Best Gigs 05

Apart from NO at the Apollo and Hyde Park I would say Gorillaz at Manc Opera House. U2 short set at Live 8.

Saw Kraftwerk in the previous year and they were excellent. I remember Hooky mentioning seeing them somewhere in Europe, so I wonder if that was his favourite gig.

new order brixton the national ulu goldfrapp bristol academy the arcade fire bristol academy editors cardiff barfly stars cardiff barfly micah p hinson bristol trinity

hyde park for - rilo kiley, komakino, hard-fi & new order

barcelona for - wedding present, arcade fire, nouvelle vague, mercury rev, they might be giants & new order

digital mike binoche wrote:

New Order - Brixton 10 Feb 2005

eh? 10th feb?

New Order and the Chems in Oakland was tops.

Gang of Four were the best thing at Coachella for me, got bored listening to Jem, Fiery Furnaces were decent, rather see them in a club, and walking past the tent where The Bravery were playing was enough for me.

Los Lobos in my town, playing a lot of their other Spanish-language tracks to an audience who only wanted to hear La Bamba.....have always liked these guys for doing what they want to do.....and not what the record company or the general public wants.

Sigur Ros/Amina in Vancouver Jandek in NYC Dirty Three/Jackie-O Motherfucker in San Francisco Sunburned Hand of the Man in San Francisco Slint reunion in san francisco Slint reunion in seattle Unrest reunion in Washington DC Mogwai at All Tomorrows Parties UK Gang of Four in san francisco The Go-Betweens in San Francisco The Wedding Present in San Francisco Autechre in San Francisco Superpitcher in Seattle New Order/Chems in Oakland LCD Soundsystem in Seattle Fennesz in Seattle

My one and only...

New Order, May, Chicago

Christ not seen that many gigs this year,it would be a more impressively long list of NON-attendances to fave gigs this year.Nevermind. The ones I did see:-

LIVE 8 - Amazing day,spent about fourteen hours on our feet,with only breakfast and a hot-dog at dinner!

U2 at City of Manchester Stadium- Another great gig,till he started preaching.Much preferred him when he was MacPhisto when he sent himself up.

INTERPOL at The Manc. Academy- Another excellent gig,excellent new album to showcase..and they did NYC!!

JAMES BLUNT at Academy- AAARGH! No he is good live no matter what youse think of him!

LADYTRON at M/C Students Union- Low key showcase for Witching Hour.Brilliant gig.

AND>> NEW ORRRDDDAHHH!! at the Apollo- Ashamed to miss them at Hyde Park,but brilliant gig,brilliant day meeting NOOLers.

oh and HOOKY dj set at North Bar ,Blackburn Great to meet the geezer in the most smallest of clubs.Didn't recognise half the stuff he played,but he played a NO track and a Mash-up of Grace Jones/JD doing She's Lost Control.Good night out with my mate Banshee,his missus Teresa,Woman of Substance,Wayne,Edd Boland and Jake Dudek.

monty wrote:

JAMES BLUNT at Academy- AAARGH! No he is good live no matter what youse think of him!

Shameful

Samantha Chapman wrote:

monty wrote:

JAMES BLUNT at Academy- AAARGH! No he is good live no matter what youse think of him!

Shameful

quite! some other shockers there but to be fair he did have one or two good ones in his list as well

U2 at City of Manchester Stadium-

Dear Me !

And they were nearly as good as Girls Aloud!

monty wrote: And they were nearly as good as Girls Aloud!

wish i'd have seen girls aloud instead of cheeky girls at witton park blackburn. skinny french looking cheeky gits

I have comp tickets this Sat. Night (New Years eve) to see Robert Randolph & the Family Bandwith my mate Natasha-these guys opened for Clapton and about blew Eric off the stage.....

bansheeman wrote:

monty wrote: And they were nearly as good as Girls Aloud!

wish i'd have seen girls aloud instead of cheeky girls at witton park blackburn. skinny french looking cheeky gits

VOTE NOW!! either:-

OR

YOU DO THE MATH!!

Certainly better than looking at that BONGO twat !

dave soligo wrote: Sigur Ros/Amina in Vancouver Jandek in NYC Dirty Three/Jackie-O Motherfucker in San Francisco Sunburned Hand of the Man in San Francisco Slint reunion in san francisco Slint reunion in seattle Unrest reunion in Washington DC Mogwai at All Tomorrows Parties UK Gang of Four in san francisco The Go-Betweens in San Francisco The Wedding Present in San Francisco Autechre in San Francisco Superpitcher in Seattle New Order/Chems in Oakland LCD Soundsystem in Seattle Fennesz in Seattle

all those Cisco gigs. have you ever seen a band called SWELL from Cisco. great band. few great albums. would loved to have seen them live.