Gigs gigs gigs

[Gorka]

Oh Vaccines would have been worth seeing. Their album is a bit rubbish but they're good fun live.

Really? I saw them live when they were supporting Arctic Monkeys in Cardiff and they were a bit crap tbh.

[Skummy]

Fuuuuuuuck, Ray Davies is one of, if not the best live act I have ever seen. That was fucking incredible. Given that he was immediately preceded by John Cooper Clarke, I don't think my jaw has ever hurt so much from smiling, and I can't remember the last time I found myself singing along to every single word of every song someone played. The entire crowd singing along to Waterloo Sunset was fucking beautiful.

Hell, this whole weekend has been mindblowing. I've seen Ray Davies, John Cooper Clarke twice, Van Morrison, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Badly Drawn Boy, John Shuttleworth, Nouvelle Vague, Joan Armatrading, Rodriguez, Wanda Jackson, Jake Bugg, and a few cool local and unsigned acts. Aside from Perry and Armatrading, nothing disappointed.

It doesn't matter that I ache all over, that I'm sunburned (horribly) for the first time I can remember, that my ears are ringing, I've lost my voice, and I've spent over £100 on cider. It was a fucking beautiful weekend, and I got to meet John Cooper Clarke. Couldn't be fucking happier.

[METALMAN]

what was wrong with Perry? always wanted to see him. mind you, he is old and crazy so I'm not surprised if he would misfire from time to time.

Also John Cooper Clarke is apparently a lovely guy. I'm jealous!

[Skummy]

Yeah, Lee "Scratch" Perry is basically a rambling old nutjob with a backing band. It wasn't great.

John Cooper Clarke was the loveliest fucking guy. We bumped into him literally as everyone was being asked to leave, and a few people had very quickly went over to shake his hand and whatnot. He spent ages chatting to one person, signing an autograph book for their daughter, I'd been waiting, he was about to speak to me, and this obnoxious woman just butted in with "I'M A POET TOO!", and hogged his attention for about ten minutes. To his credit, he made a point of kind of talking to everybody at once from then on, addressing the crowd of people, while still signing personalised stuff to this woman and her kids. The security tried to kick everyone out, and he just said "Hang on a second lad, this fella's been waiting", and let me to chat to him for a little while and get a photo with him.

Absolute bloody legend, and all-round nice chap.

[db07]

Had you never previously been aware that Stone Roses fans are largely thugs, colly?

Well according to his twitter, Joey Barton did go see them

[Johnny Drama]

Packing for Optimus Alive, my first festival abroad can't wait.

[Colly]

Had you never previously been aware that Stone Roses fans are largely thugs, colly?

Well according to his twitter, Joey Barton did go see them

Ah Joey the indie kid, who supposedly tweeted 'OMG, they're playing Waterfall backwards, whats going on?'. Silly Joey, should've had your publicist proof read it first.

Ravey, super jealous. Damn wife, child and mortgage...

[Johnny Drama]

Yeah I cant wait although I hear Florence pulled out today but hoping for a decent replacement. Looking at the times it goes on till gone 4am.

[New Damage]

I attended Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park on Friday night, headlined by Soundgarden, supported by Iggy Pop, Cold Chisel (?) and Black Stone Cherry.

We only caught the last song of BSC's set which was a shame. We got a beer and as soon as we left the tent it belted down with rain for a few minutes, then didn't rain all afternoon. We went right to the front, Cold Chisel weren't as bad as we were expecting, people around us singing were either middle-aged, Australian or both. When Iggy Pop came out, shit went mental, we were right next to a mosh pit that consisted of a guy who was a little younger than me and looked like Daniel Radcliffe, Mel Gibson and Ozzy Osbourne.

Soundgarden were fucking amazing. Now the best gig I've been to, for sure. It hadn't rained all afternoon until the 5th song of Soundgarden's set, Black Hole Sun. Just seemed perfect. It wasn't as muddy as expected and the tonnes and tonnes of wood chippings really helped, even though the mixture of mud and wood chippings was horrible. Bet of all is that we got an amazing story from the day as well as the gig.

[LittleDaniel]

Man, it makes me pretty sad that Iggy was opening for Soundgarden.

[METALMAN]

Yeah, it's pretty tragic that he shared a bill with any of those guys.

Also at Hyde Park, Paul McCartney goes onstage for a once in a lifetime duet with Bruce Springsteen...and the police cut them off because they are past the curfew time.

[ravenjuice]

They managed to play two songs! It was absolutely beautiful

[Johnny Drama]

Got back from Portugal last night and Optimus Alive was awesome. The campsite was quality hada bar, huge swimming pool, footy pitches and loads of shadedareas that were needed since it got over 30 degrees. The festival site was really nice to and some of the highlights were Miles Kane who was quality, Stone Roses, Maccabees, Justice and Radiohead.

[Liam]

Will be going to see earthtone9 and Vision of Disorder in September.

[Matticus]

got so many gigs lined up.

Gary Numan @Sub89

The Zombies @Sub89

Between The Buried And Me @Sub89

Exit Ten @Sub89

The Bronx @Sub89

The Bronx @The Boiler Rooms

The Hives - HMV Forum

Rancid - Bristol Academy

[Rich]

I now have tickets to the last ever UK show for Alexisonfire...

Sad, but going to be intense

[Lowerdeck]

Two weeks ago I saw Mumford and Sons at their Gentlemen of the Road stopover in Portland, Maine.

Upcoming:

Rush in Manchester, New Hampshire

Gotye at a casino in Connecticut

The Virgin Mobile Freefest in Maryland

Ben Sollee in Boston

Umphrey's McGee in Northampton, Mass.

Sound Tribe Sector 9 in NYC

[Damian WayLNKe]

Just got two tickets during the presale for Virgin Mobile FreeFest. Jack White, Ben Folds Five and The Dismemberment Plan please

[Maxx]

Lets see:

The Ataris on September 13

September 22 brings Riotfest South, with Gaslight Anthem, Rise Against, Andrew WK, Descendents, NOFX and Less Than Jake

Then in October, Murder by Death (finally!) and Say Anything.

[Lowerdeck]

Just got two tickets during the presale for Virgin Mobile FreeFest. Jack White, Ben Folds Five and The Dismemberment Plan please

I went 0-for-2 on the free tickets this year - pretty disappointing.