2014-10-11 Royal Festival Hall

[Dirty0900]

Twitter suggests Bigmouth, Minneopolis,
NUXX, Rez and Dark Train as tracks played that aren't on the main Dubno album.

http://instagram.com/p/uB0EwDlYv6/
https://vine.co/v/OAIEOh1EhxZ

[Dirty0900]

Ed from Chemical Brothers in attendance.

[vacant]

Well, that was one of the greatest shows I've ever been to...

[twicezero]

bigmouth was big.

Paul Morley was on the tube, I should have asked if he was there.

[thee carp dreamer]

Setlist was:
Dubnobass in full
Rez
Minneapolis
Dark Train
Bigmouth
BS Nuxx

Gig was incredible. Highlights for me were Skyscraper sounding fantastic, Dirty Epic, Cowgirl, M.E. which Karl introduced as "for those who were at Glastonbury in 1991"... Rez was fantastic, sounded awesome. Minneapolis had Karl doing a fantastic guitar jam... until the power went down for about 10mins! They got everything working again and did Dark Train and Bigmouth, Karl on the harmonica. I don't think they were planning to do BS but they did it anyway.
Tongue sounded a bit iffy on the vocals but the guitar was lovely. Apart from that, totally faultless.

[nelfun5]

Were people dancing around? What about the performance of Dubno tracks, was it note-perfect or with parts of improv?

[thee carp dreamer]

Oh god yes. How could you not? I was right at the back in a corner up the top, and from where Rick and Karl were to where I was, everyone was dancing and having a great time. The crowd loved every minute.

[thee carp dreamer]

Dubnotracks - no improvs, just the tracks done faithfully. That goes for encore tracks too, pretty much.

[nelfun5]

Did you get some lovely tee, poster/print?

[thee carp dreamer]

Yeah, got a poster and a t shirt. I got to the merch bit at 6pm pretty much and a queue for stuff formed rather quickly.

[nelfun5]

envy (ˈɛnvɪ) n, pl -vies1. a feeling of grudging or somewhat admiring discontent aroused by the possessions, achievements, or qualities of another
2. the desire to have for oneself something possessed by another; covetousness
3. an object of envy

vb, -vies, -vying or -vied4. to be envious of (a person or thing)

[C13: via Old French from Latin invidia, from invidēre to eye maliciously, from in-² + vidēre to see]
ˈenvier n ˈenvyingly adv

:D

Why BS Nuxx though?

[thee carp dreamer]

Yeah, dunno why but the crowd loved it. Me too. Why not eh?
Why no Spikee is my question!

[nelfun5]

No Spikee, no 2PAC (http://www.youdubber.com/index.php?video=zSxBW-rKmeY&video_start=59&audio=xdggXivKdXM&audio_start=267) but one BS. Strange, indeed!

A word about Emerson from Karl?

[negative1]

i hope we can combine all these reviews in moments forums.

wasn't expecting to find comments here in this thread.

it's too confusing with all the threads requesting tickets.

later
-1

[nelfun5]

Let's hope a fair audience (soundboard?) recording will be floating around soon!

[Troy McClure]

Just found a fair sounding YouTube clip of M.E. from tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhpERZACerE

Jason

[TheBang]

Setlist for the night. NUXX was indeed not on it.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BztD3lkCMAAr7TH.jpg

[Resolute]

It started with some Underworld songs playing quietly, some Bungalow with stairs, 8 Ball, and then Thing In A Book played much louder, and then Most 'Ospitable, until Rick and Karl took to the stage. They started with the intro to Dark Train instead of Dark and Long, then stopped and corrected themselves.

Minneapolis cut out towards the end, Karl did some miming to try and explain they wouldn't be long. Darren poked around with the equipment for a while. Came back with Dark Train, the projector called it Dark Long. Karl played a harmonica for Bigmouth. They missed a chance to play Spikee for the encore and played Born Slippy/.NUXX instead.

The night ended with us all meeting Rick Smith outside. We only just got a group photo with him, he was whisked away straight after we met with him.

I posted some videos to my vine account, my phone was dieing so I thought that would be better than nothing from me. https://vine.co/u/1047325449400795136

[jetpig]

Sounds Lovely

[khouri]

In terms of surprises, Minneapolis was the high point. Never heard it live before and Karl performed a rad guitar jam throughout. Bigmouth was just as much a surprise but was more faithful to the original.

Of the Dubnobass tracks, everyone seemed to agree that Surfboy came alive like never before. Rick seed to be having a lot of fun up there by himself and it sounded fantastic. ME was also a highlight. My only regret is that I was dancing so much that I didn't focus on the intricacies and performance that I know the band chose this venue to highlight. But I guess that's a hazard of being underworld; you can't not dance to it.

[twicezero]

A lovely gig, being seated was odd, but I don't like the crush so i kinda liked it. Perhaps I'm getting old.

From up front the boys looked kinda tense for the first few songs, I was kinda worried. Then Rick did Surfboy and then everything got relaxed, smiles and the groove.

Towards the end Rick was nae happy with something on right side of his desk, then boom, everything stopped. I heard afterwards someone from backstage say it was something to do with the dry ice.

[whatmakesustick]

Loved the minimal production. Keeping it simple with the graphics and focusing on the typography.

Funny that everyone stood up as soon as they came on and were dancing in the isles after a couple tracks! The sound was amazing - was it me or was it loud (my ears are still ringing), maybe I am getting old.

I don't really have any highlights for songs at this point - I thought surfboy and spoon man were rocking and really picked up the atmosphere (which I think has been lacking a bit recently at recent London gigs except for the Forum show maybe).

Karl did not play guitar on dirty epic which was a bit of a surprise.

I go down to the Southbank quite a lot and it was great that from about 7.30/8 the bars were rammed and the music from the auditorium (overture) was being pumped into the foyer (quite loudly). A bit surreal!

I even managed to day hello to Danny Boyle in the bar before the gig and pick up one of the set of artist proofs for the prints :-)

[Troy McClure]

Just found a fair sounding YouTube clip of M.E. from tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhpERZACerE

Jason


Found a few more YouTube clips of the gig.

Big Mouth (last few minutes with Karl on the harmonica) :D .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkP5h1vrj2A

Dark & Long (Dark Train) ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zdodypUPow

Props to the video takers.


--Jason

[kontakt1968]

I doubt I will ever hear dunbo sound better sound quality was amazing some nice suprises on the setlist and yeah surfboy was superb . epic:D

[Dirty Saint]

What a night:D. The best UW concert I have seen, and I have seen many!

We were in row F but wandered down to the front to join the others dancing around.

Rez was immense .... Both Ric & Karl seemed genuinely surprised at the crowds reaction to some of the tracks :)

Only disappointment was the number of woman (who had obviously been dragged along by their husbands!) talking loudly the whole through the slower tracks:mad:

Will try to put up some YouTube clips later.

Mistakes, equipment failure but this concert will long in the memory

[markreed]

Been a while since I posted, but easily in my top 20 shows of the 1,400 I have seen by anyone anywhere (not just by UW) in the past 25 years. Have some photos : https://www.flickr.com/photos/mark-reed/sets/72157648265355720/

[Chippy]

Only disappointment was the number of woman (who had obviously been dragged along by their husbands!) talking loudly the whole through the slower tracks:mad:


We saw the same, although it was as much lads with beers talking through Tongue and RoB as much as women. It was a good gig, but a failed experiment for me - I don't think an Underworld audience knows what to do during the more downbeat songs, which is why the band don't/can't play them live.

Interestingly, Karl didn't have this problem on his solo tour.

Overall though, it was brilliant to hear ME live, Minneapolis was awesome and I never expected to see Karl do the harmonica part all through Bigmouth. Shame they felt they had to finish with nuxx though!

[Dirty Saint]

Shame they felt they had to finish with nuxx though!

I was stood at the front and as far I could hear from discussions with the pair they were not meant to play it & only decided at the last minute?

[markreed]

Indeed. Nuxx wasn't on the setlist. And why complain about them playing it. I know they do it at every gig, but it never disappoints.

[BeautifulBurnout]

We saw the same, although it was as much lads with beers talking through Tongue and RoB as much as women. It was a good gig, but a failed experiment for me - I don't think an Underworld audience knows what to do during the more downbeat songs, which is why the band don't/can't play them live.

Interestingly, Karl didn't have this problem on his solo tour.

Overall though, it was brilliant to hear ME live, Minneapolis was awesome and I never expected to see Karl do the harmonica part all through Bigmouth. Shame they felt they had to finish with nuxx though!

I'm not entirely sure it was a regular Underworld audience - perhaps because of the venue? In the lift at the end of the gig there were a couple of 40-something guys and a woman, and one of the guys said the gig had been "a bit more lively than he had thought" and when I smiled and said "Do you think you might have got the wrong tickets?" he laughed and said "Well it wasn't the same as Spandau Ballet".

The combination of early tickets for members of the Festival Hall/South Bank Centre and those who discovered UW for the first time at the Olympic Opening Ceremony may have played a part.

I don't think they could have escaped without playing NUXX in the scheme of things... (would have preferred Spikee though.)

[markreed]

The audience reminded me a LOT of the late 90's-early 00's shows (just a bit balder and a bit fatter). If you hadn't seen them before, I imagine it might have been a shocker given how lively the crowd was. Best show of theirs I have seen since the summer 2000 minitour.

[Chippy]

Yes, we did think that might be part of the explanation for the chatting and visits to the bar during the quieter songs. It was a surprise though. Someone said the queue for the bar was 20 mins long - and that was while dubno was still being played!

I don't mind nuxx, btw. I just thought this gig was one chance to finish with something from the dubno era instead!

[markreed]

Nuxx was played live on the dubnotour...

[DoctorRad]

Wow, no-one got anything to say about the Royal Festival Hall gig? I'll kick off by saying we had a ball, I was rather disappointed they didn't play Spikee, and...

...there's at least one recording in the can!

Cheers,

Dr. Matt...

[bornEpic]

Can someone post the set list please?

[Chippy]

Ah fair enough - I didn't see them live then. I just don't want them to think they *have* to play any song.

On the crowd noise thing - it's a double edged sword. The reaction during Dirty Epic was, well, epic, and the atmosphere overall was awesome. I just wish people who were claiming to love the album would shut up during Tongue!

[markreed]

I wrote about last night :

http://www.thefinalword.co.uk/content/view/1285/35/

"It's like watching the music equivalent of Evel Knievel jump the grand canyon, in the Batmobile, whilst high fiving James Bond on a jetpack."

[DaddyAdv]

Look over in the Moments part of the forum:

http://www.borndirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18071

[sunflowereye]

That setlist is incredible. I think I would've fell over to hear 'Big Mouth' & Minneapolis.' Can't wait to hopefully hear some recordings from some of these shows. Truly hope they come to the US next year.

[Dirty0900]

Guardian review:

http://gu.com/p/42ccy

[Andrea]

I thought in a small place like the RFH it would be more like a classical concert.
Seems like the hardcore U/W fans, those who like sophisticated soundscapes and lyrics are not many, obviously not even to fill the RFH.
Members of the South Bank Centre are not automatically people with certain musical or art maturity. Maybe that's why they felt they need to please with a floor-filler.


I just wish people who were claiming to love the album would shut up during Tongue!

"Southbank Centre passionately believes the arts have the power to transform lives.", says the website.
Well, maybe there is some homework left to do. To learn people how to listen and enjoy music as art could be one.

[BeautifulBurnout]

Wow, no-one got anything to say about the Royal Festival Hall gig? I'll kick off by saying we had a ball, I was rather disappointed they didn't play Spikee, and...

...there's at least one recording in the can!

Cheers,

Dr. Matt...

Not much I can say because after all that singing and shouting last night my dodgy throat is so bad this morning I can barely croak! :eek::D

As far as I am concerned this is the best Underworld gig I have ever seen. Everything was perfect. The sound quality was superb (apart from that blip in Minneapolis that gave rise to some classic comedy moments nonetheless, including the poor roadie who slipped and fell on his bum trying to fix it), the lighting was inspired, the minimalism of the art-work was spot on, the crowd were great and just hearing Dirty Epic played like that means I can die a happy woman (well, ok, my lurgey isn't actually that bad...)

[BeautifulBurnout]

I wrote about last night :

http://www.thefinalword.co.uk/content/view/1285/35/

"It's like watching the music equivalent of Evel Knievel jump the grand canyon, in the Batmobile, whilst high fiving James Bond on a jetpack."

Nice one, :)

[twicezero]

Speaking of nuxx, I was kinda happy as it was a little like the DubNoVersion...

In the recorded version (and bootleg babies) It has rising note patterns through the second half. Instead last night's version has the beepy-drunk-trumpets that are all over the tramway 94 version (like the bit right at the start). I have no idea if it were deliberate...

I guess that's a little trainspottery...

[thee carp dreamer]

I thought in a small place like the RFH it would be more like a classical concert.
Seems like the hardcore U/W fans, those who like sophisticated soundscapes and lyrics are not many, obviously not even to fill the RFH.
Members of the South Bank Centre are not automatically people with certain musical or art maturity. Maybe that's why they felt they need to please with a floor-filler.



"Southbank Centre passionately believes the arts have the power to transform lives.", says the website.
Well, maybe there is some homework left to do. To learn people how to listen and enjoy music as art could be one.

Pretentious patronising nonsense. It was a far more enjoyable atmosphere and therefore gig than if the room had been full of seated chin strokers musing about the nuances of the wind sounds in Skyscraper.

[markreed]

If you think the crowd was boring, you must have been outside the main hall. I've not see such a keen crowd in years.

[Stickman]

I couldn't agree more with the above post. The crowd was amazing.
It was like the good old days of clubbing. Rez was amazing.

I certainly felt that a vast majority of the people there were Underworld fans and NOT casual RFH members.

Best atmoshpere of any Underworld gig ever!

[Dirty Saint]

http://youtu.be/l7976roTVd0

My video from the final 5 mins of the concert. Can you spot yourself?

[TheBang]

Did Pricey perform with them at all?

[whatmakesustick]

Did Pricey perform with them at all?

He was on and off and stage - it was definitely the Rick and Karl show. Interestingly Karl sat at the side if the stage in clear view watching Rick perform surfboy and rez - kind of like he wanted him to have the 'limelight'.

And as I said earlier, best atmosphere and a London gig for ages.

[dss]

Hi all,

Long time lurker, formerly of this parish back in the brown era. I've seen UW in several formats over the years - there's the big festival UW, the smaller university tour UW, the academy tour level UW and the Karl Hyde mini UW - all of which have been different experiences. Saturday's gig was one of the most fun and enjoyable gigs I've seen them do. Watching Karl sitting at the side of the stage cheering Rick on during Surfboy and Rez is another example of why this band has always been about more than just the sublime music - there's love there. From the beautifully stark typography to the minimalist lightshow (I loved the rising sun during Bigmouth) and the chance to hear tracks we'd all never expected to hear live (especially after the run of disappointing setlists in the past couple of years), the whole show was staged perfectly, which quickly dispelled any fears of it being a boring, seated run through.

I'm still slightly suspicious of a laptop based set up that, to my mind, removes the opportunities for spontaneity that used to be so key to UW live, but that's a tiny gripe in an album run through format. Being up on the balcony meant we had a great view of what Rick was doing throughout and it's clearly a step forward from what was a fairly embarrassing set of KCRW videos, but it would be nice to see some more synths come back in to play. I really hope revisiting dubnobass... and who they were when they made it has an influence on the live direction they take in future. It's not necessarily about having Karl hoon it up and down the stage as he used to 15 / 20 years ago, but feeling part of a unique, live event has always been the appeal and that, to me, has been lost in the last 5 years or so.

But anyway, an awesome gig in a surprisingly appropriate venue. Roll on March!

[Ninja Power]

Hey dss,

I think you pretty much nailed my exact feeling on the live setup over the last few years - they have changed from the early days no doubt, every tour brings its own unique "feel", venue, crowd, etc all play into it.

The Festival Hall gig was amazing, up there with Somerset House & Vienna (for me) , great sound, great crowd, stripped down visuals, cool security staff letting people do their thing (dance). I got a massive kick out of just seeing the varying age groups in the room - everyone got into the spirit and danced their socks off :)

Great to see Rick & Karl back in action after their Olympic hiatus - hopefully this will energise them further for more dates and future material. It's been an absolute honour to see these guys live and have their music as the soundtrack over the past 20 years. Thanks guys, you never fail to deliver the goods. Was lucky enough to bump into Rick before and after the gig, what a humble guy, had a nice chat, got an autograph for the kids (6 & 3) already fans - photo with Rick, the missus and myself. We couldn't have asked for more - the perfect night out.

regards
Will.

[rioja_rioja]

Another long time lurker and first time poster - thought you might like to see an awesome 20 seconds from the front :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chaletlaforet/15518824905/

[Andrea]

Pretentious patronising nonsense. It was a far more enjoyable atmosphere and therefore gig than if the room had been full of seated chin strokers musing about the nuances of the wind sounds in Skyscraper.

Oh, did I say something that hit you? English is not my native language so maybe that is why I'm so clumsy. Wasn't my meaning, sorry.

http://youtu.be/l7976roTVd0

My video from the final 5 mins of the concert. Can you spot yourself?

Lovely! Closest video so far, thank you!
I love him you know :)

[jetpig]

... it's clearly a step forward from what was a fairly embarrassing set of KCRW videos...

I really liked those videos... :(

I agree mostly about the barking tours as a whole but the KCRW video was a joy. It showed the chemistry of the two of them and I really liked watching karl come from being groggy and sick to ecstatic by the end. And that rendition of bird1... oh man.

[potatobroth]

but the KCRW video was a joy. It showed the chemistry of the two of them and I really liked watching karl come from being groggy and sick to ecstatic by the end. And that rendition of bird1... oh man.

which KCRW vids?

Edit: found it!

[crankphoto]

I too got a set list from the mixing desk, we were the first into the auditorium from the left and the guy in the red tee said I could have one at the end. 3rd set list from an uw gig.

Sonically, the event was great, though certainly more heavy on the bass and dance vibes than the album. Reminded of the tramway recording. It was euphoric, fast and slow and very rich in texture. The projection just added to the tomato vibe, simple, though I don't know if many of you needed a reminder of the track.

Never thought I'd see Minneapolis or Bigmouth live, both amazing, and the amount of tracks played that had no vocals from Karl was a surprise, great Harmonica from Karl

I thought the crowd were great, seemed like they knew the tracks - not just lucky with tickets or RFH pre - pre sales. "Christ on Crutches" was the loudest crowd response by far.

Amazing gig and experience in a tiny venue, we made a proper weekend of it, class hotel and swanky meal on the Sunday.

Picked up a Rez disc, a t-shirt and gig poster - they gave a freebie red bag too. We acquired a RFH event insert, the ones at the door to the venue. Very accommodating staff.

Thanks guys, see you in March at Manchester, think this is smaller capacity than 2.5 k

[DaddyAdv]

I "Christ on Crutches" was the loudest crowd response by far.

see here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnOqDXUbWDg

And some pre-NUXX comedy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGt9THuU1rc

[markreed]

Yes, Darren was largely doing the between song stuff, so removing the paper synth lists and making sure all the kit had booted up correctly and the patches etc were loaded. He was probably on stage for a minute per song.

(Talking of which there is a fascinating shot around 41 minutes into the KCRW video where you can see the sample discs Rick uses for his sounds)

[qirex]

anyone have pics of the merch?

[markreed]

It was fairly boring merch tbh : the £50 box set, the vinyl, yellow Rez 12", three Art Prints as a set at £100, a gig poster, and a dubnobass shirt. Some of the dubnobass shirt had the date/ venue on the back, and I missed out on the shirt.

[Lx_Nen]

Also... fridgemagnets!

[TheBang]

(Talking of which there is a fascinating shot around 41 minutes into the KCRW video where you can see the sample discs Rick uses for his sounds)
Actually, the collection of samples is on Karl's desk, and he triggers them with his CD-J. Here's a better picture of them:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/397765_388072074588992_1906226157_n.jpg?oh=212dd68 f4aacd3d1b97d55da50318185&oe=54B68E34&__gda__=1421266621_96d30dc359cab0749d40ee7ac07129c 9

[khouri]

The crowd was astonishing. Truly "good vibrations" as Karl likes to say. I've seen this band 10+ times and I've never felt energy from the crowd like I did in London - and for music everyone knew by heart. Brilliant audience. No topping it.

[whatmakesustick]

Another good review review:

http://www.tntmagazine.com/entertainment/music/review-underworld-live-royal-festival-hall-october-11

[whatmakesustick]

It was fairly boring merch tbh : the £50 box set, the vinyl, yellow Rez 12", three Art Prints as a set at £100, a gig poster, and a dubnobass shirt. Some of the dubnobass shirt had the date/ venue on the back, and I missed out on the shirt.

They also had 10 sets of proofs of the prints (£150)...

[TheBang]

In the recorded version (and bootleg babies) It has rising note patterns through the second half. Instead last night's version has the beepy-drunk-trumpets that are all over the tramway 94 version (like the bit right at the start). I have no idea if it were deliberate...
That siren sound had regular appearances at the end of Nuxx from 94-99. It's had scant cameos since then, but it sounds like Rick's brought it back (or a recreation of it, since it doesn't quite sound the same) recently for some nostalgia.

[crank]

Gosh- i wonder if we'll get to hear it in the comfort of our own headphones? :)

[negative1]

i understand the rationale behind the show, and doing the tracks as they are on the album.

they sound good, and from the clips they did a great job on them.


however, for the last several years, i fear they have gone away from what made them
exciting as a live band. doing improvs. and that saddens me.

listening to the early shows, and even the one jam on the boxset shows they have the
capability to do a lot more than just individual songs.

maybe next year they will consider that.

in the meantime, getting a recording or if they make a dvd, watching it once would be
enough for this type of show. because it will not change much.

later
-1

[markreed]

Having seen the show, I assure everyone that if there is a live recording / dvd etc, that it will be worth watching and rewatching : it isn't just "album in full", but a recreation of the record using new instrumentation and kit, with many live debuts and very rarely played songs... and a crowd as fervent as any show of theirs I have seen.

[markreed]

And look what was uploaded to YewToob an hour ago? The unusual ending to Minnaepolis... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq8suAf8uXE

[Mike]

Yup thats my video. The only video I got on the night, sadly. I was tempted to record Surfboy, but I wanted to enjoy it and I saw plenty of cameras recording at the time, I thought one of those would end up on YouTube... however no sign of it yet!!

Anyway, I have updated the Gigography http://uwlive.rowla.com/gigs/view/496

Any photos people would like to share for the gallery, please send them my way!

[markreed]

Who maintains the gigography? I found some old setlists I kept at the time (Wolverhampton 1999, Brixton 2002) and want to add those in.

[Lx_Nen]

Not really a gig photo, but this was the view from my front row seat.

http://i.imgur.com/S4PJBho.jpg

My ears took a while to recover.

[negative1]

Anyway, I have updated the Gigography http://uwlive.rowla.com/gigs/view/496

Any photos people would like to share for the gallery, please send them my way!

thanks for the update.

i'm keeping totals here:
------------------------------
http://www.borndirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18072

will update next march.

you might want to put in the notes, that this the first time
some of those tracks have been played.

later
-1

[jetpig]

I really like the clean look to these visuals, suits the clean nature to this remaster.

[Mike]

Who maintains the gigography? I found some old setlists I kept at the time (Wolverhampton 1999, Brixton 2002) and want to add those in.

I maintain the Gigography. PM any info you have to me.

[Dunwho]

Hi there,

So I got about 30 shots I am half happy with and I have shared them on my Flickr here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddonoghue/sets/72157648378984668/

I had my long lens but was told by staff to put it away after The first song. So I snuck it out once Rez started up and grabbed a good few more before the end of the show.

I tend to prefer to enjoy the gig rather than shoot throughout so it wasn't too shit to have to put it away, I grabbed a few extra shots on the iPhone anyway.

Had a great night and it was nice to meet a lot of the Dirts before and after. Aesome gig and very different from anything else I will ever see from them.


As a side thing, I also have some nice shots from the Dublin gig during the Barking tour, I think Stimpee was at this one also (in the snow!): https://www.flickr.com/photos/daviddonoghue/sets/72157625481867532/

[bazwint]

however, for the last several years, i fear they have gone away from what made them
exciting as a live band. doing improvs. and that saddens me.

listening to the early shows, and even the one jam on the boxset shows they have the
capability to do a lot more than just individual songs.

maybe next year they will consider that.

in the meantime, getting a recording or if they make a dvd, watching it once would be
enough for this type of show. because it will not change much.


Agree 100%. Saturday was ok and had some great moments, but could have been so much better. And, staff aside, what a ridiculous venue to choose.

[amoe]

Just wanna say it was great to meet the dirts, amazing bunch. Gig was phenomenal as everyone here said. It passed in the blink of an eye for me. Can't wait to hear the recording, and I really hope an official video does end up getting released, even though that might be a pipedream.

[markreed]

If you think that what makes an Underworld gig special is the band, well... an amazing audience always make the night for me. My best UW shows have always had an insanely keen audience. The crowd on Saturday, well, I haven't seen one like that in about a decade.

[Badger]

Do we have a recording of this ready yet?

I'm gagging to hear the set.

:D

[vacant]

I'm pretty sure there won't be a DVD of this gig unfortunately, I didn't see much in the way of camera gear during the show.

[stimpee]

There were three recordings made, of which RTSR members have 2. Almost there. No video.

[crankphoto]

In terms of footage - there was a Video Camera rolling on a tripod on the mixing desk, though most concerts seem to record these days. Whether it ever surfaces is a very different matter.

The concert, looking back at it from the time differential was great. Whilst others have admonished the actual venue - it suited the grown up nature of what they were trying to achieve.

Roll on Manchester Albert Hall in March !

[negative1]

heard the live recording, thanks to rtsr for posting it.

very good, lots of enthusiastic audience noise during the more
popular songs.

fortunately, the slower songs have less noise.

will try to include it, in my compilation. hopefully next years, we'll get
some more recordings.

very cool hearing big mouth and minneapolis.

later
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