Roger Daltrey - Sunday 20th April - Brighton Dome

Brief review:  A Sunday evening in Brighton with Sea and Sand (& pebbles) for Roger Daltrey. He has been in the news this week for (allegedly) sacking and then reinstating Who drummer Zak Starkey. This is the first night of his UK Solo tour. Vocals were fantastic a few weeks ago and they were again here. Equally welcome was that his passion for Johnny Cash is curbed this evening and the covers are refreshingly new for my ears at least.

Venue and View:  Seated half a dozen rows back on the left of the floor.

Setlist

Let My Love Open the Door
Freedom Ride
Who Are You
Waiting for a Friend
Giving It All Away
After the Fire
So Sad About Us
Days of Light
Squeeze Box
The Kids Are Alright
Won't Get Fooled Again
Going Mobile
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Without Your Love
The Boy in the Bubble
Baba O'Riley
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Tribute to Hank Williams

Primal Scream - Thursday 21st November - Brighton Dome

Quick review: Third show on the trot for me and it's a trip down to Brighton for the Scottish alternative rockers. I've seen them a few times - but don't really know their material that well outside a couple of their big hits ("Rocks" and "Country Girl"). But as I said to Richard on the way down, "I know it will be good, because there's always a Rolling Stones-esq tune about to come up". And indeed it was good.

Setlist
Don't Fight It, Feel It
Swastika Eyes
Miss Lucifer
Can't Go Back
Accelerator
Kill All Hippies
(I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind
I'm Losing More Than I'll Ever Have
Velocity Girl
Dolls (Sweet Rock and Roll)
Burning Wheel
100% or Nothing
Loaded
Movin' On Up
Country Girl
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Come Together
Jailbird
Rocks

Gary Moore - Friday 17th April - Brighton Dome

As expected, this fell into Gary's "Blues Show" category, rather than his "Monsters of Rock" type set. Shame though that was, it was a pleasant enough seated show - excellent musicianship and some good blues material, albeit not wildly exciting. 

Remind me not to touch the Dome's "festival lager" - black in colour - fine when chilled, but undrinkable when it warms up 2/3 of the way through a pint!

Setlist

Bad for You Baby

Down the Line

Oh, Pretty Woman

Since I Met You Baby

Have You Heard

Walking Through the Park

All Your Love (I Miss Loving)

Mojo Boogie 

I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know 

Thirty Days (To Come Back Home) 

Too Tired 

Walking by Myself 

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The Blues Is Alright

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Parisienne Walkways

Thunder - Brighton Dome - Friday 27th January

Another half day from work to allow an exploration of the establishments of Brighton. Had a pleasant crawl (in the snow !!) of the Kemptown area - all of which were new pubs for me. Some highly impressive pool playing was shown too. 

First time for me at the Dome - very impressive venue - not so the bar prices - OUTRAGEOUS! Thankfully after the afternoon, we weren't too thirsty! 

We skipped the option of the first support - seen them when they were "Hurricane Party" - not bad, but not really my thing. Toby Jepson was good, with a set full of Little Angels material. Only annoyance was his guitarist. The word "tosser" springs to mind. How can someone fancy himself so much? The girls around us were in 2 camps - either laughing / fake vomiting or feeling very uncomfortable with his posturing and leering at them. Top tip - keep your shirt on and play the music! Oh, actually there was another annoyance. The 2 guys who thought it was acceptable to mosh into everyone around them for "Too Much Too Young" and knock half the crowd over (it wasn't as if there wasn't plenty of room).

Anyway, once another guy and I had errr.. educated them on their behaviour they calmed down a bit. Suffice to say, security were useless. Next up Thunder. On paper, a decent set. In reality, something missing for me. I've seen Thunder a lot of times and they are always good. There was just something tonight that meant it was OK, but not great - couldn't put my finger on it why. Still - An Englishman On Holiday is always one of my favourites. The last train to Croydon from Brighton (23.05) meant we have to leave "Dirty Love" mid-way through. 45 minutes in Croydon waiting for a connection meant a total journey home of nearly 3 hours - no fun!

Setlist

Loser

Amy's on the Run

Higher Ground

I'm Dreaming Again

You Can't Keep a Good Man Down

Like a Satellite

Ball and Chain

Empty City

Just Another Suicide (You Wanna Know)

Love Walked In

Fade Into the Sun

I Love You More Than Rock 'n' Roll

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An Englishman on Holiday

A Better Man

Dirty Love

Toby Jepson Setlist

Breakdown

Kicking Up Dust

Boneyard

Forbidden Fruit

Don't Pray for Me

Unwind

Young Gods (Stand Up, Stand Up)

Radical Your Lover

Too Much Too Young