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Changing the facts
Even the big acts.
When I go there I always feel like I’m either under a huge overturned boat, like those people in David Copperfield, or inside the Ark, or inside the belly of the whale.
If the band manages to fill the space I feel like I’m inside the Ark and we’re all together having a huge communal experience, gathered round the hearth-fire and storytelling on stage, navigating the storm-tossed waves and getting through it all together. All in the same boat.
When the band doesn’t fill the space it feels like I’m a little tiddler swallowed by the enormous whale, an incidental morsel amongst so many other thoughtlessly scooped up food scraps and the buzzing energetic act at the end of the space is the brain going about its business without any real connection to what it’s ingested.
Hollis
bloody furious
Yeah - I've seen Neil Young, New Order, Springsteen, Roxy Music and Elton John there..
I think the best bet is to get a seat in the lower tier front third of the arena.
Best acts I've seen there were Elton John and Roxy Music.. Roxy Music - had a good seat near the front and was just amazed to be seeing them. Elton John I thought did a great show.
I imagine more 'performance based' acts work better there?!
Last night- I could see Nick Cave was doing a great show.. but being 2/3rds back it lost some of its intensity..
I think the best bet is to get a seat in the lower tier front third of the arena.
Best acts I've seen there were Elton John and Roxy Music.. Roxy Music - had a good seat near the front and was just amazed to be seeing them. Elton John I thought did a great show.
I imagine more 'performance based' acts work better there?!
Last night- I could see Nick Cave was doing a great show.. but being 2/3rds back it lost some of its intensity..
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Changing the facts
Yeah, that could be true.
Probably the best things I’ve seen there was David Byrne’s American Utopia thing, which had live musicians and also choreographed dancing.
AC/DC filled the space with inflatable sex dolls and flame throwers. And Angus. A performance of ever there was one.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
Just got tix for Moin at the Barbican next May - there's still some left but they're going fast
www.barbican.org.uk
Moin | Barbican
Moin are a three piece based in London featuring Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews of the electronic outfit Raime and percussionist visionary Valentina Magaletti.
Dr. Furface
One small step for me
And the worst are up the top tier. I guess that's obvious for the view, but that's not the worst part - it's that they're so tightly crammed with hardly any leg room and they're just so uncomfortable. Never again. I generally fucking hate the place anyway.
