Worst gig of the year

[belboid]

Sadly, I find it easier to think of the very worst gigs I've seen ,rather than the best ones. An unusual experience, and one I hope is not repeated next year!

In order to help achieve that goal I will be avoiding the following, who were really unutterably crap:

Hawkwind - Sheffield Corporation, Julyish. Fucking dull dreary old men, most of whom couldn't sing and who had forgotten the riffs to the good songs

Four Tet - Sheffield The Plug - October 31st. Unredeeemed shite, the very worst kind of wanker behind two laptops bullshit noodling wank, sand paper car crash fuzzed up shit for gullible morons. Contemptible and worthless.

And one I will go and see again (and again) despite this poor showing:

The Fall - Sheffield Boardwalk - Septemberish. Going through the motions, looking and sounding bored as hell. No spark, despite the really kicking band he had with him.

 

[aylee]

Porcupine Tree at the Astoria was poor .... Steve Wilson simply isn't getting any better at stage presence, the sound was diabolical and the new album is patchy.

JJ72 were utter shite at the Download Festival, despite having a foxy new bass player who can actually play the bass.

Coldplay at Crystal Palace Stadium as well .... nothing wrong with the gig itself, but my partner and I lost each other and didn't find each other until near the end of the gig, which ruined the evening.

Apart form that, I can't really think of any gigs I saw this year that were a real disappointment.

 

[rennie]

Mylo at Lovebox was crap. I shoulds stayed at home.

 

[strung out]

Coldplay at Glasto. Forced to go by my mates who assured me "they're shit but it'll be a massive spectacle...etc"


It was shit

 

[spanglechick]

oasis headlining v.

boring as fuck. I took the opportunity to use he loos - unsurprisingly, so did lots of others.

 

[shakespearegirl]

White Stripes at Ally Pally - mainly because of the venue, full of 15 year olds, crap sound, insisting on taking the tops off bottles of water..
Westlife at Birmingham and Sheffield - but that was for work not out of choice, honest

 

[spanglechick]

White Stripes at Ally Pally - mainly because of the venue, full of 15 year olds, crap sound, insisting on taking the tops off bottles of water..
Westlife at Birmingham and Sheffield - but that was for work not out of choice, honest

ally pally is shite - hard to get to and the sound quality is better in the bloody foyer than the auditorium - which has bugger all rake, so you can't see over the person in front. stupid arse venue.

 

[Velouria]

Jah Wobble at UCL or something - who fucking cancelled

Just as well I hadnt bought the tickets down to London at that point ...

(Does it count if it never happened?)

 

[Biddlybee]

De La Soul at forum - seen them long time ago and they were great - but this year = shite.
Mylo at brixton academy - again, seen him before and been on top form, not that night

 

[shakespearegirl]

ally pally is shite - hard to get to and the sound quality is better in the bloody foyer than the auditorium - which has bugger all rake, so you can't see over the person in front. stupid arse venue.

I agree shite venue. I am short and couldn't see a thing. Will never go to a gig there again.
The reason so many bands are playing there now is that they charge the band/tour manager very little money for venue hire and then charge HUGE facility fees to anyone else providing services on that day. I was actually told this by the venue manager when I queried why it cost 3 times as much to film a gig there as it did at Wembley Arena.

 

[siarc]

not crap exactly.........slint

 

[Dubversion]

another diss for Ally Pally. worst venue i've ever been too. souless, incompetent, remote, expensive. ruined my evening. the queues were so long and so mismanaged that people were still stuck out in the cold when the headliners came on.

 

[Dubversion]

not crap exactly.........slint

it could be my worst, in terms of expectation vs results.

 

[spanglechick]

another diss for Ally Pally. worst venue i've ever been too. souless, incompetent, remote, expensive. ruined my evening. the queues were so long and so mismanaged that people were still stuck out in the cold when the headliners came on.

oooh - gonna do me a poll/pole

 

[Lisarocket]

JJ72 were utter shite at the Download Festival, despite having a foxy new bass player who can actually play the bass.

They were pretty shite at Wireless too. They actually apologised for being shite at the end of the set

I was only there on a freebie to see Kasabian, who were surprisingly excellent..

 

[Fuzzy]

primal scream at glastonbury were utter pap.

 

[moonsi til]

Tom Vek at the Bestival Festival...had to re start a few times, apparantly problems with the drummer.

 

[blamblam]

Not bad exactly, but LCD Soundsystem, Soulwax, Juliette+licks and the Go! Team at the Astoria. It started early, and apart from the fact I thought it was at the mean fiddler o) still didn't get there too late we'd missed everyone except LCD cos it started like a fucking hour before the advertised time. Which was annoying as hell.

 

[butchersapron]

primal scream at glastonbury were utter pap.

Did this suprise you though?

 

[paolo]

Coldplay at Glasto... and I was soooo looking forward to it. Halfway back at the Pyramid and the sound was terrible. As usual I guess.

All my mates - who were resolutely not big Coldplay fans - absolutely loved it.

I really should have gone to see The Go! Team, but apparently that was a (technical) shambles.

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Keane, somewhere. Anywhere!

Not that I'd know, of course.

 

[blamblam]

I really should have gone to see The Go! Team, but apparently that was a (technical) shambles.

Yeah saw them at Electric Ballroom, they can't play for shit (d'you see them on Jools Holland? Fuckin abysmal). Still had fun tho (but my housemate really wasn't impressed...)

Did this suprise you though?

I can't believe some people thought Mylo wouldn't be shite!

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

Yeah saw them at Electric Ballroom, they can't play for shit

Sublime on record though.

I don't know why they bother to play live if it doesn't work - The Go! Team's music is by its very nature utterly studio bound.

 

[Dr. Furface]

Not bad exactly, but LCD Soundsystem, Soulwax, Juliette+licks and the Go! Team at the Astoria. It started early, and apart from the fact I thought it was at the mean fiddler o) still didn't get there too late we'd missed everyone except LCD cos it started like a fucking hour before the advertised time. Which was annoying as hell.

Yeah, seconded. And LCD weren't worth much either. No, not terrible, but James Murphy is the paradigm of nerdness, and not in a cute way either.

My other big disappointment was Devendra Banhart - also at the Astoria (a horrible venue) - who was another talented but irritating tosser. The best thing about the show was when he invited someone from the audience up on stage to do their own song, and this guy got up, slung on Devendra's guitar, and played the best song of the night. Says it all really.

Their albums are quality, but on stage they were both very disappointing.

 

[poului]

o8uu0-ul09i9

They've all been pretty good this year fortunately. Wasn't in a alert enough state of mind to fully assess Slint at the Forum properly and felt that the Fall were being the Fall by numbers on the day I saw them (which is still good anyway).


Been subjected to some very boring DJ sets though.

 

[paolo]

Yeah saw them at Electric Ballroom, they can't play for shit (d'you see them on Jools Holland? Fuckin abysmal). Still had fun tho (but my housemate really wasn't impressed...)

I've heard they are bit rubbish live, but always thought the tongue in cheek atmosphere would carry it.

Is it me or did they used to have two drummers, and now just playing with one (the japanese? girl)... ?

 

[Fuzzy]

Did this suprise you though?

tbh no. i did think they could have made a bit more of an effort. Bobby gillespie was pissed and staggering around all over the place. oh well. wont be watching them again.

 

[aylee]

They were pretty shite at Wireless too. They actually apologised for being shite at the end of the set

I was only there on a freebie to see Kasabian, who were surprisingly excellent..

Er .... I actually meant the Wireless Festival. D'oh!

I'd forgotten that they actually apologised.

 

[DrRingDing]

Those indie bands that play on the other stage at glasto in the afternoons that some of my mates assure me are 'fucking good' but just all sound the same.

 

[corporate whore]

Super Furry Animals at V.

Is there anything worse than a band you really rate going through the motions?