Edinburgh Gig....

[Grumpy_Jimbo]

Good Night better show than Manchester and we had the added bonus of a second encore of Ocean rain.....

Mac was on his best behaviour, he actually said virtually nothing throughout the show... I think he's still afraid of the backlash from their last Scottish Headline show when he had a melt down onstage...... But still can't see them playing Glasgow for while yet....

[withahip]

For those who don't know:

http://thequietus.com/articles/07092-ec ... drunk-live

If all this wasn't troubling enough to watch, McCulloch, still looking for someone else to blame, ambles over to Sergeant, berating him for something he apparently didn't know about, but which the band – or was it the audience? - did. After lobbing a bottle at his band-mate of more than thirty years, McCulloch leaves the stage for the final time.

http://www.glasgowmusic.co.uk/viewReview.php?blogId=186


Ive been to some shit gigs in my time, Ive seen singers walk off before, but this was quite insane.

http://wandywatson.wordpress.com/2011/0 ... mber-2011/

Mac was getting more and more incoherent and stopped “The Killing Moon” at least twice at the start to berate the crowd and give abuse to the sound engineer.

It reached the stage of the final song on the album. The gorgeous “Ocean Rain”. A few false starts as he tried to get the crowd to shut up. By now, quite a few of the more drunk members of the audience were starting to become impatient. “Get on with it” and several other things were shouted. By now, Mac was having this and was swearing at and offering to fight anyone who shouted out. To show how gone he was by now, he suggested at one point that “I will knee-cap yer fuckin’ head off”.

He had completely lost it by now and it was becoming more shambolic. He stormed off before the song had properly started and left a bemused band and string section not having a clue what to do. The band eventually followed before a scared looking string section were also told to leave (who got a great round of applause from the crowd).

[meh]

thanks

[Voodoo Billy]

But the Liverpool Phil gig a couple of nights later was probably the best I've ever seen them.

[hotty375]

Yeah, was a good gig- if a bit understated - only moan was Will's guitar was way too quiet, especially on Constantinopole.

75 minutes was way too short too but the new songs do fit in pretty well with the Ocean Rain- era stuff

...and at least they managed to finish Ocean Rain :-) after the Glasgow debacle although I'm not keen on the 'no effects on Will's guitar' version- should always be like this:



.. putting the echo in Echo & the Bunnymen

Here's a wee review from the Scotsman:

http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/music ... -1-3443887

...'minor hits'...:-)

[Wabbit]

Yeah, was a good gig- if a bit understated - only moan was Will's guitar was way too quiet, especially on Constantinopole.

yeah that is what I said about London... way too quiet.... :(

[bunnygirlxx]

Can the reviewer from The Scotsman count?.....Five???