Peloquin Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 I went to see the always fun Dirt Box Disco the other night. Supported by The Spontanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 Not seen them for a while, great band 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSeagull Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Rick Astley with a big band in Brighton last night. 13 superb musicians - not sure who was on bass, don’t think it was Julian Cox who usually plays with him. Whoever it was switched effortlessly between upright and electric. Astley has a great voice, a little wooden in his chat between numbers but a good show and the sound was excellent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 UK Subs with Chelsea and GBH last night in Frome. All three bands were excellent. GBH still go hard for a bunch of old blokes. The mosh pit moves a bit slower when the average age in the pit is 50. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12stringbassist Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 The Dels in Manchester. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 1 hour ago, SteveXFR said: UK Subs with Chelsea and GBH last night in Frome. All three bands were excellent. GBH still go hard for a bunch of old blokes. The mosh pit moves a bit slower when the average age in the pit is 50. That must have been a great night Steve, 3 excellent bands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 34 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: That must have been a great night Steve, 3 excellent bands Yeah, really good. I've seen UK Subs before with Bad Religion so it was great to see a full headline set. It reminded what nice people punks are. Everyone was so friendly. Great to see teenagers and 70 year olds all having a great night together. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay2U Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 The Lillingtons, in 2018. I had the honor to be invited on stage. 😜 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visog Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 Macca at the Coop Arena, Manchester... Sorry not snapped with bass. Not bad for 82! Just under a three-hour set and swapping between his Hofner, acoustic, ukulele and piano. Played Beatles, Wings and solo hits. Killer band. Drummer a beast. Great show. Dawning realisation that after listening to 50 years worth of prog rock, the Beatles got there first. Only neg of the night is the venue's unfeasible admission and transport logistics with ~20k people descending on the tram station at 11pm. Plan carefully if you intended to go to this venue. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 (edited) I went to see Paul McCartney last night at the Co Op Live arena in Manchester. My son in law is a massive Macca fan, and being in a wheelchair asked if I’d accompany him so I was happy to go, despite large venues not being my favourite. He had reserved disabled parking online, but on arrival it was evident that the spaces were already taken up - there was the local derby of Man City vs Man Utd taking place at the Etihad next door, so 53,000 punters there and a further 23,000 at the gig meant it was extremely busy. We eventually found a space that had enough room thanks to the help of the car park staff, and got into the venue quite early. The gig was AMAZING! One of the best concerts I have ever seen. From the opener ‘Can’t buy me love’ it was over two and a half hours of non stop brilliance. The set consisted of material from throughout Paul’s career, and was chosen really well. Quite a few numbers featured very rocky arrangements, with both the guitarists ( Brian Ray and Rusty Anderson ) playing brilliantly. All of the band were truly superb, augmented on some songs by a fantastic 3 piece brass section. Paul was on top form, his vocals really good and his bass playing top notch - used his Hofner all night into Mesa amplification. Brian took over on bass duties ( Fiesta red Precision and Epiphone Jack Casady) when Paul was playing guitar / piano / mandolin / ukulele. Plenty of special effects and poignant video footage on some songs, I was absolutely spellbound throughout. First time seeing a Beatle for me, and an unforgettable evening. Edited December 16 by casapete 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamLeeds Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 Saw Weetwood Mac last night, a tribute band to guess who. They were a nice surprise, all about the music rather than trying to imitate someone else and the bassist had a really nice singing voice. Well worth seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 Nik Kershaw yesterday evening for the last date of his "1984 Tour", a concert I wouldn't have even considered 40 years ago... It was a pleasure to listen to and the filiation with Level 42, Ultravox and even Rush became obvious ... live. Great evening and really great musicians. Paul Geary was playing an old Steinberger L or XL and what looked like a fretless Sire P-Bass. The spirit of Peter Collins was in the air and we all applaud to him in the "great recording studio over there" as Nik said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 More pics from McCartney last night, care of my daughter. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 There ain`t not no way I would be up on that podium 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 4 hours ago, casapete said: I went to see Paul McCartney last night at the Co Op Live arena in Manchester. Small gig for Macca, he could have sold out the Etihad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 9 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: There ain`t not no way I would be up on that podium It was amazing Lozz, he began playing ‘Blackbird’ and then the stage started rising. 82 years old, no safety barriers so could have been problematic but ended up amazing. People in the front few rows couldn’t see him though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dinger Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 59 minutes ago, Lozz196 said: There ain`t not no way I would be up on that podium Me neither. In my case, due to a lack of talent rather than a fear of heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbunney Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 Went to see Culture Club at the O2 last night. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I thought it was very good. it was my wife’s choice to go (I had to go with her after all the times I’ve made her come and see Iron Maiden with me lol) it was a good production and Boy George was in good voice. Mikey Craig was playing a nice 5 string Fender Jazz, the bass was very prominent in the mix and I enjoyed listening to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 Brother Strut at the Jazz Cafe. Fab as always with new singer, drummer, keys player and percussionist. Drummer (Dexter Hercules) was off the chart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 8 hours ago, bass_dinger said: Me neither. In my case, due to a lack of talent rather than a fear of heights. Both, in my case…… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky L Posted December 17 Share Posted December 17 (edited) Went to see The Damned on Friday 13th. They really were rather excellent. I'm thoroughly enjoying them having Rat back on the drums. Paul Gray's bass playing is ridiculously fluid and melodic and it was a superb tone from his Ric. Have they slowed down a bit? Yeah, I guess so but with most of them knocking on the door of 70 it's reasonible. Edited December 17 by Marky L 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted December 17 Share Posted December 17 Saw Slipknot on Sunday, good show, and surprised to see their bass player using 4 string basses, mainly a Status with SIMS LED's, a Flying V and something else I didn't recognise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegatward Posted December 18 Share Posted December 18 Elles Bailey was very good at Leeds Brudenell Club recently. Nice person to talk to as well as very talented Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDelores Posted December 19 Share Posted December 19 On 17/12/2024 at 17:52, Skybone said: Saw Slipknot on Sunday, good show, and surprised to see their bass player using 4 string basses, mainly a Status with SIMS LED's, a Flying V and something else I didn't recognise. Saw Slipknot in Birmingham last night. Very nice selection of basses from Vman. Must of been about 15k in instruments for him alone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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