HW: Liverpool

[Alastair Lee Sumner]

The crowd was decent and there was some room to move around the sides and
at the back, a perfect size really. I think 1997 is the only tour that I've
missed at Liverpool since first seeing them in 1984. I didn't realise that
the Royal Court had had a refit. I think Dave Brock said something about
a 'lick of paint' since they last came. I like the Royal Court but my
favourite gigs were always at the Empire which seemed like a bigger venue
and was seated. Being in the middle of the lasers at one of those gigs was
brilliant, you felt like you were travelling through space. And sell-outs,
they're proving to be a pain in the arse, me, Nick Med and the Fagin need
tickets for Hitchin. Maybe we could disguise ourselves as Hawkwind somehow.

Alastair.

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 19:13:14 -0000, mark von bargen <mark.von-
bargen at GENIE.CO.UK> wrote:

>Out of interest, this is the first HW gig in Liverpool that I have missed
in
>24 years (and I'm only 28, well, err 38). How full was the crowd at
>Liverpool? I love that venue, the Royal Court but haven't had a chance to
>get there yet since it reopened a few weeks ago following a major refit. I
>drove back from the Lakes on Sunday but then the M6 was closed following a
>crash and it took me 5 hours to do the journey. So near etc.. etc..
>especially after persuading my wife to come home a night earlier than
>planned.
>Good to hear that the fine performance that I saw at Leeds has been
>consistently repeated. And sell-outs too, whats going on?
>
>Mark
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "M Holmes" <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK>
>To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 4:23 PM
>Subject: Re: HW: Liverpool
>
>
>> Alastair Lee Sumner writes:
>>
>> > Just a quick hello to Arin, Mike Holmes, Rich Warren and Nick Lee who I
>met
>> > at the gig. Good gig, great sound, and I was made up to hear Brainbox
>> > Pollution. The only downer about the whole night was the group of
idiots
>at
>> > the front falling into people all the time. I had to go and stand near
>the
>> > back. I haven't seen much mention of the topless dancer there, I was
>> > wondering if she has been at all the gigs or was she just a local
>> > phenomenon.
>>
>> Hi Alastair. She reappeared at Newcastle, but not topless on that
>> occasion.
>>
>> IMHO the belly dancer was by far the better dancer.
>>
>> Also at Newcastle Kris appeared on stage to do her fire show, which was
>> great to see again.
>>
>> Same setlist as Liverpool: Ejection back in the encore and no Spirit of
>> the Age. The hall was almost full as far as I could see. I spoke to a
>> few fellow Scots who'd come down from the Scottish gigs and it's very
>> much agreed that this is the best Hawkwind have been for quite a while.
>>
>> That's me back from 5 gigs and I'm completely knackered...
>>
>> FoFP