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[thelastdaysofanalogue]

10.03.18 - The Hold Steady at Electric Ballroom, Camden

For the past five years (with the exception of 2021 due to the pandemic) The Hold Steady have been playing an annual ‘Weekender’ of shows in London, with Friday and Saturday night at Electric Ballroom and a smaller Sunday set elsewhere in the city. It was born out of them doing a similar thing in the US as an alternative to going out on month long tours. 

The whole concept works very well and there is a feeling when you’re at these shows that you’re surrounded by hardcore THS fans. To many friends, Ed and I, would appear to be on that level with this band, in truth, these shows do make me feel more of a casual observer, but a welcome one at that. 

The great thing is you don’t get people drifting to look at their phones or wondering whether they’ll play a big hit next. There’s plenty of other bands I love who I’d like to get a similar quality of experience with. 

A memory from right before this show in 2018 that we still laugh about now, is how, in our mad rush to get dinner, we ended up crashing someone’s birthday party. Camden was busy and a table in the corner of a bar set aside for the private event was all we could find that would ensure we’d be able to eat and get to the venue in time for the band’s set.

In an attempt not to be found out (and thrown out) we’d occasionally raise a glass to other people in the same vicinity, nod and smile. Eventually we caught someone giving us a suspicious eye. This person was sat alone at an adjacent table. As it turns out, they were also a party imposter! 

In 2022 we were sat in the same bar and noticed staff putting up reserved signs for the exact area. Given the dates, there must be a chance it was the same group?

#The Hold Steady #Electric Ballroom #Camden #gig ticket #ticket collection

[kalluun-patangaroa]

here’s a ticket to Suede’s 2nd ever gig at London Rock Garden / Covent Garden, 12 April 1990

the line up: Brett, Bernard, Justine, Mat and Alesis the Drum Machine

31 years ago today...

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[pat2dee]

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[fght-ff-yr-dmns]

Adam is still one hell of a showman and for those wondering, yes, he can still swing that microphone like there's no tomorrow. He also loves a good chat in between songs, reminding me somewhat of a southern preacher.

Great crowd, packed venue, but plenty of room to move about (I've noticed that a lot as the crowd and I get older) all thrilled to be re-living their emo days, albeit with considerably less hair.

They played Tell All Your Friends in full with a load of songs from Where You Want To Be and Louder Now thrown in for good measure. Cute Without the E had an amazing reaction, although my fave song of the night was surprisingly Tidal Wave.

The PA system was the only thing that let it down, the vocals were barely audible at times and the guitar levels not quite right. Yet this didn't ruin a thing, we all knew the words and screamed our hearts out regardless. Sometimes I worry that I live in the past too much, but it was fun to time travel for an evening.

Oh and we got an impromptu cover of Queen's Under Pressure after someone shouted from the crowd...thinking they covered it...when it was actually The Used.  Great fun.

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[beatasticband]

#nirvana #gig ticket #melvins

[iwaslike-woah]

Ticket for Brand New tonight

I've got a spare for Brand New at Ally Pally tonight. I'm still going so can give it to you in person. Face value or as close as possible.

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[thelastdaysofanalogue]

10.03.13 - Bouncing Souls at Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth

I didn’t get into Bouncing Souls in their early years. It wasn’t until 2006 and The Gold Record album cycle when that they finally arrived on my radar. I got to see them at Reading Festival that same year, then didn’t get chance again for another six years, Between 2012 and 2013 I saw them a total of four times, but haven’t since. That may change this Summer when they play a co-headline show with Anti-Flag in Southampton.

I don’t have much I remember about this particular show. I would’ve been living with Stu Lauriston at this time, who was big into punk rock and probably played a part in me revisiting the band during those years. I actually have two anecdotes from the other Bouncing Souls shows I went to around this time. I don’t have tickets for either of those to post, so fuck it, I’m going to tell them now.

The first is from Groezrock Festival in Belgium. I got to watch the band from the side of the stage for an acoustic set they played. Between a couple of the songs I heard two ladies chatting behind me about the frontman Greg Attonito. The conversation went a bit like this.

“I really like Greg’s hair at the mo”

“Yeah it’s really nice what Janice has done with it”

I have no idea who Janice is, but I loved this behind the curtains reveal into the very normal life of the punk rock star on stage in front of me.

The second is from The Joiners in Southampton. The venue was packed. You can understand why they decided to play Wedgewood Rooms the following year, even though I’d say I preferred the show in the smaller room (and not just because that was a Friday rather than a Sunday).

It was so busy that Stu and I spotted two people getting a little too close for comfort. Nothing saucy, just a man in front of another, slowly encroaching on the other’s personal space. We tried not to laugh as it got so bad the man behind’s beard was sat completely in the space invader in front’s hood.

#Bouncing Souls #gig ticket #ticket collection

[pat2dee]

Another great gig, with a guest appearance by Liam Gallagher.

#Cast #brixton academy #gig ticket #britpop #90’s bands #90’s music #90’s #ticket #ticket stubs

[whatkindabirdareyou]

SELLING A WOLF ALICE TICKET

manchester club academy, 22nd october, £10

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