Jesus and Mary Chain Mania!

(that's in about two and a half hours, if my time zone guess is right)

and that's only the support band (The Pastels) - if you're anywhere near London, you can still get there (if it isn't sold out)

ITV really ought to stage a Saturday night special named Jesus And Mary Chain Mania, compered by Zoe Ball.

FYI, London people who could still get there: on stage time according to a fan site:
Pastels 7:30-8:10
JAMC 8:30 (3 hours and a half to go)

LOLZ! Thanks v much Stan, I am now going tonight :D

I had to - the Pastels are supporting!

(oh no, if they suck it'll be my fault now)

I will hold you personally responsible.

*hides*

It is well sold out, BTW.

It is well not sold out.

what happened to the 1990s support slot?

that said, pastels + mary chain = my dream bill albeit 15 years too late (and £20 too expensive)

also, main act on at 8:30?

(d'oh on the date)

1990s are playing AFTER the JAMC according to the discussion on this fan forum:

http://sct.amniisia.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3041&start=52

OK, there were no tickets available via the RFH website last week and tickets going for big(ger) money on eBay, so I assumed it was sold out. My apologies.

Anyway, who will Report Back?

Only 15 years, Koogs?

i saw two of the encores- 'vegetable man' and 'you trip me up'. sounded great. band looked miserable.

http://www.optimo.co.uk/jamc.jpg

Did they play "April Skies"???

No April Skies, I'm afraid. Setlist was something like this:

Never Understand
Head On
Far Gone and Out
Sidewalking
Snakedriver
Catchfire
Happy When It Rains
Dead End Kids* (old Freeheat/Jim solo song)
Some Candy Talking
Between Planets
Blues From a Gun
Cracking Up
All Things Must Pass
Teenage Lust
Just Like Honey
-----------------
Reverence
Vegetable Man
You Trip Me Up

*Not sure when this was played in the set - am fairly sure it was around this point

Mystery lady (definitely not Scarlett Johanson) on Just Like Honey. I was right up in the balcony so I had no idea who.

it was Nina Persson from the Cardigans - more here:
http://sct.amniisia.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3078

OK, there were no tickets available via the RFH website last week and tickets going for big(ger) money on eBay, so I assumed it was sold out. My apologies.

Pastels sound was a little muddy at first, but they played Nothing To Be Done so I was happy. JAMC did look a bit miserable, but well that's to be expected! No storming offstage like last time I saw them.

Catchfire

omfg this is probably one of my all-time favorite songs

Nina gets around (isn't she on the new manics single?)

> Pastels sound was a little muddy at first

no change there then 8)

> Only 15 years, Koogs?

that'd be 1992, the almost gold lp, so yes. although anytime before then would also be fine, obv. after that it's touch and go. actually, '92 is a bit late for the pastels, is their jad fair period, when stephen seemed to stop singing. did see them a couple of times then and a couple more after (both supporting b&s, new york and camber sands) and kinda enjoyed them both times. but, yes, again, earlier would be better better.

::jealous::

but you can't get around in an aeroplane!!!

I'm now being told it was the girl from the Duke Spirit, which makes more sense of what I saw and heard onstage.

They're playing Brixton Academy on September 7th.

Who, the Duke Spirit or the JAMC?

JAMC. Must start posting more coherently.

To make up for it, here's a link (that will inevitably not work..)

http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user?query=search®ion=xxx&category=misc&search=jesus

£25! Plus £5 service charge! Ouch!

But I suppose I'm a grownup now. I better suck up.

LOL oh well I'd rather have seen them at Brixton Academy than at silly seated festival hall, although it was good. Maybe I can take Mrs Poo to this and see them again. She wasn't in the mood to go out on Friday.

I thought about buying seated upstairs tickets. But then I snapped out of it!

The best thing is, this is like 10 minutes from my house! Hurrah!

We went to see the Ramones, at Brixton Academy, back in.

Upstairs seated was all that was left. Better than nothing, obv, for that one. Their last UK gig ever.

But no. Apart from bands who are going to split up and/or die, never do that.

I had seated tickets for the Stooges, that was weird. But they were complimentary so I can't complain. Seated behind Kevin Sheilds, even weirder.

think the last twice i've seen them were both brixton academy gigs - rollercoaster tour and acoustic(!) support for cocteau twins.

"All Things Must Pass" is classic JAMC. This is one of those bands who'll crank out passable-to-good-to-great shit as long as they feel like it.

who else is going to see them at Brixton Academy this Friday? do shows there usually end before the closing of the tube?

they probably will, yes (kicking out time = 11ish, tube = 12 ish)

am still in two minds. ticket prices high. nobody to go with.

I'm going! I am meeting Dream Machine people beforehand in a pub.

i was wrong about tube, forgot the victoria line closes early these days:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/5508.aspx

From Brixton
22:11 northbound all stations to Walthamstow Central
22:21 northbound all stations to Seven Sisters

plenty of slow buses though. take one to stockwell and get northern line from there is quickest. overground trains available to victoria too, every 20 minutes.

(i also thought it was saturday. oh um)

the prices are high, but i figured i'm in london for the weekend, might as well catch some shows (and they were pretty good at the summercase festival, fwiw). anything good going on saturday night?

if you see a lonesome vietnamese dude, come say hi!

x-post: thanks koogs!

May I just add that Richard Hawley's version of "Some Candy Talking" is very lovely indeed?

The Victoria line will be closing early Mondays to Thursdays from 23 July to 22 November to allow line upgrade works.

It should* be running until late on Friday night.

*Who knows what state the network will be in when the strike finishes.

I was thinking of going to this, although I did see them at Meltdown a couple of months ago. But I'm going to be in Birmingham (at a Python Conference, no less) so I can't.

THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN on tour:
10/20 – Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
10/22 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
10/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern Theatre #
10/26 – San Francisco, CA @ the Fillmore #
10/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #

*All dates with Evan Dando (solo acoustic)
# Soulsavers (featuring Mark Lanegan)

::bounce bounce bounce::

tommorrow for the Reidy goodness! Oh my!

Will this be the first time?

Give us a proper UK tour ya lazy bams!

From The Times review of the RFH gig in June:

Jim screwed up the beginning of Snakedriver, and they had to start Just Like Honey three times before he located the correct key and entry point for the vocal at the same time.

It's like they've never been away :)

It's like they never been to rehearsal, more like!

Free tickets (*$7/each service charge) through goldstarevents.com for tomorrow at the Wiltern in LA.