An Appointment with The Waterboys

[kook]

Hey CD, what did you think?

[crystal daze]

It was a great night. No diva strops! I was looking forward to the first set the most, and they delivered. Sounds like the setlist was pretty much the same as you and bunnygod described. There were a few cameras on stage and in the aisles, haven't heard where the footage will turn up. The Yeats set was a bit unusual, but still entertaining in its way. The presentation was a bit theatrical. I can see how that would've irked some, but I didn't mind it. We had great seats near the stage, and both the view and the sound quality were great. There were two encores, with the same 4 songs as bunnygod got, Don't Bang the Drum, Whole of the Moon, A Man is in Love and a stomping Fishermans blues to close.
Mike Scott was in great voice as you both mentioned, and seemed happy to be in Glasgow, with a few friendly comments to the crowd.
Apart from a 20 min interval between the old favourites and Mr. Yeats they were on stage from 8.05 till about 10.40, and the performance was impeccable throughout. So can't really complain and well worth hanging on through the Yeats set to get to the encores.

[kook]

:) sounds like you got your money's worth. Glad you enjoyed it!

[kook]

:) sounds like you got your money's worth. Glad you enjoyed it!

[crystal daze]

Fisherman's Blues Tour of Britain and Ireland. Tickets on sale tomorrow. Glasgow shows just a few nights after my birthday.

'The Waterboys will play a special tour of Britain and Ireland this December titled FISHERMAN'S BLUES REVISITED, reuniting Mike and Steve with Fisherman's-era members Anto Thistlethwaite and Trevor Hutchinson. The famous four will be joined by drummer Ralph Salmins and the shows will be a re-exploration of the Fisherman's Blues period. Says Mike: "We won't play the original album in order or anything tame like that. That's not the Waterboys' style. Instead we'll be roaming our old repertoire in a new expression of the freewheeling, improvised spirit of The Waterboys in those days. We want to get that old fire burning again, and I wanna hear Steve and Anto wailing like the two-man orchestra we all remember."

[bunnygod1]

also on 14th October EMI Records will release a 7-CD set titled FISHERMAN'S BOX, containing 121 tracks from the album sessions including all those on the original record and previous editions plus an incredible 85 unreleased tracks.