Monday 07 October 2024.

Monday 07 October 2024...7pm to 9pm... LATER WITH JOOLS HOLLAND live recording at Alexandra Palace Theatre, North London. DAVID GILMOUR THE THE AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS DHRUV MOONCHILD SANELLY I went to several Later with Jools Holland episodes , when it was filmed at BBC White City but this is my first time since it moved back to London. A lovely venue , which has stunning views of London. The audience of around 200 are seated in seats upstairs, and it looks exactly the same as Level 1 at Shepherds Bush Empire, and you look down on the floor where all the acts perform. We have nice reserved seats in the front row, and music critic Neil McCormick is nearby , who i last saw at Sex Pistols opening night at Bush Hall , where he gave it a very nice four star review for The Telegraph . At 7.20pm Jools and the artists take to the floor . At 7.30pm the recording starts All the acts perform tracks from their new albums. The sound for all the acts was perfect and clear. This is how the show order went, track by track. David Gilmour Amyl and The Sniffers Jool interview with Matt Johnson from The The Dhruv The The Moonchild Sanelly Jools interview with David Gilmour Amyl and The Sniffers David Gilmour Pretty amazing to see a rock legend Ike David Gilmour in such an intimate setting. On Wednesday 09 October, David Gilmour plays the first of six sold out Royal Albert Hall shows . Finally get to see Amyl and The Sniffers. Her nearly there outfit will go down well on TV as she channelled early Debbie Harry attitude with a Farah Fawcett 1970s blonde flicked hairstyle. Really good . Great to see The The again , after seeing them last week at Brixton Academy The two other acts also performed well. The new series starts on Saturday 19 October on BBC Two and this episode is shown on Saturday 02 Nov. I have put a video and photo up Facebook ,of the pre-recording , but obviously nothing was allowed during the actual recording. Well worth applying for tickets via the BBC website for future shows in the series...and they are free. ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- Sunday 06 October 2024. ARCH ENEMY + IN FLAMES + SOILWORK live at Hammersmith Apollo. Metal titans Arch Enemy and In Flames are teaming up for a UK & European co-headline tour with Special Guests Soilwork....all three bands are Swedish. Arch Enemy will close the show in London. Looking forward to seeing Arch Enemy for the first time . I have seen In Flames a couple of times before when they were a support act. ------------- It does not say sold out , but the venue is very full. Looks like a mini Download Festival . Oddly it is six months since my last visit to this venue, which was The Hives.They don't seem to get as much good stuff on like the legendary Hammersmith Odeon shows in the 1970s and 1980s. SOILWORK on at 6.15pm for 45 mins. They are given a postage size space at the front. Six members spread across the stage . A decent enough heavy metal sound. IN FLAMES on at 7.25pm for 75 mins . Both the headliners have full stage productions. Visually looks fantastic with lots of lights and strobes In Flames have a raised platform for drums and keys. Again it was a decent heavy metal set . ARCH ENEMY on at 9.10pm for 75 mins. Arch Enemy had a huge curtain and also looked visually great with all the lights and strobes. A female singer , who sounded a bit manly with her screaming , growling vocals. Lots of moshing , crowd-surfing and headbanging throughout the evening...a good event.

Posted 7th October 2024