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Wraffah

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  1. Here at the O2 just as phantogram finished and got second from the barrier on the piano end. I love this stage setup. Also the security guy ten feet away has a Setlist and I couldn't see what was on it. FML. such a cruel tease. Also also is it worth staying for Knights at all?
  2. I have a bootleg. Hearing the assassin chants: "I saw that little hashtag via, today... I forgot to, ah, can't remember how it goes... (jam intro)... have to learn assassin next time, I can't remember it, dont want to fuck it up now.. (jam second riff)... we dont have the funny bass with the weird white string coming out of it... how does it go? (jam intro)... can we do, like, a metal version? Maybe we'll work it out for the next time, okay? [inaudible, haven't practiced it?] we've practiced this one though!" then US starts so yeah fair to believe him really...
  3. This is the night I'm not going to. Seriously hope I picked the right night to go to (I could only do one of the 4th or 5th London show) so no AP and no Assassin would actually be a good result for me lol.
  4. Sound is immaculate with earplugs, both in seating and standing second row. Could hear both the big picture and the small stuff, like guitar noodling or vocal stuff. Your milage may vary, especially if you dont wear them.
  5. Posted these in the tour thread but gonna post em here too. My videos from tonight of the interesting/rotational songs, with amazing quality of both audio and video (especially considering it was taken on a phone... Albeit a £700 phone.) Sunburn Handler Map Take a Bow
  6. Uploaded some of the song videos I took. Apologies for shaky cam at points, was holding one handed and not looking at the screen for a lot of the time I was taking these. On mobile so dunno how to embed them: Sunburn Handler Map Take a Bow All in all I'm amazed how good these sound and look, considering I was just using a stock iPhone 6S with no equipment. I've heard worse official releases ffs!
  7. Got a good video of Sunburn. Hope the audio doesn't sound like potato. Also, if anyone's concerned about it, you can't actually see Matt playing piano from the microphone side of the piano wing (if that makes sense).
  8. So... my two cents, having come out of the gig- - the scale of the stage, and how it's used, really are impressive. It has a lot of little flakes, none overused, all adding to the overall impression. One of the best I've ever seen. - the crowd was really impressive. the casuals loved plug in baby, starlight etc. On other songs like Handler or Citizen they were soaking it in more I think, which isn't bad either. - moshing looked really difficult considering how condensed the GA areas are. Wasn't easy to see how much jumping was happening but there were a lot of fists pumping at least! - the Setlist. dear god the Setlist. that was one of the worst on paper and easily the worst in person. Saved only by Citizen for me on uniqueness (Handler, Mercy and a few other staples are good but I'm gonna see them four more times - the rotational songs are what I'm judging this on) - band was on top form. Bellamy struggled a bit on all the predictable highs but being fair I've never heard him nail Stockholm and I'm not too bothered whether he hits madness or whatever, considering how bland the song as a whole is in that case. Musically, couldn't fault them. - hullaballoons were fun during (I think) starlight. Nice moment of crowd/band fun. - is it just me or does the merchandise always look awful? I wouldn't wear any of it. Can't think of any time I would, either. Very weird.
  9. I'm not gonna lie, when I realised UD meant no TAB I was very sad. Though this is why I'm doing four more, I guess... Also the crowd gets perplexingly into They Will Not Control Us, they're extremely animated, even up in the seats. Bizarre.
  10. Well that for me is a result of the setlist problem; they have too many songs they depend on, and they all sound like shit live. SMBH, Starlight, Madness, TIRO, Uprising and KOC don't all need played - they could easily put SMBH and Starlight into a Black Holes Single rotation, put Uprising and KOC (and that FUCKING harmonica) into a Set/Show closer rotation, and put Madness in the bin, and then they'd have three slots to bring back fan favourites or even just lesser played singles or whatever. I think the really annoying thing is how relatively easy and obvious these changes are, and how little motivation there is to do even the first thing about it. But PIB, SS and Hysteria are all on rotation now so at least these things aren't necessarily sacred cows.
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