Bear's Den, The Cluny, 30 Sep 12

A rather pleasant evening at The Cluny on 30 Sep. First on were Bear's Den - a talented group with some Mumford-esq tones.

Virtually no lighting, so arty pics...

and a nice hand made potato printed ep...

Ian McCulloch, Newcastle O2 2, 28 Sep 12

A semi-acoustic show, with Ian Broudie playing some minimal electric riffs! Nice to hear some stripped down versions of Echo & the Bunnymen classics...

The Mission, Newcastle O2, 11 Sep 12

Supporting The Cult...

 

 

 

 

 

The Cult, Newcastle O2, 11 Sep 12

Headlining a double bill with The Mission...

Photographs of The Mission later.

 

 

The Cure, Reading Festival, 24 Aug 12 (ii)

A few more ~

 

 

 

 

The Cure, Reading Festival, 24 Aug 12 (i)

Part 1...

The reason I went to Reading / it's been a long summer waiting for this show. Headlining Friday night with a great "summercure" set, two and a half hours of career spanning music... my 18th cure show, and first with guest guitarist Reeves Gabrels.

Managed to to get to stage-left, about six rows from front by mid-set, photography a little tricky with all the dry ice and a bouncy audience!

 

 

More to photographs to come... here's what was played ~

 

 

 

Intro: tape Mainset: open high the end of the world lovesong sleep when i'm dead push inbetween days just like heaven pictures of you lullaby the caterpillar the walk friday i'm in love doing the unstuck trust from the edge of the deep green sea bananafishbones (first UK performance since 1984) play for today a forest primary want the hungry ghost wrong number one hundred years end

Encore 1: dressing up the lovecats close to me just one kiss (first UK performance) let's go to bed why can't i be you? boys don't cry