gorillaz to cancel manchester show :(

[MEGABOWL]

you know, I watch Simenon and Jones now, still cool as f**k and it gives you the tiniest inkling of how f**king magnificent the clash must have been in their prime.

I'm definitely with the Gorillaz lovers on here, they're a great band, innovative and interesting in a f**king seemingly endless desert of mediocrity but whatever you say, unfortunately, haters gonna hate...

[Bradders]

Paul's just cool, that's all there is to it, obviously Mick is more talented.

[Kowalski]

Liked 'Plastic Beach' a lot.

Now can't listen to see it after seeing Albarn's ad for the Times. He's dead to me.

[Petaldaze]

I was at the Dublin show on Thurs and they were just fantastic! I was also at Glasto, right at the front, so I loved it, but I can really see how they are not a sing-a-long band for headling a festival! I also think Damon had the arse a bit at Glasto whereas in Dublin he was well on for everything! In the crowd twice! Brilliant!

[audio farm]

so glad this went ahead (sorry about the wrong info!)

look who i bumped into before the gig :

[General Lee]

Interesting news about a new album.

http://pitchfork.com/news/40695-damon-albarn-makes-new-gorillaz-album-on-ipad-despite-partnership-with-microsoft/

[strummer77]

They were brilliant last night.

That is all.

[phillchill]

We are seeing them tonight in Brighton cant wait, was curious at Glasto to see what they would be like and loved them.

[fullfathom5]

Absolutely brilliant in Brum last nite!

[lac999]

What a show in Birmingham last night.

I can understand that things didn't work at Glastonbury: the show collapsed under it's own weight, the crowd were poor, and they seemed un-rehearsed. However, it was still backed up by Gorillaz tunes and was great.

But last night in Birmingham, every thing that went wrong at Glastonbury went so right, and again it had great Gorillaz tunes backing it up. An absolutely class gig, and Damon seemed to be absoluetly lapping it all up, revelling in the moment (a la Blur @ Glasto 2009).

Glastonbury didn't work entirely, this did. Thankyou Damon Albarn.

[Vogue]

They were absolutely brilliant in Birmingham last night! The diversity of the show was great, with Damon introducing all the guests as they went on and explaining a few of the songs too, despite calling the NIA a 'shed' (probably due to the sound problems during de la soul's support...but it isn't the nicest of venues either!) even the Arabic thing in the middle was really fun.

There did seem to be lots of empty seats, I'd say around 30-40% empty, and the standing area was very spacious too...

[Vieuphoria]

i liked the interlude at Glasto. Thought it was perfect for the biggest contemporary arts festival in the world. I realise to those who hadn't heard the album it might have been dull. But i thought it was lovely. Can see that it may have killed some momentum though.

[TheBigJT]

I'm interested to hear why you thought the LA show was much better than the Glasto performance. Can you elaborate please? Thanks.

[RossTC]

Manchester was absolutly amazing last week, up there with my top 2/3 gigs ever. Absolutly incredable! Well done Damon!!

[al_coholic]

I saw them at Glasto and hated every minute of it. So I have been moaning about them at work, and a guy I work with went to see them in Brum on Wednesday and despite my warning he was confident it would be ok.

Thursday morning, now he knows where I was coming from, totally shite, he was really pissed off, the production was terrible and the sound even worse. He also reckons the NIA was only about 1/3 full.

[strummer77]

I saw them at Glasto and hated every minute of it. So I have been moaning about them at work, and a guy I work with went to see them in Brum on Wednesday and despite my warning he was confident it would be ok.

Thursday morning, now he knows where I was coming from, totally shite, he was really pissed off, the production was terrible and the sound even worse. He also reckons the NIA was only about 1/3 full.

[fullfathom5]

^ Well I was at Brum and I disagree.

[eFestivals]

Saw them at the 02 and they were fantastic- everyone agreed.

blimey, it must have taken you a while to ask all of those 20,000 people.

[fowls]

Glad to hear the tour worked out better than Glasto

Edited November 19, 2010 by fowls

[eFestivals]

the crowd were poor..?

it's the recession.

[strummer77]

blimey, it must have taken you a while to ask all of those 20,000 people.

[strummer77]

^ Well I was at Brum and I disagree.

[eFestivals]

Just from the sample I spoke to. Similar to your Bruce sample

the difference being I never made a claim of 'everyone'.

But I wasn't expecting an answer, I was just taking the piss out of the wording you'd used. It's Friday, I'm bored, and I have this spliff to finish before I leave my desk.

[strummer77]

the difference being I never made a claim of 'everyone'.

But I wasn't expecting an answer, I was just taking the piss out of the wording you'd used. It's Friday, I'm bored, and I have this spliff to finish before I leave my desk.

[fullfathom5]

Yeh saw the reviews were good for that- though you got a slightly shorter setlist for some reason. Curfew earlier there?