Posted: 07 December 2008 at 1:27am | IP Logged

A great gig!  I especially loved the way the second half built up gradually from Rob's solos, through "One Rule", into "Old and Fat and Ugly", and thence to the crescendo of... no, I won't spoil it for the final gig attendees.  Rest assured it really rocked by the end!  Just glad my wife and kids weren't there to witness this 49 year old behaving like a 19 year old again.

Rob was brilliant - huge presence and a really solid voice, a fine front man.  Well done mate, you should turn pro.  (Oh, you are...)

Not convinced by the church venue.  Very surreal to walk through a vestry to get to the bar for a beer.  At least folk got up to dance instead of remaining glued to the pews, but the main problem was the sound.  Very very trebley, to the extent that it rattled in the ears.  And even so, I just couldn't hear the keyboards much at all, which is a real shame when sublime 'moog moments' like in "Life in the City" get lost.

Anyway, it didn't spoil the experience for me.  It was ace to share it with everyone else in the crowd (albeit too few) as well as to have a cup of horlicks with the band at half time.

So rock on forever ATF, and just remember you can always use those extra-large fonts for the lyrics on the stage monitors!

Neil