You wait ages for your favourite bands to tour and then they all decide to tour at the same time. This was gig 2 of 3 in a fortnight for me and Cathy, after seeing Garbage a week ago, and with another gig coming up at the weekend.
This time we were off to The Beacon in Bristol. It was the first time we had been to the former Colston Hall since their big refurb and name change when they wanted to distance themselves from the historical baggage of links to slave trader Edward Colston.
We were sat right at the back, in the penultimate row of the third tier. We were so high up we had a good view of the lighting riggers. I've sat right at the back of a few venues and the Beacon definitely has the best views from that sort of seat. It didn't feel dizzyingly steep either.
After a forgettable support singer, the band came on.
This was billed as the "Complete Sweets" tour. We were expecting them to play most of their latest album, which was released in two parts. Instead they played mainly their classics. Most of their debut album August and Everything After got an airing along with various singles. I'm not complaining although they didn't play my favourite song off the new album, 'Boxcars'.
There were also a few covers. I have heard Counting Crows play 'Friend of the Devil' so many times now it feels like it's their song (and I sing along). They also did a cover of 'the 1' by Taylor Swift. It didn't feel like there were a lot of Swifties in the audience but everyone seemed to enjoy it.
The camera on my phone isn't good enough for pics from up in the gods, but they look colourful at least!
And so, after an enjoyable night, we are now gearing up for gig three of our summer run of gigs!
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