Arctic Monkeys, Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:00:00, HMV Forum, London, The Event on Last.fm.
From a Gig Review post:
Support: The Klaxons
A secret gig with only 2,000 tickets. As I said to Sarah I’ve seen bigger and better in smaller but that aint the point. It started kind of badly as the set up for getting ticket was designed to battle touts but also caused a massive(at least 2hr) queue to get your stuff. When we heard if you get your tickets after 7pm(and it looked like we were) you have to go straight in and be stuck in the venue we dropped out of and went to get some food and got back at 7:40 or so and were in by 8:15 so wasn’t too bad in the end.
To start, The Klaxons, as with Bring Me The Horizon with KsE, don’t bother with this lot. They were atrocious and even if they had any energy it was destroyed by the awful sound, and I do mean awful I don’t think I have heard as bad sound indoors since I arrived in London. So that’s them written off.
Arctic Monkeys however were on fire shooting through most of the album they were tight, the crowd was in the palm of their hand and everything just worked. Most songs were played straight but they used acapella intros to segue between a few songs which worked really well. The crowd were singing along with the only let up being two b-sides they played. Sound was immense, atmosphere was great, I think until they release their third album which will bomb(you know that’s what happens to flavour of the months)this will be the last time I see them. I aint going to see them in Wembley or the Point and it’ll be a while before they play a decent indoor venue. If you get a chance, see these guys if you don’t grab the album it is great.
Selist:
- I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
- Still Take You Home
- You Probably Couldnâ??t See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me
- Leave Before The Lights Come On
- Cigarette Smoker Fiona(B-Side)
- Perhaps Vampires Is A Bit Strong Butâ?¦
- Dancing Shoes
- Riot Van
- The View From The Afternoon
- Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
- Bigger Boys And Stolen Sweethearts(B-Side)
- From The Ritz To The Rubble
- Fake Tales Of San Francisco
- Mardy Bum
- When The Sun Goes Down
- A Certain Romance
Later days,
Halo.