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382 days ago
Kanye's Glow In The Dark tour revolves around the concept of his journey through space in a ship that is crashing and breaking down. He communicates with a female computer system voice. Essentially I went to see Kanye West live last night at the Metro Radio Arena and had a great time. It was the first arena gig I have attended in a while. He performed so many of his hits and as a performer he does really well. Of course his music sounded sonic and powerful, filling the arena up. I must go through all the hits we heard tonight in no real order - Through The Wire, All Falls Down, Jesus Walks, Diamonds Are Forever, Gold Digger, Heard Em Say, Touch The Sky, Can't Tell Me Nothing, Stronger, Good Life, Homecoming, Flashing Lights, American Boy and a great performance of Love Lockdown, his recent single with live drumming. He stopped halfway through the song to start again! I figured it was a reference to his recent re-recording of the song based on feedback from its debut at the MTV Video ...
547 days ago
Middlesbrough Music Live 2008. First held in 2000. Imagine how far it has come since then. Somehow I was not fully aware of the event until 2004, and since then it has been a must for seeing great bands and singers from not only the past and present, but the future. Here's my report of this year's musicfest: The first group I made sure to check out was local ska tribute act 'Ska-Boom', and having seen them on a YouTube clip I knew I was in for a treat! It made me appreciate ska music more, and realise that there are some famous tunes associated with the genre. Covers such as 'Baggy Trousers', 'One Step Beyond', 'Pigbag' and 'Lip Up Fatty' were played. My friend from Uni and Teesside Pirates' Ashley plays trumpet for the band. After going into town for some lunch we returned to the scene via Jack McManus's set on the main stage. Shortly after this we happened across a local woman on a smaller stage who plays acoustic guitar (and could also be seen on the Open Mic ...
555 days ago
It is indeed that time of the year again when tradition has begun to dictate that we get together at Ali's house and watch the annual Eurovision Song Contest, and here in the UK we are treated to the great commentary of a certain Mr Terry Wogan. According to him, Russia are this year's "political winners"! Not to get too controversial, but the voting results can sometimes be predictable, with certain countries normally voting for their neighbours! I was glad to see Ukraine and Greece land 2nd and 3rd place, having personally rated their songs highly. Read on to find out my thoughts on each song. 1. Romania - "Male and female duet. Started out with man on his own. Wondered if woman was late but guess just standing around waiting for her first line would have been a bit unimaginative! Slow-ish, not the best ever but something to gradually ease into tonight." [5/10] 2. United Kingdom - (Not being too biased, but I do like this one! Glad this was ...
