17/08 Trentham Live

[Son of Stopped]

Set list. Thanks Manics pages

You Love Us
Everything Must Go
Motorcycle Emptiness
This Is Yesterday
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
To Repel Ghosts
Little Baby Nothing
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (last two with The Anchoress)
Oh shit the page refreshed and I lost the rest.

[LA ex]

Looks like they threw one song into the set which hadn't been part of the Suede co-tour... Ocean Spray!

[Marconi Delorian]

Originally Posted by LA ex

Looks like they threw one song into the set which hadn't been part of the Suede co-tour... Ocean Spray!

Big wow!

[Abstract Unknown Girl]

This was the full setlist:

You Love Us
Everything Must Go
Motorcycle Emptiness
This Is Yesterday
You Stole The Sun From My Heart
To Repel Ghosts
Little Baby Nothing with The Anchoress
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough with The Anchoress
Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier
A Design For Life
Ocean Spray (Acoustic) with JF Abraham
Kevin Carter with JF Abraham
La Tristesse Durera
Walk Me To The Bridge
Tsunami
From Despair To Where
No Surface All Feeling into Today outro
If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next

No surprises, but surely expected at an event like this. And you may mock the inclusion of Ocean Spray, but they brought on someone from Public Service Broadcasting to play trumpet for that and Kevin Carter. He was really good and live trumpet elevates those songs, I think. James came on during PSB's set as well to sing Turn No More, so that was a nice surprise. Between The Anchoress and PSB, it was a collaboration fest! (On a separate but related note, it kind of amuses me that the Manics and Suede have done multiple tours together now and never once collaborated, but that's a conversation for another day )

I really enjoyed last night and for me personally, it felt like a palette cleanser after the Manics/Suede tour. Being back amongst other Manics fans I know and who were actually excited to see the band was a refreshing change and James seemed in really good spirits. His voice sounded better than the last time I saw them in Leeds (I think half the band had a cold then) and he wasn't skipping lines he usually skips. The setting was pretty too, even if it was a bit of a trek to and from the car park and signage was lacking. And it didn't rain, hurrah! The only outdoor gig of theirs I've been at this year when it didn't lol.

[Son of Stopped]

Thanks for the setlist and I really enjoy people's reviews of gigs. Definitely next time whenever that is.