quarter past midnight one complete with police)
One of my mates was ill and missed the night as well..he'll be raging.At least i managed to sell his ticket for £15 outside the venue and save someone paying a handling charge to the ticket ofice.

My gig pics are here..should be viewable to all..
http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbumBig.jsp?MemberId=8842935&PhotoNbr=1&PhotoAlbumId=6421600405