From: Chris Morland
| The Verve were godlike in Manchester. I would have liked to have gone to Sheffield, the very first gig back... ...but last night was amazing anyway. Opening with A New Decade, Slide Away and This Is Music just totally took the piss, absolutely untouchable. Apart from Drugs Don't Work and Bittersweet Symphony they only played one ‘new’ song (was it Rollin’ People a track from a while back?). They were so up for the gig, what a buzz they created. Half way though Slide Away I got a bit of a lump in my throat, I was there watching The Verve, I never thought it would happen again, if Nick hadn’t of rejoined there was no way they could have played all the old stuff, moments like these would have been gone forever. Setlist (from PMckee6398@aol.com): A New Decade Slide Away Life's An Ocean A Northern Soul On Your Own Drugs Don't Work This Is Music Man Called Sun Rolling People Gragity Grave Stormy Clouds encore- Bittersweet Symphony History |
From: Stephen McNamee
| I don't really know how to express the emotions I was
going through before the band came on. Having only really got into them
after they released "History", I didn't think I would ever have the chance
to ever see the band I loved live. The music that they produced was
undoubtedly some of the best work ever. So, when the reformation happened, I was over the moon. When the tour details were announced, I rushed down straight away and got tickets. When nobody else wanted to come (fools!) I decided to go on my own anyway. What followed was the best concert that I have EVER been to (I've been to over 100). The atmosphere created by the relatively small venue, the explosion and sheer elation as the first songs kicked in, just blew me away. Richard seemed as though he was indestructible and the band played as if they were untouchable.... over here (England) the talk is of how Oasis are the best band ever.... not any more. The Verve are the band for disenchanted, the disenfranchised who want more to the lyrics than "She's electric, she's in a family full of eccentrics". Bow down, for the world is about to find the greatest band ever. Note: the new album (Urban Hymns) already is a fantastic album, bit of a grower I think, as I still prefer Northern Soul, but the highlight has to be "Come On". Sheer majesty. |
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