WiNTER TOUR 2008 REViEWS

by **treeman** » 4th Dec 08, 19:51

I missed tragedy unfortunately. I thought A were great, and if they were telling the truth about the lack of proper rehearsals they should improve as the tour goes on. The wildhearts played a great set, including a number of songs that havent been played live for a while. I thought it was the best performance I've seen them do for a few years. They all seemed to be on form and enjoying the night.... and dont forget the Status Quo piss take bit and Lonely This Christmas with Ginger singing in his best Elvis voice!

by **vickyp** » 4th Dec 08, 20:19

I've put up a few pictures from last night on flickr, they're not great bearing in mind it was a small rammed out venue with loads of stage smoke and I couldn't even see Ritch or Scott (until he went for a quick crowd surf).
Direct links (more on the site):
Ginger
CJ
snowman- thought I'd do something constructive with my day off today.

by **Col** » 4th Dec 08, 21:14

Here's some videos, not the best quality but not bad sound really.

The Ginger banter is classic:

http://uk.youtube.com/user/bigbadcol1965

by **Rancidpunk_76** » 4th Dec 08, 21:20

Only one song (Revolution) from the self-titled album?? Little dissapointed with that, my two faves off the covers album is a good thing though.

As good a band as they are, isn't anyone just a little dissapointed to hear them relying too heavily on older material? Just my opinion but i'd prefer to hear loads of recent stuff then only a handful of classics peppered about the set - It would make hearing the old tunes more of a treat.

by **Col** » 4th Dec 08, 21:38

And a pic

by **weebleboy** » 5th Dec 08, 01:38

Rancidpunk_76 wrote:Only one song (Revolution) from the self-titled album?? Little dissapointed with that, my two faves off the covers album is a good thing though.

As good a band as they are, isn't anyone just a little dissapointed to hear them relying too heavily on older material? Just my opinion but i'd prefer to hear loads of recent stuff then only a handful of classics peppered about the set - It would make hearing the old tunes more of a treat.

Didn't they cover most of the self-titled stuff on the last tour (the year the album came out)? I'm sure I remember hearing at least Destroy All Monsters, Revolution, Rooting, and the Hard Way, mebbe the New Flesh too, but I was a bit pissed and don't remember fully. Some of those songs ain't short, and playing one of those would be in place of two older songs. When a band's got as extensive a back catalogue as the wildhearts have, they could play different setlists every night for several consecutive tours and still not please everyone!

by **spoon_of_grimbo** » 5th Dec 08, 02:52

i know it's unlikely, but i really want to hear one of the longer songs off Fishing for Luckies at the Wolvo gig. i'm not bothered which one (although Inglorious or Sky Babies would be nice!), but one of those epics.

or Thunderfuck.... what are the chances y'reckon?

by **Sarc** » 5th Dec 08, 13:01

spoon_of_grimbo wrote:or Thunderfuck.... what are the chances y'reckon?

There are no chances.

by **Ady** » 5th Dec 08, 13:40

Sarc wrote:
spoon_of_grimbo wrote:or Thunderfuck.... what are the chances y'reckon?

There are no chances.

Now we're on the subject of EN, i think 'why you lie' would be great too.

by **my3dtvtan** » 5th Dec 08, 14:41

Obviously Im extatic with the setlist this year but no EN stuff? Nurse Maximum and Urge made the entire gig for me last year and I expected at least Urge this year after it went over so well

Still, GETTIN IT! GETTIN IT! GETTIN IT!!! may just make up for it :wink:

by **hoodedclaw** » 5th Dec 08, 16:01

Now, they might make monkeys out of me, but I heard a whisper that a FFL epic number might be on the cards at some point in the tour. I do hope it's in glorious Manchester.

by **SteveP** » 5th Dec 08, 19:15

Just back from my mini tour

2 extra songs at Glasgow than Sheffield (Top Of The World and Nita Nitro)
As per Sheffield, no encore, was looking promising when Duncan came out with a guitar and started tuning it again, but then the lights went on

The less said about Tragedy the better I think, to be honest, if you find their myspace, listen to the tracks, chuckle a bit then close the window down.

Both gigs they only played about 7 songs and in my opinion, there were 5 songs too many. Fine if you like novelty acts, but not for me I'm afraid.

Only heard one A song before the gigs, and I think I still only know one, again, another band I won't be seeking out to furnish myself with their back catalogue, but don't take that the wrong way, I appreciate musicmanship and admire that they get up there and play, but they aren't to my taste

Wildhearts, well, are they doing this tour on the cheap??
No backdrop
One guitar each

Answers on a postcard please

Pics to follow, when I get round to it

by **vickyp** » 5th Dec 08, 20:38

hoodedclaw wrote:Now, they might make monkeys out of me, but I heard a whisper that a FFL epic number might be on the cards at some point in the tour. I do hope it's in glorious Manchester.

ooh! ooh! ooh! I do hope so

by **hoodedclaw** » 5th Dec 08, 20:49

I must confess to getting pretty excited by the prospect Vicky, to the extent that I begged. It's the big fave amongst the teens and their boyfriends when they're in the car with me.

by **vickyp** » 5th Dec 08, 20:54

SteveP wrote:Just back from my mini tour

Wildhearts, well, are they doing this tour on the cheap??
No backdrop
One guitar each

Answers on a postcard please

Glad you made it up there ok Steve.
I noticed they had only one guitar each - thought Scott has 2 basses. Ginger seems to have only that new red LP, maybe the others were kept elsewhere because of lack of space.
That backdrop is bigger than the stage was in Sheffield!

I am even more excited about Sunday now.... Will pack my bounciest shoes in anticipation.

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