Is anyone else going to see The Darkness at the arena this saturday? I've got front standing so i'll be in the thick of the mosh pit! I can't wait. It'll be the third time i've seen them and they are one of the best bands i've seen live.

By the way, is the Noose and Gibbet still open while 2 on the morning? I fancy a drink afterwards.

Originally posted by nez75
By the way, is the Noose and Gibbet still open while 2 on the morning? I fancy a drink afterwards.

for regular fights and bottle smashing, yeah its open

Originally posted by Robbie_Lovin
for regular fights and bottle smashing, yeah its open

Sounds cool! Haven't see a decent pub brawl for a while. Which, coming from Handsworth is a first!

I'll be there, not front row though I'll be up in the seats

Ahh well

I only just heard that Ash are supporting! That's cool! :thumbsup:

Ash are great live. They were at the Leeds festival with The Darkness this year. Is it just Ash supporting?

Originally posted by nez75
Ash are great live. They were at the Leeds festival with The Darkness this year. Is it just Ash supporting?

Not sure

I heard from my mate and many other sources that Ash are supporting

Don't know of anyone else.

Think the first support act may be called 'Do Me Bad' as I had a e-mail the other day informing me that the first 500 thru the door will get Darkness crackers filled with Darkness lighters, Ash Keyrings and Do Me Bad summatorother.

Could be wrong though!!!

Find out on saturday I guess!!

Just thought I'd double check - according to the ticketplace it is 'Do Me Bad Things'.

Anyone any the wiser - cos I certainly ain't??!!??

According to their website both Ash and Do Me Bad Things are supporting on saturday night.

www.thedarknessrock.com

Originally posted by nez75
According to their website both Ash and Do Me Bad Things are supporting on saturday night.

www.thedarknessrock.com


Will some people see Ash and then leave? :P

Originally posted by IanMitchell
Will some people see Ash and then leave? :P

Hell No!!!!!!

More like go to the bar whilst Ash are on then come back to see Justin make his overblown and grandiose entrance on a white tiger - LOVE IT!!!!!!

hehe it was a good gig was it not.

I thought the support band were pretty terrible, if they didn't have those singers then the musicians would be decent

Ash played a good gig, I never really knew most of their stuff but I'd like to get some.

The Darkness.... come on you know they were brill. :D

Loved it when he went around on the tiger...

Totally agree with Ian. I was front standing 3rd row, dead centre! Fantastic!!

I quite liked his little dig at Band Aid :hihi: Great to hear Dont Let The Bells end as encore.

All in all 10/10.

Ash were excellent too - the flaming guitar :clap:


Do Me Bad Things - Lets pretend that never happened shall we!

Couldn't fault it - had everything a rock gig should have and more - flames, pyro-a-plenty, silver holographic catsuits and a giant inflatable priest and snarling dogs!!!

Even a Jim Diamond/Stevie Wonder mass sing-a-long!!!

Top night, Top Band - Excellent!!!!

I wasn't standing- I had rubbish seats but it was still a good night :P

We stood up when the Darkness came on.

They really are great live aren't they? Told ya! Bit disappointed there were no mosh pit at the front but the band were great. I didn't see the support bands, I was at the bar getting bladdered i'm afraid!

Went to Noose & Gibbet afterwards, top night all in all!

Ash - Fantastic live band. Seasoned veterans at the age of 27! Played a great gig at Leadmill last year.

Darkness - SOOOOOO much potential, flushed down toilet by a mixture of arrogance and lack of actual product. Their headline set at Reading Fest was woeful. Even played a song that 'they hadn't written words to yet' - ok, if it had a great riff or you could tell it was anything special then, thats fine. But it was s**t. They are original and they have a great front man in JH, but they are just missing something for me. Sorry. Maybe their arena tour is different and they are a little more prepared now.

Originally posted by Sal22
Darkness - SOOOOOO much potential, flushed down toilet by a mixture of arrogance and lack of actual product. Their headline set at Reading Fest was woeful. Even played a song that 'they hadn't written words to yet' - ok, if it had a great riff or you could tell it was anything special then, thats fine. But it was s**t. They are original and they have a great front man in JH, but they are just missing something for me. Sorry. Maybe their arena tour is different and they are a little more prepared now.

Their new stuff wasn't very good.

Stick with the oldies and enjoy it while it lasts

Hi everyone!

I was at the darkness gig, front standing, very close to the stage, and I found the audience a bit "quiet".
It's the first concert I see in the uk... is it always like that? I mean, was that specific to this concert or is it the english way of attending a concert? people were not even jumping.. ????


but apart from that I love their music and style, the show was great and I didn't know Justin was such a phenomenon!

Originally posted by Vero
I was at the darkness gig, front standing, very close to the stage, and I found the audience a bit "quiet".
It's the first concert I see in the uk... is it always like that? I mean, was that specific to this concert or is it the english way of attending a concert? people were not even jumping.. ????


Heya Vero,

It's cause it's an arena gig. Arena's have a feel of emptyness for me and not as good an atmosphere as say, the leadmill if you've been there.

Don't give up on UK concerts!

vero....you should have gone to see seb bach at the corporation. the place was jumping!! like ian says the arena is too big for a decent `gig atmosphere' leadmill or corporation and get yourself to the front and you will be sweating, jumping and have big ugly blokes sticking flicking your hair in you mouth.. they way it should be! :D

Justin Hawkins (from the Darkness) himself was saying, during the gig, how arenas are strange for gigs.

yeah, i usually try to get front standing then you can get best of a bad situation..but i dont fancy turning up THAT early to get there.

i recently gave up my front standing for deep purple and went and sat in some awful seats just because i was quite bored.

smaller gigs and more of them i say :clap: we need somewhere a bit bigger than leadmill .... maybe the new city hall development will fill that gap? although they used to not even let you stand up at a iron maiden concert!!...hmmmmm

I've been to a few gigs at the arena and they always had a mosh pit when I went front standing. Especially at the two Oasis gigs and Metallica gigs i've seen there. Like I said in my earlier post I was really disapointed there was no mosh pit on saturday. The crowd were really quiet. Its nothing to do with the arena. It wasn't the bands fault either 'cos they gave a brilliant performance, the crowd were simply just too quiet on saturday for my liking i'm afraid.

So veno, looks like you caught an english crowd off form on saturday. We're not normally like that believe me!

Originally posted by nez75
I've been to a few gigs at the arena and they always had a mosh pit when I went front standing. Especially at the two Oasis gigs and Metallica gigs i've seen there. Like I said in my earlier post I was really disapointed there was no mosh pit on saturday. The crowd were really quiet. Its nothing to do with the arena. It wasn't the bands fault either 'cos they gave a brilliant performance, the crowd were simply just too quiet on saturday for my liking i'm afraid.


Sorry buddy, I would have joined you but I was stuck in the seats :(

Hi everyone!

So I guess that was bad luck.. and you know I wanted to be at the arena at 5ish, but we were very late and got there at 6:30 (french people are always late, not our fault!), and even then it was easy to get close to the stage... which surprised me a lot! In France you spend your day in front of the doors, then run like mad people towards the stage, and then push everybody who is still in front of you. I guess we really are eager and rude people then :(

Anyway I won't give up on english concerts, I really like small gigs here (and really like corporation, in France there are only rap or techno night clubs... so I gave up on french night clubs a long time ago)
I think I'll try english festivals, I've heard about the Reading/Leeds one, sounds great ! And maybe there I'll get a chance to see the english way of crowd surfing ;)

Véro

Originally posted by Vero
Anyway I won't give up on english concerts, I really like small gigs here (and really like corporation, in France there are only rap or techno night clubs... so I gave up on french night clubs a long time ago)
I think I'll try english festivals, I've heard about the Reading/Leeds one, sounds great ! And maybe there I'll get a chance to see the english way of crowd surfing ;)

Véro

Try Glastonbury mate ;)