Within the last 3 weeks i have seen two high profile gigs from two differing bands. The 1st gig i saw was ‘Faithless’ in the Birmingham NIA, and most recently i saw ‘Razorlight’ in the Birmingham NEC. Let’s start with…
Faithless
I knew pretty much that this event would involve some dancing and thus i made sure i got standing tickets. i went with a guy called Rob, and my flatmate came with her old flatmate and a friend from work, though they drove, and subsequently Steve (the driver) had his car towed away for illegal parking, with a £350 pay up charge—irritating, and somewhat amusing, because they had to rush to the station (i know, i’m a git!).
Moving on. Faithless played all their killer tunes such as: Insomnia, We Come 1, Salva Mea and several tracks from thir new album. Maxi Jazz rocked, and the supporting singers were cool too. I avoided the sweaty stinking mosh pit, but still got a good view and boogied and bounced around too. Now i need to find time to listen to the new album!
Razorlight
The last few weeks to months i have been worried about going to the gig as the original person i was going with pulled out and it seemed no-one wanted to go as the gig was on Good Friday evening. I did consider selling it on eBay, but didn’t want a random freak next to me, plus the Brum gig hadn’t sold out. Finally i managed to find someone, a friend called Vicky, who was my junior Dr from my 1st job and who actually lived in Brum, so the journey for here wasn’t too far! I drove and thankfully there was plenty of parking though the charges for parking were a bit steep!
Most of the songs on the album are 3 minute pop songs, which in the gig were stretched out, but ultimately the gig finished after 1 hour, with an encore of 4 further songs. All in all a cool, sing-a-longable gig. Thankfully despite having seats, everyone got up and the opportunity to boogie a bit was possible, though the dance activity was less energetic than with the Faithless gig.
No further gigs booked at present, but i am always looking for something cool to see. As per usual, i got cheap gig t-shirts to prove i went though they are cheap knock off!
