jackhammer

Attended a Prog Rock/Metal fest at the weekend and it was probably the worst 'Festival' I have ever attended. Whilst I have the utmost respect for the promoter who I talked to over the weekend, Holding it at a nightclub where there was no draught beers, only 6 beers available in plastic 330ml bottles (wtf?) at £4.50 a throw or 2 shots of Jim Beam for £12 (no mixers), a bad sound, a perpetually dark setting and an audience where me and my mate at 40 and 41 respectively were amongst the youngest at a magnificent crowd of around 300. Yes that is 300 and you have the most boring festival I have ever been to.

Threshold were really damn good but due to the lack of atmosphere, the vocalist had to get into the crowd and inject some atmosphere before closing the show at the granddad time of 9.30 PM (so the chavs could get in and tear the place up for a normal nightclub time) on Saturday!

We found a local Rock bar later where I was getting chatted up by a rather nice South African lady (good times) before a man sat next to us who turned to be her boyfriend whereupon I left her to my friend to get rid of whilst I smoked lots of cigarettes (bad times).

A far cry from my return to Bloodstock in August after a 2 year absence (I Hope) with this line up thus far:
Band Line Up - 2013 - Bloodstock Heavy metal festival band line and metal band Biographies.

Also hoping to get to a local family friendly festival that is in a couple of weeks with Bill Bailey headlining on the Sunday with Dreadzone and Lucy Rose which is well worth the day pass of £43 and as it's a 30 minute walk it means no taxi's, hotels and other expenses.

Also lined up is Fat Freddy's Drop in October at a weekend date in London which means an epic weekend should be in order, Damnation Fest in November (Carcass and Crippled Black Phoenix for starters) and Black Sabbath in December means that the year should end on a good note (Oh and Killing Joke/ The Mission and Fields of the Nephilim four days earlier in the same week as Sabbath).

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Mojo

What festival was that Jackhammer?

Slayers headline spot at Bloodstock must surely be vacant now? Are they still playing? And have you heard Grifter before? They are worth a watch.

I dont have a Damnation ticket yet but I'm hoping to probably catch you again there this year. I love CBP and obviously seeing Carcass is an opportunity I don't wanna miss!

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jackhammer

It was called Celebr8.2.

Slayers spot is still on as Gary Holt (Exodus) filled in for Hanneman the last time I saw them and I don't see that changing and Slayer already have a drummer in place anyhow but it's not quite the same

As for Grifter I caught them a couple of years back at an after party gig after seeing Nebula down in Camden (which itself was a lucky gig to see as we sat in the Camden Underworld drinking on the Friday getting ready for Lamb Of God on the Saturday when we we got tickets for Nebula that day of the gig). Grifter were quite decent.

Obviously Carcass are a different entity to when I saw them way back when but CBP will be well worth it. This time we will be on time and we will sink a few beers if you are there

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Paedantic Basterd

Just returned from my 3rd and 4th Of Montreal shows. Not disappointed. No two shows are ever the same.

crazed

I'm hoping to make it to the Forecastle Festival in Louisville in July.

Forecastle Festival | Music, Arts and Activism | Louisville, KY | July 12-14, 2013 |

Psy-Fi

Just got tickets to see Wire during their brief East Coast & Midwest tour in July.



Pinkflag.com - the official Wire website - Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Robert Grey

cgw

I waited through the long cold winter for the summer concert season. Now the schedules are out and there is basically no one I am really interested in coming to the area.

I noticed that London, Ontario seems to get a lot of shows. London is not that big of a city. Am I missing something, or do they just have active promoters.

Mojo

Ah ok, had Hanneman not been touring with them before he died? I knew he was ill but didn't know that if thats the case. It's been a few years since I last saw them now, when he was healthy.

I'm hoping to go to and see Bonobo tonight at the stunningly beautiful Sage, Gateshead and I'm also hoping to get a day ticket sorted to the Saturday of Download Festival to see Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, Motorhead, Mastodon & Black Moth!

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DICEbog

Zac Brown Band is comin to town in october! cant wait!

mars11

Rihanna show in September
Madonna show in December
both in Manila