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London Hammersmith Palais - 10/05/2004....
Wildhearts Tour - Therapy? + The Glitterati Supporting
Made sure I got to the gig early so not to miss T?, no chance. The Glitterati played first and grew on me as the played through their set, reminding me of Motley Crew, well if not the music definitely the hair. T? hit the stage at 20:15 as stated on the WOM, bang, Meat Abstract was the first song, what can you say, what a brilliant opener, excellent..etc etc. The songs were delivered in a fast and energetic way, that you just had to bounce along to. Remember this was only a support slot, but T? fans could be seen all around jumping, singing and enjoying the music as you would expect. The Hammersmith Palais is a strange venue with viewing area's on 3 different levels, as well as the pit, a venue I hadn't visited before, with a pint of shit larger being £4. Highlights of the set was definitely Meat Abstract, and Dancin' With Manson for me being an oldie..:), and the raw way each song was played. Again Mr Cooper kicked arse on the sticks, although he was hard to see from my vantage point right in front of the mixing desk. Also loved the intro to Nowhere, Substitute by The Who, where Andy said 'Fan Fuckin' Tastic and then asked, are you ready job seekers, this is for you. I'm not really familiar with any of The Wildhearts stuff so didn't plan to stay for their entire set, but shit did they crank up the volume, highlights from what I saw was when they played the intro to 'Ten Year Plan' and Ginger said he must get with Therapy? one day to play this, also liked his suggestion to go out and buy their new B-Side Album keep the receipt record/copy the cd, then take it back to the shop and swap it for Therapy?'s High Anxiety album, as they weren't getting a penny from the sales.
Set List
Meat Abstract
Potato Junkie
Teethgrinder
Screamager
Die Laughing
Rust
If It Kills Me
Substitute Intro
Nowhere
Dancin' With Manson
Isolation
Hey Satan - You Rock
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