11/12/14 Manchester Albert Hall

[Hell on Wheels]

Totally awesome gig. One of the best
Great venue went up in the balcony and had such a close up view plus Wayne was stood in the next section right next to us for the while first half

[Marwood]

That was absolutely fucking extraordinary. The second set had so much energy tonight. Gods, I'm glad I wasn't on the barrier for this one, though.

Nicky seemed a lot happier tonight, and a lot more energetic. He was going bloody nuts during ADFL and it was brilliant.

I've never seen them do ADFL with so much passion before. It was incredible.

Love that they've changed the second set every night so far.

I was going a bit nuts myself, considering I was up on the balcony. I rarely go shouty-pointy, and I've never done shouty-pointy to You Love Us in my life, but tonight I couldn't stop. Blimey.

Midway through ADFL I saw a single, solitary converse on the floor in front of Nicky's speaker stack. Laughed my head off at that. How'd it get there?

[Marwood]

Oh, and in case you didn't notice THEY DID NOT PLAY YOUR LOVE ALONE. I nearly died of shock.

[Smugsy]

Stupendous night. Nicky was definitely in a better mood telling everyone that he was glad that TIY is on the album else he'd have a heart attack by now and saying it was the best sing along gig ever. JDB is astonishing during THB set. Almost taking it on his back himself with the vocals and guitar. Perhaps it was the sing along atmosphere but I got the feeling that tonight was a more celebratory night for THB than previous gigs.

PS 1985, not my favourite track, was bloody amazing

[hummingbird]

Wow sounds like a repeat of the ritz last year...hope everyone's ok

[Mr Carbohydrate]

Incredible gig. First half was just perfect, everything I hoped it would be and more. Second half had a bit of everything, the hits, the rarities, even a bonus acoustic track, not to forget the Christmas song, and the best of the new album too. Oh and no You Love Alone either, good song but glad they gave it a rest tonight. And Nicky teasing us by suggesting they could possibly play Ballard of the Bangkok Novotel.... priceless! Maybe next time!

[MickeyMo]

Absolutely sublime performance tonight. I thought the Ritz gig was the best I've ever seen them but this blew even that show away. The Holy Bible set was just the best hour I've experienced at a gig and the second set, whilst containing a couple of tracks I could happily never see played live again, was joyous. It was obvious what a release it was after the intensity of the first set. I have no idea how JDB keeps going with his vocals on THB tracks, never mind playing lead guitar (and tuning whilst singing at some points!).

Just WOW!

[tuckedaway]

So was I the only one to cheer at the Engage With Your Shadow mention?

I was balcony front & center... perfect view. Hope all of you who were in the pit are okay, it looked ROWDY down there! (But also I think this is the first gig I've been to in years that didn't look like a sea of mobile phones. God fucking bless you, Manchester.)

All in all, completely worth the voyage. Yesterday was amazing but I think they outdid it by a smidge tonight.

[Marwood]

One sour note, really - I couldn't believe how much chatter there was during Running Out Of Fantasy. Utterly disgusting and disrespectful behaviour. Really think everyone responsible should be chemically castrated for the good of the gene pool.

[Beej]

^ There was a woman next to me pissing and moaning about hr phone through the whole song, what a shitty thing to do. Shut up or fuck off!

It was a hot one down in the pit, absolutely wonderful. Despite the couple of pricks, the energy was amazing. Nothing better than feeling connected to so many people through music. A lot of people got hurt though, I guess it took people by surprise. So many rogue shoes!

[Scarecrow]

I've been to some wild gigs in the past and I've been gagging to hear The Holy Bible live for years so I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad I have a few days off before London. Three Bible gigs has fucking ruined me. That was, once again, mental. Screaming along to Mausoleum really isn't good for you in any way.

Hats off to James for Running Out of Fantasy, my favourite from that album at last. Superb. Bed now please.

[amaitheanhorn]

Sorry to hear that people got hurt. I hope no one is badly injured!

I really liked the venue, but thought it seemed overly packed. I can imagine that anyone around the front centre area would have a hard time getting out once the gig had started. Even at the back you could barely move at all.

I did see a few people struggling to move away from the pit area looking a bit worried/upset, but not hurt thankfully.


How can I persuade my partner to attend another gig on this tour?! I feel as though I need to see it again to really take it in. I'm in total awe of the band right now!

[Matt_o_Mac]

Originally Posted by tuckedaway

So was I the only one to cheer at the Engage With Your Shadow mention?

I was balcony front & center... perfect view. Hope all of you who were in the pit are okay, it looked ROWDY down there! (But also I think this is the first gig I've been to in years that didn't look like a sea of mobile phones. God fucking bless you, Manchester.)

All in all, completely worth the voyage. Yesterday was amazing but I think they outdid it by a smidge tonight.

No I cheered engage too, was gutted at Ballad of the Bangkok being teased, Nicky seemed in good spirits especially after This is Yesterday, you could tell 4st 7lbs takes it out of them.

I wouldn't be surprised if Mausoleum becomes a bit of a regular at least in the next tour they seemed to really enjoy playing it.

The first set was possibly the most fun I've had in years, better than any other play the full album gigs I've been to, glad they do it and it's impressive how they sound just the three of them.

Hope to see it in Cardiff again... But if I only get to see it once I'll cherish that forever, I now have no vocals and dodgy knee pain but beaming.

[Marwood]

Originally Posted by amaitheanhorn

I feel as though I need to see it again to really take it in.

I felt exactly the same after the Glasgow gig. It's too overwhelming the first time. Definitely good to see another gig and be able to actually take it all in and digest it.

[Matt_o_Mac]

Originally Posted by amaitheanhorn

Sorry to hear that people got hurt. I hope no one is badly injured!

I really liked the venue, but thought it seemed overly packed. I can imagine that anyone around the front centre area would have a hard time getting out once the gig had started. Even at the back you could barely move at all.

I did see a few people struggling to move away from the pit area looking a bit worried/upset, but not hurt thankfully.


How can I persuade my partner to attend another gig on this tour?! I feel as though I need to see it again to really take it in. I'm in total awe of the band right now!

The right side was pretty comfortable, I had tried the left side and I was being crushed at points which I had to pull out of I couldn't have stayed in that space, the issue was the two staircases weren't managed well so while one everyone was piling up no one went up the other hence the space. My friend went to Ryan Adams and said they were squeezed in like sardines for that, can't be safe though have to say the water they give away does make up for it some what.