2013 kicked off with The Pineapple Thief at The Cluny with an excellent performance, I'll definitely be watching out for any more tours. Picked up a card at the gig that gave me a free download of three acoustic tracks, so thanks for that!
The new album 'All the Wars' is the best yet from this 4 piece and well worth a few quid of your money.
Support came from The Red Paintings from Australia, who although not exactly my taste were certainly interesting.
A trip to Brighton in the August brought with it the opportunity to catch Bosnian Rainbows @ Sticky Mikes Frog Bar - great name, crap venue. With a ceiling height of no more than 8' and a stage raised about 6" from the floor, by the time all the 7' people in Brighton had decided to stand at the front it was time to give up any chance of getting a decent view of the band, which is a real pity because they were excellent, playing almost all of their debut album. Definitely one to watch out for and if they ever come to Newcastle, I'll certainly be there.
August Bank Holiday weekend brought the second Stanley Music Festival and a chance to see Dodgy and a full days music for a fiver, clearly the bargain of the summer! Line up was Dodgy, Mitch Laddie Band, Longsands, Ultimate Bowie, Dust Town Dogs, Leesa Mae and Cryptic Metaphor.We made a family day out of it and very relaxing it was too, though that may have been the effect of the Marstons Ales and sunshine! Who knew Dodgy had released so much sing-a-long material and even though there were probably only a few hundred people (out of a crowd that peaked at a couple of thousand) there by the time they came onstage at around 6pm, they played their socks off. We were all very much Staying Out for the Summer!
2013 saw 2 Steven Wilson gigs, the first at The Royal Festival Hall, London and then at Newcastle City Hall. This was on the rather excellent Raven Who Refused to Sing tour. Way up in the gods for the London gig, there with my eldest son Daniel the whole gig was simply awesome Steven Wilson never sounded better. An interesting side note, on bass was Nick Beggs of Kajagoogoo fame, now Neverending Story was a huge family favourite when the kids were wee ones and who sang the theme song I hear you ask, well it was Limahl also of Kajagoogoo fame! On to Newcastle and although it was good to be up close, second row seats. It was really too close to enjoy the visuals and with the City Hall only about half full it was a curiously flat evening. Opening with Trains and finishing with Radioactive Toy the gig showcased the 3 solo albums. Although not from either of the two gigs, here's the encore from the tour Radioactive Toy
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