 Due to commitments for the good people at Jagermeister,
and security at the academy not letting me pass
freely between gigs i had photopasses, i missed
all of babyshambles support acts, so my apologies!
Well theres one thing i cant stand and that's
people being late, i hate waiting around like
a tool, and sometimes i have to talk to the crowd,
which i did on this occasion and found them to
be quite pleasant! Why they were late by about
20 minutes, im yet to find out, but judging by
the fantastic performance we were in for and the
fantastic stage presence i witnessed, it was worth
the wait, so all is forgiven.
 Well not being that familiar with Babyshambles
material i found i had to write alot of lyrics
down to find out what they played tonight so here
goes. They opened with with the superlative 'Side
of the Road' which was followed by the upbeat
'French Dog Blues'. Ive never seen so many things
thrown up on stage before, mostly porkpie hats,
which Pete, kindly donned before setting it down
on an amp also thrown on stage was a woolly hat,
which was placed on a pit security crews head!
One annoying thing ill never understand, is people
throwing liquid(beer) at the stage, i got covered
in the smelly stuff, i dont mind it hitting me
but when i hits my camera it pisses me off! Anyway
back to the gig, other songs that featured was
'Carry on up the morning', which was one of my
favorites from the set, the excellent 'Pipe down'
The man who came to stay, Sedative, I wish, the
downbeat 'There she goes', this was then followed
by a few new songs, by this time id found a seat
to watch the gig from, also during this time a
fan who ill call thieving bastard, decided to
break one of the poster frames housing the babyshambles
poster for this gig, a great memento for sure,
karma soon caught up though.
 There was no real break in the set for the last
two songs, which was the fantastic Albion, and
adding Birmingham, to the list of cities mentioned
in the song, to great cheer i might add. The set
Closer and a favorite was Fuck Forever, a great
set closer, which had the crowd clapping and singing
along to the catchy chorus, it really topped off
a great night.
The Crowd was welcomed outside by lots of snow,
not bad at all, but bloody cold, i remained inside
for the clubnight and looked through my photos,
some of which were in black and white and look
great!
5/5
This was also my final gig of 2009, a great cap
to a great year at Alternative Vision. Thank You
Trigger. Its good news that Rage Against the machine
is Number 1 in the Christmas Top 40, av it Cowell
and on that bomb shell (Track, see what i did
there) ill see you all next year. Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year.
Review By Robert Lawrence
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