Sarah's Gig Guide 2007
10:41 pm
If there is one thing I live for, its the next concert ... when you have it pinned on your board, months in advance, and there is so much build up and excitment ... HURRAH!
18 September 2007 - JOHN MAYER @ Royal Albert Hall
5 September 2007 - BEASTIE BOYS @ Brixton Academy
But don't just take my word for it, check out THIS
24 August 2007 - ANGELS & AIRWAVES @ The Astoria
22 August 2007 - DECAYDANCE FESTIVAL - Feat. The Academy Is, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy @ Hammersmith Apollo
With a surprise guest appearance by Tom Higgenson, the lead singer of Plain White T's (who looks a lot like Alex from the Arctic Monkeys) who armed with only his guitar played hit song "Hey There Delilah", that had everyone singing along. Don't know the song? Check out THIS
But maybe it was just me who didn't rate the gig, check out THIS
20 August 2007 - +44 @ The Astoria
16 August 2007 - TEGAN & SARA @ Bush Hall
29 July 2007 - ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES @ The Forum
27 July 2007 - BASEMENT JAXX @ Brixton Academy
22 July 2007 - LOVEBOX WEEKENDER @ Victoria Park
17 June 2007 - KAISER CHIEFS, EDITORS, THE RAKES @ O2 Festival, Hyde Park
* Worst part - how about not being able to go because you are laid up in a hospital bed, only days away from eye surgery! GUTTED! At least the weather was shite, or I would have been even more pissed off!
24 May - GROOVE ARMADA @ Camden Roundhouse
15 May - TEITUR @ Bush Hall
27 March 2007 - DAMIEN RICE @ Hammersmith Apollo
* Best part - when Damien let loose with just his guitar & the mic, he was monumental. So powerful, so moving, such a fantastic ability to convey so much emotion with only his voice. The power to silence 10,000 fans cannot be underestimated. Even better, was the finale "Cannonball" which he sang with no amps or mics ... absolutely beautiful.
* Weird part - who let his cellist loose with her own song? That seriously could have been written by a five year old "how is your wife?/did she come at you with a knife?" except for the lines she managed to rhyme with heroin and pot!! Would have been funny, except it cut into our Damien-time.
* Worst part - he needs to learn when to end it. An overly indulgent 5 minute outro to every song is NOT required. Especially when you insist on not playing your "hits" in favour of some obscure song you wrote for your friend's film, the NO ONE has ever hear of ... don't turn it into a 20 minute epic.
* Lesson learnt the hard way - worst tickets ever. I mistook standing tickets for the general downstairs standing tickets ... little did I know there are also rear circle standing tickets ... ie. approx. 200 tickets they release to stand BEHIND all the people sitting, way WAAAAAAYYYYYYY at the back. I think my ears popped and my nose bled ... far too far back.
3 March 2007 - THE FEELING @ Hammersmith Apollo
* The Support - Now when do I ever knowingly go early to a gig to check out the support act? Pretty much never. But tonight's support act was The Fray - of mega-huge single "How To Save A Life" notoriety. And seeing my sister had just sent me the CD earlier this week, I wanted to hear 'em ... what can I say, "Over My Head" has been a VERY apt song for me this week. And they were pretty good, in the sounds-just-like-their-CD kinda way. Limited crowd interaction, or any real spark, but they sounded fine, so you couldn't really fault them.
* Best part - definitely the opening sequence. They had covered the stage with this huge sheet, which I assumed meant there was some cool set piece getting put up - but they used it to project onto. A brilliant YouTube montage - the band had obviously put their name into it, and had cobbled together all these funny videos of people singing along to their songs! They had even made their own spoof video.
* Weirdest part - the self-appointed "Wave Nazi" (I kid you not, that's what he called himself!) who was trying to get me to do this whole weird group wave thing with his friends. Damn, he was quite cute if he wasn't all weird!
* And the annoyance - I was texting Julia pre-show, saying how many loved up couples there were (cue vomitting). And at 1am, she finally text me back with this gem "Is there no one to fill your little world right up, pickle?" ... and the she thought she was funny!
25 February 2007 - THE SHINS @ Astoria
* Best part - the guys played a good mix of new & old material, and I loved the new material - it just seemed to blend in really nicely with the set. I love how they are still these 4 dorks, but they totally don't care. Very laidback crowd though, who only wanted the two songs from "Garden State", but what can you do?
3 February 2007 - +44 @ Brixton Academy
Well, the rumours were true - Travis didn't play tonight because he was sent back to LA to get his broken arm sorted out ... finally (having continued to drum with a broken arm for the best part of six months). So good for him I guess, but sucky for the fans. Never fear, the substitute drummer was apparently Gil from Zero Hours - or so my new found friends told me! Why is it that early 20's guys are always the chatty ones?! Still, they were excited - or so the Zero Hours merchandise they were wearing would lead you to believe!
29 January 2007 - FALL OUT BOY @ Hammersmith Palais
* Best part - nice to hear the new material "This Ain't A Scene" was epic.
* Weird part - well, what can I say? I felt unbelievably old, even more so than when I saw them last year. Which brings me around to where I was with my life last year .. but that's another story. I swear, I thought the gig must have been all ages, but alas, I am just that old that even 18 year olds look like school kids. Furthermore, when are the band going to get that making Pete Wentz the poster child for emo-rock maybe doing them more harm them good? I wish Patrick would bring some of that lead-singer bravado to the mic in between songs, as it doesn't need to all be angst & pain, nakedness and Pete's "fuck-establishment" lines.
18 September 2007 - JOHN MAYER @ Royal Albert Hall
5 September 2007 - BEASTIE BOYS @ Brixton Academy
But don't just take my word for it, check out THIS
24 August 2007 - ANGELS & AIRWAVES @ The Astoria
22 August 2007 - DECAYDANCE FESTIVAL - Feat. The Academy Is, Cobra Starship, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy @ Hammersmith Apollo
With a surprise guest appearance by Tom Higgenson, the lead singer of Plain White T's (who looks a lot like Alex from the Arctic Monkeys) who armed with only his guitar played hit song "Hey There Delilah", that had everyone singing along. Don't know the song? Check out THIS
But maybe it was just me who didn't rate the gig, check out THIS
20 August 2007 - +44 @ The Astoria
16 August 2007 - TEGAN & SARA @ Bush Hall
29 July 2007 - ME FIRST & THE GIMME GIMMES @ The Forum
27 July 2007 - BASEMENT JAXX @ Brixton Academy
22 July 2007 - LOVEBOX WEEKENDER @ Victoria Park
17 June 2007 - KAISER CHIEFS, EDITORS, THE RAKES @ O2 Festival, Hyde Park
* Worst part - how about not being able to go because you are laid up in a hospital bed, only days away from eye surgery! GUTTED! At least the weather was shite, or I would have been even more pissed off!
24 May - GROOVE ARMADA @ Camden Roundhouse
15 May - TEITUR @ Bush Hall
27 March 2007 - DAMIEN RICE @ Hammersmith Apollo
* Best part - when Damien let loose with just his guitar & the mic, he was monumental. So powerful, so moving, such a fantastic ability to convey so much emotion with only his voice. The power to silence 10,000 fans cannot be underestimated. Even better, was the finale "Cannonball" which he sang with no amps or mics ... absolutely beautiful.
* Weird part - who let his cellist loose with her own song? That seriously could have been written by a five year old "how is your wife?/did she come at you with a knife?" except for the lines she managed to rhyme with heroin and pot!! Would have been funny, except it cut into our Damien-time.
* Worst part - he needs to learn when to end it. An overly indulgent 5 minute outro to every song is NOT required. Especially when you insist on not playing your "hits" in favour of some obscure song you wrote for your friend's film, the NO ONE has ever hear of ... don't turn it into a 20 minute epic.
* Lesson learnt the hard way - worst tickets ever. I mistook standing tickets for the general downstairs standing tickets ... little did I know there are also rear circle standing tickets ... ie. approx. 200 tickets they release to stand BEHIND all the people sitting, way WAAAAAAYYYYYYY at the back. I think my ears popped and my nose bled ... far too far back.
3 March 2007 - THE FEELING @ Hammersmith Apollo
* The Support - Now when do I ever knowingly go early to a gig to check out the support act? Pretty much never. But tonight's support act was The Fray - of mega-huge single "How To Save A Life" notoriety. And seeing my sister had just sent me the CD earlier this week, I wanted to hear 'em ... what can I say, "Over My Head" has been a VERY apt song for me this week. And they were pretty good, in the sounds-just-like-their-CD kinda way. Limited crowd interaction, or any real spark, but they sounded fine, so you couldn't really fault them.
* Best part - definitely the opening sequence. They had covered the stage with this huge sheet, which I assumed meant there was some cool set piece getting put up - but they used it to project onto. A brilliant YouTube montage - the band had obviously put their name into it, and had cobbled together all these funny videos of people singing along to their songs! They had even made their own spoof video.
* Weirdest part - the self-appointed "Wave Nazi" (I kid you not, that's what he called himself!) who was trying to get me to do this whole weird group wave thing with his friends. Damn, he was quite cute if he wasn't all weird!
* And the annoyance - I was texting Julia pre-show, saying how many loved up couples there were (cue vomitting). And at 1am, she finally text me back with this gem "Is there no one to fill your little world right up, pickle?" ... and the she thought she was funny!
25 February 2007 - THE SHINS @ Astoria
* Best part - the guys played a good mix of new & old material, and I loved the new material - it just seemed to blend in really nicely with the set. I love how they are still these 4 dorks, but they totally don't care. Very laidback crowd though, who only wanted the two songs from "Garden State", but what can you do?
3 February 2007 - +44 @ Brixton Academy
Well, the rumours were true - Travis didn't play tonight because he was sent back to LA to get his broken arm sorted out ... finally (having continued to drum with a broken arm for the best part of six months). So good for him I guess, but sucky for the fans. Never fear, the substitute drummer was apparently Gil from Zero Hours - or so my new found friends told me! Why is it that early 20's guys are always the chatty ones?! Still, they were excited - or so the Zero Hours merchandise they were wearing would lead you to believe!
29 January 2007 - FALL OUT BOY @ Hammersmith Palais
* Best part - nice to hear the new material "This Ain't A Scene" was epic.
* Weird part - well, what can I say? I felt unbelievably old, even more so than when I saw them last year. Which brings me around to where I was with my life last year .. but that's another story. I swear, I thought the gig must have been all ages, but alas, I am just that old that even 18 year olds look like school kids. Furthermore, when are the band going to get that making Pete Wentz the poster child for emo-rock maybe doing them more harm them good? I wish Patrick would bring some of that lead-singer bravado to the mic in between songs, as it doesn't need to all be angst & pain, nakedness and Pete's "fuck-establishment" lines.
