Birding Sometimes: Newcastle

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Friday, 28 January 2011

The Cult @ Newcastle O2

First musical interlude of 2011 ~ The Cult at Newcastles' O2 Academy... missed them first time round, so was pleased to get a show now. This was the first outing with a new digital compact - Canon SX120IS, with a 14X optical zoom and versatility of manual operation... I'm pleased with the results given the venues "ROCK" lighting (ie very dark!!!)

Classic ROCK gear - shades (worn in the dark, naturally) , gloves (it's winter) and a tambourine

mmm Gretsch, NICE!

Sunday, 5 December 2010

BIZARRO: The Wedding Present

There are an increasing number of bands from my high school / university era touring for classic albums,and Saturday night for me was a very enjoyable trip down memory lane with The Wedding Present.

I'd seen the original line up twice previous during the "glory" years ~ Preston Polytechnic in November 1990 and at Newcastle Mayfair in May 1991, so it's been a long time coming!

Worth the wait?

Oh Yes!

So it's a different line up, with only singer David Gedge being the original member, but Bizzaro is a classic album - 21 years on and a few hundred 40somethingers can still manage a mosh as the band cranked out the tracks. When I first saw them in the 1990's they sold a t-shirt with the slogan "all the songs sound the same". In 2010 it's good to see that they've got with the times and produced an updated version "All the songs still sound the same".