Thursday 26 September 2024.

Thursday 26 September 2024. THE SEX PISTOLS with FRANK CARTER live at The Forum, London. Punk legends play the last of five extra shows with their new singer , after selling out three nights at The Bush Hall, London in August....I was lucky to be at all three of those excellent shows. The third show was the 32nd time i had seen The Sex Pistols since July 1976. I have been to over 100 live music events in 2024, and those three Sex Pistols shows and the two Wembley Stadium shows by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band , have been my 10/10 top of the bunch. ------------------- Nice to see so many punk rockin' chums here, on this horrible, gloomy rainy day. The venue is positively rammed inside , as this show sold out pronto. There was a serious medical issue with a male customer in the stalls , so the band were delayed for 30 mins. They arrived on stage at 9.30pm for their 75 mins set. There is a slight change to the Bush Hall setlist as ' Did You No Wrong' is dropped, and 'Silly Thing' and ' My Way' are added. Every track from NMTB is superb as usual. Great to see Glen , Paul and Steve together Frank Carter is giving it 100% as he goes into the crowd a few times and even stage dives from the dog leg stairs that lead up at the side to the balcony. Frank is really doing a fantastic job . Another fantastic show , that was over far too quickly. Full setlist played tonight.... Holidays in the Sun Seventeen New York Pretty Vacant Bodies Silly Thing Liar God Save the Queen Submission Satellite No Feelings No Fun ( The Stooges cover) Problems E.M.I. Encore: My Way (Claude François cover) Anarchy in the U.K. Those spotted during the evening included Jeni Cook, John Giddings , Andy Copping , Slim Jim Phantom, Spizz Energi , Joe Corre, John ' Boogie' Tiberi, Roedent , Ray Stevenson, Anne Pigalle and no doubt a few more i missed. Aftershow party in the balcony bar... Nice n buzzy here as 100 guests , with a pay bar. I was here with Mal-One until 1.15am. It was due to finish at 1.30am. Glen Matlock and Frank Carter were here. Also Julien Temple, Nick Moran, Stephen Webster , Tom Spencer , Chris McCormack, Chris Musto. --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 25 September 2024. MONSTER MAGNET live at The Forum. New Jersey rockers are celebrating 35 years since forming....They have released around 10 albums... They are playing a UK & European Tour Led by original founder member and vocalist Dave Wyndorf, the acclaimed five-piece are famed for their signature heavy and spacy sound, a style which is heavily influenced by early metal bands of the 1970s. ---------- Lots of space upstairs and on the floor , so maybe only 1000 here out of the 2000 capacity. MARGARITA WITCH CULT on at 8pm for 45 mins. A rock trio who all had full length 1970s long hair. Hailing from the home of metal, Birmingham UK, Margarita Witch Cult are the Sabbath City’s newest heirs to the throne of darkness- serving a merciless concoction of stoned sludge, demented thrash, and proto-metal weirdness. The self-proclaimed “disciples of the riff” played some good tracks off their debut album , along with a nifty cover of ' White Wedding '. MONSTER MAGNET on at 9.15pm for 90 mins. They had a stage curtain , that had psychedelic images and clips from famous porn film 'Ginger' projected onto it. Five musicians playing some swirling psychedelic guitar, along with cosmic bass and weird keyboard sounds. Dave Wyndorff's crew are purveyors of mind-expanding space rock. A good set that ended with 'Space Lord'.

Posted 26th September 2024