Friday 4th

This was it, the Seaside Rendezvous! The homecoming gigs that Muse had been wanting to do for a decade!

I travelled down to Torquay on the Thursday night, wandered around the seafront a bit and then found my hotel for Thurs/Fri. Got the first train to Tinmuff at 6:15am on Friday morning.


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This was for the International Music Festival held in Manchester. Also as part of this was An Audience With Guy Garvey on 06/07/09, though not technically a gig. It was a very interesting interview though and lots of insights from the man himself. We got to meet up with loads of people from the Elbow Room Only forum who are all lovely, and it just ( Read more... )

- The full name of the first support is actually Tim And Sam's Tim And The Sam Band With Tim And Sam, but that wouldn't fit in the title field. :) Order their album and get a free teabag. No really ( Read more... )

- Quite a few mates went to this which was a nice change ( Read more... )

- This was the furthest I've been to see Elbow and I went on my own, though I quite enjoyed the independence of travelling halfway across the country on my lonesome. Did a lot of reading on the train journey ( Read more... )

- Jonathan and I were staying with mates in Southend who lived very close to the venue thankfully, so this was The Night where we could wait outside afterwards and try to meet them, since we wouldn't be on any time restrictions ( Read more... )

I'm glad Wai Meng asked me to go to this, it was great! I don't know why I didn't go see Feeder before ( Read more... )

- I wasn't entirely sure what to expect from a live Lambchop gig but it was thoroughly enjoyable and Kurt Wagner has an amazing voice. The chapel setting was very pretty and Jonathan and I sat in the front left pew, hehe ( Read more... )

Thursday 23rd- These gigs were my first ventures into Manchester so when I wasn't gigging I tried to see as much as I could. Jonathan and I went to the Temple Bar which is tiny little underground pub that is the o/~ hole in my neighbourhood down which of late I cannot help but fall. :) Station Approach was playing on the jukebox as we walked in - ( Read more... )

So here begins the mass of gig catchups that I have failed to post to LJ, covering just over a year. Expect lots of quick and disjointed entries, mostly just recounting the highlights of each. :)

Saturday 11th- Seeing Guy at the top of the stairs in the Roundhouse while we were waiting. Then Mark, Pete and Jupp walking down the stairs and past us ( Read more... )