Now if I’m honest I don't remember too much of this one. Nicky Jackson is a bad influence. I don't usually drink before gigs but been the 4th or 5th time we've seen this band together I thought it was only polite to do it properly. So a pint or two with tea... 4 pack of cider... then head to the venue for a couple more before the support band.... oh dear this was gunna be a headache.
With this gig been sold out before I had a chance to get tickets I have a friend to thank for this, guest list is a glorious thing. To make things worse on the alcohol front I had friends on the bars doing me good deals.... oh dear oh dear.
We got there and stood a little back to watch the support band.... The Whip (pic above)... last time i saw these was in 08 at 3volution Festival in Newcastle. They were shite then and not much better now if I’m honest. But neither the less their dancy indie pop got the crowd going (not to mention a distinct similarity to the dancier songs on The Courteeners latest album). Although it was nice to see all but one of the Courteeners (bet you can't guess which one thinks he's too big to hang around the public...) we're stood behind us and even had a chat with us. Good times.
Any who we moved into the crowd and waited for Liam & Co to come and show us a good time once again. We managed to get pretty close. By this time I was...tipsy to say the least. So I was ready to go for it. So were the other couple of thousand people in the venue. It got very squashed very quickly; I expected from this the gig to be pretty still one just very tight. I couldn’t of been more wrong.
They came on and instantly burst into ‘Cavorting’ to which every person in that sold out gig bounced to and sang every word. I’d never seen the academy this crazy. I’ve seen Bloc Party, Kasabian, Bowling For Soup, You Me At Six plus loads more in here. This was mental. Once finished with that they carried straight into the pre-first album hit ‘Acrylic’. To which I found myself arm round Nicky singing in an almost football chant way. I turned round and majority of the crowd were doing exactly the same.
After that I don’t really remember much apart from singing along a lot. But going by the set list I somehow acquired.... they played a lot of new songs divided up with the big hitters off the first album such as ‘Kings Of The New Road’, ‘Please Don’t’ and mine and Nicky’s anthem ‘Bide Your Time’... easily the song of the gig for me. I remember thinking ‘if it meant losing my voice by singing as loud as possible to this one... it was will be worth it’.
For the first encore only Fray stayed on stage to play ‘Rest of the World’ and a superb acoustic solo version of ‘No You Didn’t’.
Second Encore the entire band came on to play their current single off the new album ‘You over Did It Doll’ which had the crowd dancing rather than bouncing. This song didn’t really take my fancy at first but live... it defiantly won me over. The last two songs were a non brainer really. The biggest two songs (in the media eyes) off the first album. ‘Not Nineteen Forever’... which actually reminded me that I was 20 for first time seeing them... and ‘What Took You So Long?’ which had the crowd chanting ‘Wooohh ohh oooo woh oh oh ohhhhh’ all the way home (if you know the song you’ll know how that supposed to sound).
After the gig I got more battered on very cheap booze and somehow found my way back to Nicky’s where he was already asleep..... No idea. But it was fun.
Next one is Motion City Soundtrack. Granted they have the best album of the year so far in my eyes, it should be swwwveeeet.
Peace
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