[Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield - Manchester et al

Fri Dec 9 20:49:40 EST 2011

Sheesh - I've decided I hate Manchester.  The Hotel room window didn't
close (though in fairness they changed it and I now have a room with a
4-poster bed) I had the worst Italian meal (how much wrong can you do to a
lasagne and green salad - let me tell you.....) I've ever eaten.  It took 3
attempts to find the pub.  It poured torrents of wet sleet while walking
down there and the small venue was heavily crowded!   But apart from that
the band were excellent and as others have said seem to be playing really
well together.

Here's a partial set list - I'm sure I'm missing stuff and have got some
wrong but others can fill in the gaps or amend:

Sonic Attack
Better Believe It / a Space Time song segue / Better Believe It
<lots of skeleton dancing images in this section - excellent start>
A ?new spoken/song about War Dreams and Revolution <quite powerful with
word sequences flashed on the screen "fnord" type words for those
who recognise that concept(!) >
An Industrial sounding intro leading into another new spoken/song - the
images were from the video on the Mission Control page so I wonder if it
was perhaps Footsteps of the Great One?  <needs a recording to confirm this>
Another new one  which, I think, might be called something like Hill of
?Years
Warriors
Angels of Life/Death - enjoyed this one with plenty of drive and energy and
a really nice conclusion
Prometheus
Magnu
Tide of the Century - which I thought was absolutely beautiful - nice
instrumental intro and a good strong clear vocal (couldn't see who) - in
all a well presented track
Assassins - with a long, long indy disco drum set <a bit too long for my
liking but others enjoyed it - and done by some electronic drum kit thingy
rather than by Richard> in the middle section
Sentinal
Silver Machine finshed the set
Encores: Psycadelic Warlords <the only one in  Sheffield>
Spirit of the the Age <greeted with huge enthusiasm by the Manchester
audience>

So (apart from the dreadful DJ in the pub afterwards) I'm in a much
improved mood.

cheers
Jill

On 9 December 2011 14:53, <briantawn at aol.com> wrote:

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>
> Not a particularly big stage there and low ceiling, so not so much scope
> for the lighting as in many venues, but I enjoyed the lights. Watching from
> the back of the hall made it easy to see the show as a whole and the
> lightshow gave a mixture of scenes of beauty, some comical bits, bits to
> make your eyes spin and occasional lights on the crowd to make you close
> your eyes. For me, every aspect of the show was good.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pete ellis <magnu500 at yahoo.co.uk>
> To: Hawkwind <Hawkwind at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 9:53
> Subject: Re: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield
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>   Good to see you made it to one of the gigs Brian, you seem to have
> missed out a lot in recent years. I cant make it to any this year, but
> hoping that the rumours of a lengthy spring tour are true.
> Just one question..........what was the lightshow like? the last few times
> ive seen them its been a bit tame, its an important part of any HW show,
> that seems to be getting a bit overlooked recently, IMO anyway.
> Pete
>
>   *From:* "briantawn at aol.com" <briantawn at aol.com>
> *To:* Hawkwind at yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Thursday, 8 December 2011, 19:56
> *Subject:* Re: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield
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> Quite so...I loved it to bits...good to see Huw too.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vin <vin30 at talktalk.net>
> To: Hawkwind@ Yahoo <hawkwind at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:53
> Subject: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield
>
>
>   This was the best Hawkwind gig I've seen for many years.  They were
> really firing on all cylinders at the Plug last night.  Really excellent.
>
> Two songs that were new (to me, I've not been able to get to gig for one
> reason or another for the last couple of years) were the highlights of a
> brilliant show.  The first was an ambientish piece with a beautiful dub
> bass line from Nial, and the second was a strong driving tune with a
> political message.  If these are from the new album then it looks like it's
> going to be one of their strongest for many years!!
>
> Also must say how much better Dibbs was last night then when I've seen him
> before.  Letting NH play the more taxing bass parts leaving himself to
> concentrate more on singing has been a brilliant move.  He's turning
> himself into a great front man.
>
> 'Assassins' was brilliant.  I loved the tribal drums and breakbeats that
> got everyone around me dancing away!
>
> Vin.
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