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Nov 2018
11:13am, 30 Nov 2018
783 posts
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Captain Malcolm Reynolds
Most disappointing gig was
Alter Bridge/Shinedown/Halestorm a few years back. Halestorm were superb, lively, powerful, energetic, engaging. Shinedown were fronted by a shiteclown who was more interested in flapping his gums between songs than getting on with a gig. Alter Bridge were so boring, absolutely dire, we left after 5 songs.
Closely followed by Graham Bonnet’s set a Stonedeaf this year. He relied a vocal backing track for the high notes, his patter between songs was embarrassing. In Graham’s case the mighty have fallen.
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Nov 2018
1:57pm, 30 Nov 2018
2,822 posts
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gcwenn
The most disappointing gig i have been too was Echo & The Bunnymen. It was the 3rd time i had been to see them and i swear Ian McCulloch was as pissed as a handcart. He was awful.
The best gigs i have been too are probably, Ash, Feeder, The Mission, Frank Turner, Stereophonics and the Manics. Not necessarily in that order
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Nov 2018
1:59pm, 30 Nov 2018
2,823 posts
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gcwenn
And i saw the reformed Macc Lads in my local British Legion club recently and they are superb. About 8 pints of guinness, several rums and a room full of old men reliving their youths and you can't go wrong!!!!
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Nov 2018
2:13pm, 30 Nov 2018
37,023 posts
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McGoohan
I've not disliked any of my gig experiences this year, though Julian Casablancas played for the least amount of time.
Best this year? A toss up between Arcade Fire and Decemberists. Loved both shows.
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Nov 2018
2:27pm, 30 Nov 2018
775 posts
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edison
Decemberists put on a good show, as do Arcade Fire, although not seen them since the Suburbs tour
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Nov 2018
2:31pm, 30 Nov 2018
37,025 posts
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McGoohan
AF were on at Wembley Arena which can be a bit of a giant shed, but at least they played in the round in the centre of the hall so that wherever you were you got some sort of a view.
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Nov 2018
3:00pm, 30 Nov 2018
10,069 posts
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Badger
gcw, I saw Echo & the Bunnymen, supported by the Buzzcocks. Buzzcocks were great. E&tB looked really cool coming on stage, but that was the peak, shabby set punctuated by McCulloch swearing a lot about how they were definitely the best band ever out of Liverpool & way better than the sodding Beatles. I'm not getting into arguments about who the best band out of Liverpool is, but on the evidence of that night he was definitely wrong on both counts. Left early to miss the cab queue.
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Nov 2018
3:24pm, 30 Nov 2018
3,590 posts
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1step2far
I've only ever walked out of one gig and that was MGNT. They were awful... refused to even look at the crowd. Most of the crowd left half way through.
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Nov 2018
3:28pm, 30 Nov 2018
37,026 posts
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McGoohan
Not counting festival appearances - where all kinds of old cack can be seen - one of the poorest I've seen was The Coral early in their career, performing on the back of their first two albums and one mini-album. They were technically excellent, note perfect but they had no engagement with the audience at all. Might have been a mumbled 'thanks' between a couple of the songs but that was it. No encore, no rapport, no personality.
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Nov 2018
3:43pm, 30 Nov 2018
2,044 posts
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Goofee
That reminds me of Pete and the Pirates McG, went along on a friend's recommendation and was very underwhelmed
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