Sunday 4 July - I know! Sunday! It's mad isn't it! But it's for a good reason, Ash are playing in the Duchess. Now the last time I heard these live was way back at one of the Leeds festivals, when we couldn't actually get inside the tent to see them and had to sit on the grass outside and listen. They were so loud that it really didn't make much difference, and frankly, tonight was almost the same, very loud, and very hot indeed.
We got all the greatest hits; Lose Control, Goldfinger, Girl From Mars, Kung Fu, Oh Yeah, Let It Flow, Angel Interceptor , Lost In You etc. A couple of their new singles, which I didn't recognise, but enjoyed anyway. And a few, more extended, dance-like tracks; one I didn't catch the name of, the other was Twilight Of The Innocents, extremely good, and I don't like dance music. Without doubt this was the gig of the year for me and my ears were still ringing two days afterwards. Fantastic.
Friday 2 July - and a strong turnout at the Roman Bath, not least to exchange tickets for various events. I forgot and left mine at home so I'll have to post them off to The Druid, drat. Anyway up, tonight we are blessed by the presence of a superb covers band The Mojos. Regular readers (ha ha) will be aware that we've seen these on a number of previous occasions, 'cos basically they're very, very good and we know that we will have a thoroughly enjoyable evening. I'm relying on my miserable memory here but I distinctly remember them playing; Free (All Right Now), Jamiroquai (Cosmic Girl), Bad Company (Can't Get Enough Of Your Love), Nina Simone (Feeling Good, in the style of Muse) , Toto (Hold the Line), Whitesnake (Here I go Again), AC/DC (Highway To Hell), Kaiser Chiefs (I Predict A Riot), Robbie Williams (Let Me Entertain You), Chic (Le Freak), Dire Straits(Money For Nothing, Sultans Of Swing), The Killers (Mr Brightside), Queen (One Vision, Tie Your Mother Down), Primal Scream (Rocks Off), Stevie Wonder (Superstition), The Jam (Town Called Malice), Muse (Uprising), and Jackie Wilson( Higher and Higher). There may well have been others but the John Smith's was going down too well for me to recall. Thoroughly recommended.
