To
be completely honest, I wasn't really expecting much out of this show.
I had heard from people who had already been to see them on the Little
Miss Disaster tour that the show was under rehearsed - with Dave often
forgetting words and the sound not being all that great. However it
was certainly nothing how I expected.
I
walked into the hall to catch the last couple of songs of support
band, Wreckless Eric. I could see the crowd weren't all that
impressed, they looked bored and were clearly hoping the Damned would
be coming on soon. Nevertheless, I made my way down to the front of
the hall, to wait for the band to come on. My sister and I were standing
next to a very drunk man, who insisting on shouting "Sensible's
a cunt" every five minutes, which made the wait that little bit
more amusing :)
The
Damned came on about 20 minutes later to a fairly packed hall.
The
set list went like this:
Nasty
Disco Man
Little Miss Disaster
Noise Noise Noise
Alone Again Or
Neat Neat Neat
Eloise
Smash It Up
Curtain Call
Street of Dreams
Would You Be So Hot
Perfect Sunday
Melody Lee
13th Floor
Second Time Around
History of the World
Ignite
New Rose
As
you can see it was a fairly lengthy set. They also added Jet Boy,
Jet Girl into the encore, which may have been because I was shouting
it at the bassist :D
That
song was the highlight of my night, as I know they haven't been playing
it at most of the other venues on the tour. It was great to hear the
whole place shouting "He gave me head"!
The
best bits were when Captain came out in what he called a furry pink
'mankini' he also tried to stage dive but as expected he was stopped
by the security guards. Monty was going absolutly crazy and dancing
during New Rose which was quite funny, that guy is one of a kind!
Dave
had great stage presence and didnt stay still for too long. He was
smiling through out and seemed to be genuinely enjoying the show.
He has a great unique voice!
It was sad however that some idiotic cunts thought it would be funny
to throw beer at him. The band even walked off stage for a few minutes,
claiming they would not come back on till the person who threw it
was out. Needless to say no one owned up to it, but I think they found
who it was and they restarted the show swiftly.
All
in all, this show is one of the best I've been to. There were no mistakes,
and the band sound just as good as they do on CD. They were energetic
and the crowd adored them! I'm only fifteen but they have proved to
be a band worthy of my attention. I would also like to thank Captain
for coming out and signing and chatting after the show. Amazing.
Natalie
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