Artists and their concert playlists

[Mr Soul '68]

! Incidentally, I see Geno Washington is at the Earl Haig in September.

I'll be there, as the Earl Haig is probably the only venue around Cardiff that doesn't charge a "theft" fee. Respect to the promoter Allan Jones (ex Amen Corner) who promotes bands at that venue.

[Robin Friday's Ghost]

I saw Roxy Music at the Kensington Court Club in Newport (early 70's) just as Virginia Plain was becoming a hit. A very intimate venue, probably less than 200 crammed in, standing room only, I was barely two yards from Eno himself.

I also saw the Fripp-Eno concert at the Paladium in London in 1975, I think.

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I'd have loved to have been at that Newport gig. My first gig (of any kind) was the Stranded tour when I was 13. Eno had left by then of course. Not sure I'd have wanted to see the Fripp-Eno gig. No Pussyfooting was a bit too challenging for me. His first few solo albums were good though, before he went ambient.

[SOXY BOY]

I think the reason Van Morrison played obscure set lists was to do with publishing rights and loyalties. I took my wife to see him in Cardiff, many years ago and he didn’t play Brown Eye Girl because he received little or no payment for it. I went to see Springsteen in Cardiff and there were some he didn’t play, which I was looking forward to but I don’t think he can ever keep everybody happy because of the amount of songs he can play. I still enjoyed it though and it’ll be interesting to see how different the set list will be,when I go to see him at Wembley.

[Fatty Thornton]

Neither would I. Most bands I see cost up to £30 max. I've got tickets for October's Swn festival which cost £80 odd for 2 1/2 days of music.

However, it's worth remembering that bands don't make very much money from streaming so touring is a bigger source of income than it used to be. Not that it applies to those acts mentioned.

My mate and I were chatting about Swn the other night (before the James gig) - it's good value but I beleive they keep the timings and venues tight for particular bands, so it's a gamble if there maybe only a couple of bands I want to see, for example English Teacher or Antony Szmierek.

To address the setlist topic in this thread, James have changed much of the setlist night-by-night - the newer stuff was a harder listen as I was there mainly for everything pre-2000! Buyer beware and all that!

[Wales-Bales]

I've seen Walter Trout many times and I've got tickets to see him again in Frome in a few months time - and for just £30.50 plus booking fee. It's quite handy not being into only popular bands that cost a fortune to see.

That sounds a bit fishy to me!

[Mr Soul '68]

I think the reason Van Morrison played obscure set lists was to do with publishing rights and loyalties. I took my wife to see him in Cardiff, many years ago and he didn’t play Brown Eye Girl because he received little or no payment for it. I went to see Springsteen in Cardiff and there were some he didn’t play, which I was looking forward to but I don’t think he can ever keep everybody happy because of the amount of songs he can play. I still enjoyed it though and it’ll be interesting to see how different the set list will be,when I go to see him at Wembley.

I've seen Van Morrison live on 6 occasions, on two of those he has played 'Brown Eyed Girl'. At Glastonbury festival back in '81 and the last time I caught him live, which was the Coal Exchange in 2006 (I think!). That night he did a 16 song set of 'Greatest Hits', including 'Brown Eyed Girl'

[SOXY BOY]

I saw Van Morrison in the mid to late 90’s and he didn’t play it that night.