Hawkwind Exeter - the foyer review

[bernhard.pospiech]

Then it must be F451 !!!

Bernhard

 

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We asked Richard what the new tracks were when the band came up to the bar
in Glasgow and he definitely said Fahrenheit 451 - so I'm sticking with that
for now until I'm told otherwise.
cheers!
jill
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> Thanks very much for this interesting review Jill
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> Are you sure that they did FAHRENHEIT 451 ???
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> Cheers
> Bernhard
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> ohmigod Exeter was a strange venue - it took an hour to find the place 
> (Tim's comment that someone was trying to keep it a secret seemed all 
> too
> true) and once through the door you came into a hall with a large bar 
> and seating on one side while the other side comprised a sort of hotel 
> reception area with a stage tucked away at the back - indeed as was 
> pointed out to me
> - the bar area was larger than the stage area!   It is therefore a huge
> tribute to the band and a credit to their professionalism, as well as 
> the quality of their playing and the strength of the set that despite 
> this they not only managed to fit everyone on stage, but had a full 
> lightshow and played a very creditable set - though it can't have been 
> easy - the dancers even had to perform on boxes laid out across the 
> front of the stage!
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> Set list was as Glasgow: Intro, Master of the Universe, Time We Left, 
> Lighthouse (I'm entirely in favour of someone helping Tim with the 
> vocals on this - it's a lovely track and works well with two 
> vocalists), then an Alien intro - <errm didn't identify this>, then 
> Orgone Acumulator / Only Dreaming, <then a gentle pensive piano intro> 
> Whose Gonna Win The War (this is awesome and has been given a strong 
> contemporary relevance with the dancers portraying soldiers - not 
> dancing - just standing there with guns.  The last time I saw 
> something similar was Marrillion doing "Forgotten Heroes" but let us 
> pass swiftly onwards!  The audience reaction to this track is 
> interestingly varied - there was silence at Newcastle, I'm not sure 
> people quite knew what to make of it), swiftly followed by (and it's a 
> very neatly crafted seque) Angels of Death/Life (with firey images of 
> skull heads and a truly wonderful extended drum/choppy guitar/drum 
> rhythm sequence - a glorious sound) then Wraith, Utopia (excellent 
> version - clear vocals - images of the mindless masses on their way to 
> work - as-indeed-I-should-be-tomorrow-don't-want-to-think-about-it), 
> Damnation Alley, Sentinel - I like this, lyrical, calm and has the 
> dancers/performers as strangely stooped giant stilted creatures 
> stalking among the band on stage (though sadly they couldn't get on 
> stage in Exeter) then Right to Decide (with a 3rd verse I haven't 
> sussed yet), Fahrenheit 451 (Dibs doing an excellent job with the 
> spoken verse), and Damnation Alley to end the set.
> In Exeter the encore was limited (unsurprisingly) to Silver Machine 
> but in Newcastle the band started early so did an extended encore 
> which included (hooray - I don't care what anyone says about 
> repetitiveness I just love
> this!) Assault and Battery / Golden Void and Where Are They Now).  
> Dave's guitar really makes these tracks come alive and "sing" <that's 
> not the word I want - perhaps "resonate" is better> but truly I could 
> not have been happier.  Overall I strongly feel the strength/quality 
> of the overall sound is so much better with Tim and Niall contributing 
> as well - you may not always be aware of them individually but the 
> extra dimension makes a tremendous difference - at least it does when 
> the sound mix doesn't deafen you.
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> Anyhow - that's it for my tour this winter.   Thank you and 
> congratulations
> to everyone.   Enjoy the rest of the tour!
> jill
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