Manics gig blogs

[blackflower]

Thanks hummingbird! Yeah, the crowd were a bit scary on Saturday. It’s only in the past few years that I’ve started to feel a bit unsafe at gigs at Shepherds Bush Empire. I can’t help wondering if they’ve started selling more downstairs tickets than they used to, because it always feels scarily rammed now, which I don’t remember from past gigs. I think I’ll go for balcony next time if I go there again!

Re Lifeblood, on Friday James said something to the effect of only hardcore fans liking the album, and on Saturday after some people cheered when he mentioned Lifeblood, he said something like ‘twenty one people like this one’. On reflection he may have meant it in a self-deprecating way rather than sneering, but that’s how it seemed to me at the time. (I’m a bit tired of anniversary gigs but I’d still kill to hear Lifeblood in full!)