01/02/2025 Kingston Pryzm (Critical Thinking album launch)

[Son of Stopped]

Originally Posted by UEF

Peeled Apples is a huge song indeed, but tiny numbers of people in the room knew it. A similar number to those that give their approval for Nicky’s teased offering of Ballad of the Bangkok Novatel.

Originally Posted by TheUglyLie

Nicky seemed to really enjoy playing Peeled Apples. It was great watching him happily mouth along to every word

Well at least this time his back isn't killing him like it did on the plague tour.

[deadmartyr]

Originally Posted by Son of Stopped

Well at least this time his back isn't killing him like it did on the plague tour.

He said at the afternoon show that he put his back out taking the bins out on Thursday.


I was expecting 4 new songs to be played at least today, so a bit disappointing to only get three at the afternoon show. And, the one time Your Love Alone is dropped, it had to be the show I didn't go to - bloody typical.

I'd purposefully avoided hearing People Ruin Paintings and Brushstrokes to save them for the album release, but really liked PRP - probably my favourite of the first three singles based on today's performance.

Happy they played Suffering and Peeled Apples - Joke Sport Severed for the acoustic spot on the tour would be swell

[Lee]

Christ now that is a set list.

Peeled Apples. Lucky bastards.

Motown Junk back too. Jealous.

[UEF]

I think James said that Faster might be a tour song as well

[Tish]

If we get Peeled Apples and Faster at the Manchester gig, along with at least 5 tracks from the new album, my year will be made!

[baleofhey]

Heartfelt and the boys are back. We miss and love you too Richey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k517dweJYAg

[baleofhey]

And thanks to Emily manicsfan! Peeled Apples!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_YKbdE8iU

[baleofhey]

Motown Junk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ls7Iuto5x8

[Scarecrow]

Originally Posted by UEF

Peeled Apples is a huge song indeed, but tiny numbers of people in the room knew it.

A travesty that such a song should become a live rarity and only known by tiny numbers, who clearly like the band enough to attend such an event. Should have been one of the big Manics hits of this century.

[Europa Gluten Free]

Two fantastic sets. Really wish I had gone to this. Thanks to Emily as always for recording and putting the videos on YouTube!

[savemejebus]

Originally Posted by baleofhey

And thanks to Emily manicsfan! Peeled Apples!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_YKbdE8iU

If they're gonna butcher half the song and add unncessary synths to it every time they play it now I wish they'd left it on the shelf.

This is not an image that one should ever see during a performance of peeled apples or she is suffering.

[Routine Builder]

The band played Peel Apples and you still continue with the freight train of frustration. Take the wins where you can get them especially where this is a one off rather than a full rehearsed tour gig. To be fair, James corrected course on the 2nd verse so I suspect it wasn't intentional. Otherwise sounded glorious.

[Son of Stopped]

This is why I'm not rushing to see them again. I can't hear a word they say in-between songs.
James: low murmuring
Crowd: Woo!
My thoughts: Oh this seems to have gone down well.
*Huge barrage of sounds I don't recognise until the chorus
My thoughts: Oh it's that one they're playing!

On one hand it's amusing having satellite delays between speaking and speaking back but for everyone else etc.

[Porco]

Big thanks to everyone who put tracks up on YouTube. They sound in great form to me, new songs sounding like classics already as far as I’m concerned.

[Quinbo]

You could easy hear what they were saying if you were at the gig. Some of the audio quality on the YouTube clips isn't the best.