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went to the supurb sage theatre in gateshead last night. what an iconic building. if you get chance go, its magnificent inside and out.
the also magnificent james were touring with choir and symphony orchestra.
i was unsure how the classic and indie would come together but what a night.
one of the best gigs ever.

roll on shed seven in york in december

AA.

only group i've seen with an orchestra behind them was last shadow puppets at leeds o2 and it was brilliant,
my old man has the dvd of deep purple with the royal philarmonic which is very good.

shed seven in york is always a good gig, which date you going to? i'm going to the thursday (final night)
the young band supporting them (likely lads) are quite good too

Metallica's show with the San Francisco symphony orchestra was also awesome. Not that I was there, but I've seen it and have it on CD.

I never go to any gigs nowadays because I'm all old and boring and stuff.

That composer who they worked with (Hayman/Hyman?) dead ya know.

Classic scores and hard riffs are musically not that far away, worked a treat. The cut of Nothing Else Matters from that show is a master-piece.

Later With Jools Holland - just always excellent no matter who is on, the format is genius.

All music shows should be like this and the pretence that X Factor has anything at all to do with music should be dropped immediately.

I'm there Thursday too. I will pm my number and we will have a drink

James played lots of obscure songs last night including a couple of 80's b sides!!
It was different and a superb night. The place was heaving. Lovely hall too

This bof is going to see The Blues Band on Thursday & Coldplay in early December, the latter's for she who must be obeyed.

Albert Ammons? Good choice.

Completely agree. There's never a bad act on there. Even if you don't like the type of music they play, Jools only ever features people who are excellent within their genre.

Not sure I agree with that but with the eclectic nature of the acts there's generally someone really good on or at least (in my case) someone I've never heard or heard of who I want to find out more about.