[Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield - Manchester et al

Sat Dec 10 19:18:40 EST 2011

Full set list found on the forum - courtesy of Kerbcrawler:

Sonic Attack/You'd Better Believe It/Seasons/Footsteps/Hills Have
Ears/Warriors/Angels Of Death/Prometheus/Magnu/Tide Of The Century/Hassan I
Sahba/Sentinel/Space 2001/Silver Machine/Psychedelic Warlords/Spirit Of The
Age.

No difference in London except that there was a rendition of "Landing on
Medusa" before Psychadelic Warlords and Huw joined them onstage for the
encore.   Incidentally his LLG band is a very efficient unit. Their sound
is a bit too sharply harsh on the ears for me but from behind the bar at
the back of the venue - actually the best place to be for the whole show -
they sounded good.   Can't tell you which tracks they played except
that Moonglum was one of them and Huw is playing beautifully.   Of the new
tracks Seasons - the one concerning Wars and Revolutions - seems to have
developed even during the course of this short tour (or maybe  I'm just
hearing it better each time) and is the one track I've come away humming -
just need some lyrics now!   Shepherd's Bush venue was incredibly
overcrowded and though it was another really good show it was difficult to
concentrate while trying to dodge being squeezed - and sorry I've no idea
who did which vocals cos I never managed to get enough of a view or close
enough to see what was going on!   I'm sure I heard a violin in Sheffield
but there was an announcement in Manchester about someone having to go to
Brighton to finish off an album so I think he took no further part in this
tour but I'm happy to be proved wrong.
And now there's only YouTube to watch.
Thank you to the band for another excellent pre-Festive season
adventure.    I'll try Manchester again - one day!

Jill

On 10 December 2011 03:32, Stephen Lindsey <steve.lindsey at hotmail.com>wrote:

> thanks Jill, excellent review, amazing to hear they're playin gnew songs
> aho was doing the spoken word bits  ? Dibs ?
> Was Tim Blake there ?  oh and the violinist was playing ?
>
> sorry you hate my hometownthough,
> yep, don't order Italian food in Manchester, sorry could have told you
> that ......
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:49:40 +0000
> > From: jill.strobridge at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
> > Subject: Re: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield - Manchester et al
> > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> >
> > 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:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----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
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> > > 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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