Was on the front rail for Young Fathers @ RAH. Frigging immense, obviously. What a joy.
But a shout out too, to support act Murkage Dave. Crazy how some people with talent just don't blow up. This is old, but gold...
Yeah, sounds like it really 'worked'... other than opening doors two hours late on Friday, terrible sound and the obligitory public transport nightmare afterwards. :ohmy:
Ha. Actually, when I said "half the length" I meant number of tracks - 16 v 32-ish.
In terms of stage time the ratio was probably 1:3. Somewhere in-between (days) would be fine.
Saw Warpaint in London this week. As fantastic as ever, but didn't play two of their most-loved tracks, Elephants and Undertow. Grrr!
Got me thinking about set length and the fact that you don't know what you're gonna get when booking. Warpaint's gig was about HALF the length of set from The Cure.
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