Foo Fighters, Birmingham

Foo Fighters
Birmingham NEC Arena, Birmingham
Sunday 11th December 2005
Price: £28.75

Went with Paul and Helen to see the foos again. Although this time we were seated which was a bit disappointing. Dave Grohl was in good form though.

Lineup:

Foo Fighters
Futureheads
Eagles of Death Metal

The Bravery, Birmingham

The Bravery
Carling Academy, Birmingham UK
Saturday 19th November 2005
Price: 17:50

Went to see the Bravery with Paul. They were ok, but the singer looked like he was trying to hard.. and singing didn't come naturally to him. I don't remember the support.

Lineup:

The Bravery
+ Support

Sigur Rós , Birmingham

Sigur Rós
Carling Academy, Birmingham, UK
Monday 14th November 2005 7PM
Price: £19.50

I went with Luke to see Sigur Ros who were amazing. Although I had to drive to Dorset the day before to get the tickets as he forgot them lol. But all in all it was worth it. The support were very good too. Some of the songs made me cry a little bit - a bit of a hard year all in all.

Lineup:

Sigur Rós
Amina

Set:

1. Takk...
2. Glósóli
3. Ný Batterí
4. Sé Lest
5. Sæglópur
6. Untitled 4
7. Gong
8. Andvari
9. Hoppípolla
10. Með Blóðnasir
11. Olsen Olsen
12. Svo Hljótt
13. Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása~
14. Heysátan

encore
15. Untitled 8

bow out
16. Avalon

Squarepusher, Birmingham

Squarepusher
Barfly, Birmingham, UK
Thursday 10th November 2005 19:30
Price: £10

Went with Jay and his cousin to see some classic squarepusher and he didn't disappoint. Lasting memory of this gig is Jay not losing it when a bunch of kids off their heads started jumping near where he was.

Lineup


Squarepusher
Luke Vibert

Mylo, Birmingham

Mylo
Carling Academy, Birmingham, UK
Wednesday 2nd November 21:00
Price: £13.75

Went with luke to see Mylo. Dan was jealous. wa ha ha.. :) Drop the pressure kicked arse!

Lineup:

Mylo
+ Support

Royksopp, Birmingham

Royksopp
Birmingham Carling Academy, Birmingham, UK
Sunday 9th October 2005
Price: £15

Went with Luke and Paul to see Royksopp. Royksopp were excellent. The support oh my was genius. A one man band bizarrenesss to the extreme Sebastian Tellier. Enough chuckles :) Royksopp played many of my favourite tracks by them such as Poor Leno and Remind. They did good work of Alpha male and other tracks of the latest album.

Lineup:

Royksopp
Sebastian Tellier

Supergrass, Birmingham

Supergrass
Carling Academy, Birmingham, UK
October 8th 2005

Went with Luke to see Supergrass. They were pretty good.


Lineup:

Supergrass
The Race

U2, Manchester

U2
City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester, UK
Tuesday 14th June 2005 Starts 17:30
Price: £50

I went with my mate Paul to see U2. Luke had originally bought tickets but he was still in hospital at the time. We got there a bit late and caught the end of the Bravery Set. Snow Patrol were a tad tedious. But U2 rocked. Been wanting to see them since the mid 1980's they didn't disappoint. They played many of my favourite tracks. Bono did go on some rhetoric dispersal about make poverty history - a good campaign... We got relatively close to one of the massive runways which semicircled out of the stage, which Bono and the edge frequently strode along. :) They even did a Joy Division cover.. always goes down well.

Lineup:

U2
Snow Patrol
The Bravery

U2 Set:

Vertigo, I Will Follow, The Electric Co., Elevation, New Year's Day, Beautiful Day (Blackbird), City of Blinding Lights, Miracle Drug, Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own, Love and Peace or Else, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Bullet the Blue Sky, Running to Stand Still, Pride, Where the Streets Have No Name, One.

First Encore:

Zoo Station, The Fly, Mysterious Ways, With or Without You (Transmission, Love Will Tear Us Apart)

Second Encore: All Because Of You, Yahweh, Vertigo

Pop Will Eat Itself, Birmingham

Pop Will Eat Itself
Carling Academy, Birmingham, UK
Sunday 23rd January 2005
Price: £17.25

Went with the isis crowd to see the poppies. They were ace. Really good gig. Beaver Patrol and all.

Lineup:

PWEI
+ Support