Worst Live Act (Pushing it a bit too far)

[TrevorR]

2 hours ago, Bone Idol said:

A friend of mine told me about a Van Morrison gig that he went to a few years ago...

Van Morrison had just released a new album the week before the gig. He came on stage at the begining and said:

"We're going to play the new album for the first set, then we'll go off for a little break and then when we come back, we'll play some songs that you've heard before."

So they played the new album for the first set... Went for a break... And when they came back... They played the new album for the second set.... And then went home!

Isn’t that an old Neil Young anecdote about the “Tonight’s The Night” album too…?

Edited Thursday at 19:02 by TrevorR

[Bone Idol]

15 hours ago, TrevorR said:

Isn’t that an old Neil Young anecdote about the “Tonight’s The Night” album too…?

I don't know, all I can say is that my friend told me this more than 10 years ago after a VM gig he went to at the Brighton Dome.

[Mickeyboro]

34 minutes ago, Bone Idol said:

I don't know, all I can say is that my friend told me this more than 10 years ago after a VM gig he went to at the Brighton Dome.

Frankly, being a fan of both, I think thats a bit verbose for Van! 
 

[casapete]

3 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said:

Frankly, being a fan of both, I think thats a bit verbose for Van! 
 

I went to see VM at Hull City Hall in the early 80’s. He didn’t once communicate with the

audience and sat on a stool for most of the gig, randomly picking up a guitar or an alto sax

occasionally ( and being pretty dreadful on both IIRC ).

Thinking he must have been having an ‘off day’ and being a fan of his stuff, I booked to

see him again a year or so later at the same venue. He was exactly the same then too. 😆

[Mickeyboro]

Off topic maybe, but I got into VM through the 1974 Whistle Test TV broadcast of Its Too Late To Stop Now. 
None of the dozen gigs I saw live could hold a candle to it, and I still rate the album in my Top 5 live recordings ever…