Gig Season

by Nellie • 13 Oct 2008, 15:44 • Journals
Once again the gig season be back 'n bands dare venture outside London. I've an awesome few months lined up here in Yorkshire =))))

Start with Frank Turner at the Cockpit a week tomorrow. Followed by The King Blues (+ great support) the same weekend, catching them in Sheffield the Saturday & Leeds the Sunday - Random Hand that following Tuesday. Rancid next up in November. Possibly the Pogues if we can afford the extortionate prices (£30!) & Streetlight Manifesto top off the season in December. Wi plenty local bands needing bodies down to see for free. Skanking season!

What gigs the people o' Crossfire got lined up? Anyone worth seeing that's touring atm?
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kad 13 Oct 2008, 16:45
going to global gathering last november

and sensation white on new years eve.

that's it so faR!
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flushje 13 Oct 2008, 16:46
3 day event on 7 november, John Gibbons, Agnelli & Nelson , Solarstone etc etc Drugs will be had
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-Max- 13 Oct 2008, 16:47
I'm going to see Mogwai on the 21st of October. That's all I have planned at the moment.

Why the fuck would you pay £30 to see The Pogues?
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Nellie 13 Oct 2008, 16:58
Just seems like it's gotta be done - any band that Joe Strummer toured with be surely worth seein least once? They've some great sing/chantalong tracks. Just the price, pays for at least 3 gigs from equally good but lesser known bands.

Lucky git wi Mogwai!
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Panda 13 Oct 2008, 16:48
I'm off to the Unholy alliance tour @ 2nd November to see AMON AMARTH play. Other shit acts include: Slayer, Trivium and Mastodon !
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Kevin 13 Oct 2008, 17:09
15 november =
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TosspoT 13 Oct 2008, 17:10
They're not really real bands venturing out of london now are they? :P
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Nellie 13 Oct 2008, 17:14
The King Blues be about as London as you get ^_^ most tours be fairly London bias! Though we've had some crackers recently in The Pietasters & The Slackers - Sheffield to Brazil, hows about that :O?}

My kinda bouncy ska tends to London centric, wi the odd foray to the south coast... Sonic Boom Six, Dirty Revolution, King Blues etc
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ansikte 13 Oct 2008, 17:18
£30 for the Pogues is totaly worth it!

my gig season is pretty much over, with a summer hectic as hell behind me. already planning a bit for the festivals in the summer 09 :)
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fusen 13 Oct 2008, 17:27
:/ I try and listen out for the sort of semi unknown bands but the majority end up sounding pretty shit and it's not worth the time to find them.
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Nellie 13 Oct 2008, 17:38
You wouldn't regret seeing Frank Turner (£6) or The King Blues (£7) live - regardless 'o taste. Both have a great stage presence, rapport wi the crowd ‘n dancy bouncy tunes. The King Blues will blow yer ear drums & then your mind, yer body moves instinctively wi their reggae influenced beats. I can’t understand why people prefer arena gigs over intimate crazy places like the Cockpit or Corporation.

Guess if dance music be yer mecca it mite just never be there. I went to my first Frank Turner gig an occasional listener, half hearted fan… returned a zealot. Harmless, unrepentant folksy fun.

To me when performed by a good band (regardless of genre) any live gigs a great experience - busking on the street, upstairs in dodgy pubs to proper live venues.
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fusen 13 Oct 2008, 18:41
tbh even a lot of arena gigs aren't that appealing.

I prefer the songs I love to listen to, to have the proper clean studio sound. A lot of big events end up having proper shit versions of the songs being played as the bands just aren't that great performers without the right studio setup
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