 As
soon as I heard the Gallows were playing a small
intimate gig at Gloucester Guildhall I just knew
I had to go as the Gallows are one of my favourite
punk bands and the Guildhall is one of my favourite
local venues and the whole thought of the Gallows
playing the venue just made me think of pure enjoyment
and mayhem.
On the Friday before the gig it was announced
that singer Frank Carter was due to leave the
Gallows with the remaining July gigs being his
last for the band whilst he moves on and does
things with his new band Pure Love and the Gallows
carry on with a yet to be announced new singer,
what I heard this I was instantly gutted but at
the same time glad I could witness the Gallows
play one of their last shows with Frank.
The Guildhall was packed to the rafter’s
way before the Gallows took to the stage but as
soon as the clock hit 10pm the Gallows took to
the stage and played one of the shortest but highly
energetic, hectic and crazy sets I have ever witnessed
in my life.
 From the off the crowd was bouncing around like
nutters and if anything was going to give me faith
that the guildhalls infamous bouncy floor was
safe and has no chance of caving in then tonight’s
was that moment as Frank encouraged the crowd
to make human pyramids which went horribly wrong,
wall of deaths and also encouraged the crowd to
create the biggest circle pit that I have ever
seen in the Guildhall and the very few security
in the building tonight really did not know what
was going on or how to deal with the mayhem happening
right in front of their eyes.
Frank spent the majority of the gig off stage
and on the floor in front of the barrier getting
as close to his fans as he could and Steph even
took to the crowd and walked from the front of
the room all the way to the back and back to the
stage again to also show his envolvement with
the fans.
 The set that the Gallows played started with
‘Leeches’ and also featured classic
material such as ‘London Is The Reason’
which Frank renamed ‘Gloucester Is The Reason’
for the purpose of the show, other songs included
‘Misery’, ‘In The Belly Of A
Shark’ and the set closer ‘Orchestra
OF Wolves’ which featured Frank leave the
stage towards the end for members of the support
band to come on and help the band close the set.
Tonight may well have been the last time many
people will witness Frank play with the Gallows
again but at least they can say that they witnessed
the end of Franks time with the Gallows on a high
as the gig was superb from start to finish and
he even spoke a little bit about loving the last
6 years of being in the Gallows but it is time
to move on, who knows what the future will hold
for the Gallows and also Franks new band Pure
Love, but what I do know is the Gallows will never
be able to top tonight’s show ever.
5/5
Review By Trigger
Photos by Kim Horsley |
