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I had a seat in the upper circle and was sooo jealous of you guys down on the floor.
 Not that I'm complaining though, I loved it and feel really lucky that they played Condemned, I actually had been thinking about it the night before as I knew they played some rarities in December, and I've been listening to Condemned a lot lately. Perfect.I was strolling around Edinburgh earlier that day and randomly spotted Sean on Rose Street, I didn't have the courage to go up to him and say hi though, haha, oh well. He was probably shopping for gadgets or something. 
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01-06-2015, 07:05
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01-06-2015, 14:13
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I would have loved to hear something off James's solo album for the acoustic part, though I know that's never gonna happen. Further Away would have been nice.
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01-06-2015, 19:39
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Everlasting was not good at all - backing track completely distracting. Everything else was top quality, including the crowd. Masoleum has to stay in the set once these shows are done.
Sorry if you were near me I was prob the one shouting out of tune all the way through 
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01-06-2015, 20:50
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Having seen them in Manchester on the previous leg of the holy bible tour, I was a bit surprised at the venue choice. The Albert Hall was quite dark and claustrophobic and fitter the holy bible mood far more, whilst the Usher Hall was far more fitting for big rousing sing alongs such as a Design for Life.
The band seemed far more relaxed than last time round. I'm sure the band didn't say a word till This is Yesterday last time round whilst there was a fair amount of chat, if not full on Manics stories, between songs. That said, I'm sure James messed up the first chorus of PCP. I agree with previous comments regarding the Everlasting. James' acoustic version is great, and there's no need to play along with a dodgy backing track. If you want drums there get Sean on stage! Condemned to Rock n Roll was utterly epic. The videos might not show it but my seciton of the crowd embraced it euphorically. Whilst the crowd may have gone a little lifeless in the middle (what exactly were they supposed to do during the soloing but stare in wonder?) the mass clap along for the outro was amazing. The rest of the greatest hits set was pulled off professionally as expected, with little in the way of surprises either for omissions or songs played. But how many huge unexpected songs did people really expect? The only downer of the gig was that someone (or many people) seemed to be letting off horrendous farts on a regular basis. I blame the burrito bar next door to the venue.
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03-06-2015, 16:13
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Hello all! Long-time Manics fan but first time poster here (I first got into them around KYE and was blown away when I heard THB).
I attended this wonderful gig and wrote a review on my blog http://nickwilford.blogspot.co.uk/20...hers-play.html, if anyone would like to check it out.
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