The Ataris - Tuesday 27th May - O2 Academy, Islington

Brief review:  A rare indoor headline show in the UK for Kris Roe and his punk-rock band from Indiana. This led to an extended set and very good it was too. Leaning heavily on the excellent "So Long, Astoria", the band even namechecked the ex London venue of the same name and showed decent local "Crossrail" knowledge! Hopefully they enjoyed the show and will be back sometime soon.

Venue and View:  End of the bar, half way back on the left

Setlist
In This Diary
Unopened Letter to the World
The Hero Dies in This One
Takeoffs and Landings
Your Boyfriend Sucks
Car Song
Boxcar
1*15*96
The Boys of Summer
I.O.U. One Galaxy
All Souls' Day
San Dimas High School Football Rules
I Won't Spend Another Night Alone
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Eight of Nine
So Long, Astoria

Kristopher Roe - Wednesday 15th January - New Cross Inn

Brief review: A return to New Cross for The Atari's frontman. As usual, an engaging and excellent performance and I think the crowd went home happy!

Setlist
In This Diary
My Hotel Year
The Hero Dies in This One
Can't Hardly Wait
Unopened Letter to the World
San Dimas High School Football Rules
Skulls
Car Song
Your Boyfriend Sucks 
Oh, Kansas City
Eight of Nine
1*15*96
The Saddest Song
+
Broken Promise Ring
12/15/10
The Boys of Summer
+
So Long, Astoria

Kris Roe (The Ataris) - Monday 8th April - New Cross Inn

One Liner: Really impressed by the venue (not been here before) and enjoyed the show. Also had a quick chat with Kris afterwards who was very engaging. An Ataris show is promised for next year.

Setlist
In This Diary 
My Hotel Year 
Unopened Letter to the World 
The Hero Dies in This One 
Fast Times at Drop-Out High 
New Year's Day 
San Dimas High School Football Rules 
Skulls 
1*15*96 
Car Song 
Your Boyfriend Sucks 
Eight of Nine 
Beautiful Mistake 
Losing Streak 
Broken Promise Ring 
The Saddest Song 
The Cheyenne Line 
I.O.U. One Galaxy 
So Long, Astoria 

The Ataris - Friday 16th February - The Underworld, Camden

Brief Review: Excellent show from Kris Roe and band celebrating the 15th Anniversary of their classic "So Long, Astoria" disc. Despite me leaving the "print at home tickets" err.... at home... we were able to get into the venue in time, despite the band coming on 15 minutes earlier than advertised. The set included a number of solo performances that didn't seem to make it into many other shows, so we were lucky indeed. I had forgotten how good the aforementioned album was and so, this was a really good evening.

Setlist
In This Diary
Unopened Letter to the World
The Hero Dies in This One
The Saddest Song
Summer '79
All You Can Ever Learn Is What You Already Know
My Reply
The Boys of Summer
Radio #2
Looking Back on Today
+
San Dimas High School Football Rules [Kris Roe Solo]
Oh, Kansas City [Kris Roe Solo]
Broken Promise Ring [Kris Roe Solo]
Takeoffs and Landings
Eight of Nine
So Long, Astoria
+
I.O.U. One Galaxy [Kris Roe Solo]