Last Gig You Went To...

[Mothman]

Absolutely stonking gig + saxophinist Eddie Blue joined them for the encore.

[Tim]

You can't beat a bit of 'Miller Time'

[Tim]

Mark Knopfler
Bournemouth BIC - 21 May 2013

Just in from a rather mediocre night, which had 3 high-points for me;

• No support band
• The last song played was Wild Theme from Local Hero, which is a timeless classic
• It was all over by 9:50pm.

There is no doubting that Mark is a gifted guitar player/songwriter and a thoroughly decent bloke too, but as a live performer tonight's show was weak and wanting from my perspective. I have not seen him before, so have nothing to measure it by, but tonight's performance was not a patch on the quality of his recorded music. It felt like he and the band were just going through the motions

I'm glad I went, but I would think twice before repeating it

[MartinT]

Oh dear, we have him booked for Sat 1st June at the Albert Hall, and I'm hoping he picks it up by then.

[Tim]

Maybe he's saving himself for then Martin, he is doing a week there isn't he?

At least you will have Ruth Moody for support, which for me would make the night even if he was poor

[MartinT]

At least you will have Ruth Moody for support

?

<looks her up> ok, she'll do!

[Tim]

From The Wallin' Jennys Martin, just released her second album and I think Alex has her on his radar, so could be someone you would like too. Both her albums are on Spotify

[julesd68]

Well it's about 30 years since I last saw MSG!

I was an absolute fanatic back in the '80s - collected all the vinyl and went to see them 3 or 4 times at the Manchester Apollo. Great memories.

Couldn't resist the chance to see the reunion with fabled Scorpions rhythm section - Francis Buchholz and Herman 'Ze German' Rarebell. The gig promised a greatest hits package of all the old MSG / Scorps / UFO classics and we weren't disappointed. Fantastic to see the boy Schenker looking so well after his long battles with alcohol, and he was clearly enjoying himself. He has certainly lost none of his ability, flashing up and down the frets with his trademark fluidity. For me he is one of the greats, the Teutonic master, par excellence … I have always admired his highly melodic style and all the Paganini-esque classical influences. Makes it look and sound so very easy, like only the very best can do.

The boys rocked out from start to finish, showing great fitness (being mostly around their 60's!) over a roughly 1 hr 30 set. The crowd went particularly wild for all the UFO tunes like 'Lights Out' and 'Too Hot to Handle'. One of my personal highlights was the savage riffing of the Scorpions instrumental 'Coast to Coast'. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable night and hopefully won't be the last time I see the master play …

Must try and find my old copy of 'One night at Budokan'.

[hal55]

The Watoto Childrens Choir (OK, maybe not really a gig) but it was really good. The only negative was finding the beany I'd paid $20 for was actually made in China and not by a member of the Watoto village. Still, they do good work so I didn't really mind.

Hal55

[sparrow]

Rush on thursday night....wonderful show and when they played The Wreckers from their latest LPI had tears in my eyes..great sound considering the secc doesn't have good acoustics...this might be the last big tour they do..I hope not.