05/06/15 Cardiff Castle

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Originally Posted by hummingbird

James's guitar or pedal or something died just before the big solo at the end of one of the thb songs so complete live DVD will never happen.. they don't tend to release cock ups

I've no idea whether they intend to release a DVD or not, but to be fair James' guitar strap broke at the Millennium gig during ADFL and they left that (and his bizarre dancing ) in the final edit.

I'm too knackered to post much right now but I really enjoyed last night. Don't think it was my favourite THB gig but the setting made it special. Watching the sun going down over the castle with the Welsh flag flying and the fireworks at the end was pretty, plus the (eventual) bass smashing at the end was amusing

Only real negative for me was the psycho bitch that appeared behind me towards the end of the first half and tried to force me off the barrier multiple times. I told her to leave me alone but she pulled me back by the hair during Walk Me To The Bridge, what a lovely lady! A stern word from security seemed to deter her thankfully, but Jesus Christ. She was a large middle-aged woman as well, so definitely old enough to know better. Can't say the experience surprised me though; this shit always seems to happen when they play to large crowds. I was determined not to let her ruin the gig though and still enjoyed the rest once she'd stopped throwing a tantrum over being second row (I think she must have pushed the guy who was behind me at the start out the way too, as he disappeared when she appeared).

I've been told by various people James and I were on TV during IfWhiteAmerica, but haven't had chance to watch the BBC coverage back yet. I'm ready to cringe though when I see myself

As for the moaning about songs being cut, frankly I'm amazed the BBC even wanted to show this gig at all. TV appearances like this are so rare these days, anything at all is a nice bonus. It's a shame they did cut THB stuff but again, not at all surprising. When they've played Glastonbury in the past the biggest hits (ADFL and YSTS mostly) always got shown in the highlights.

I've really enjoyed this week and it's been nice to catch up with various friends and fans I always see on every tour, but I'm so, so ready to let THB lie now, go home and spend my time doing non-Manics related things. Need another week off work to get over this week I think