Thoroughly enjoyable evening of tweeness. B&S are always value for money, being on stage from 9 until 10.45 with only a few minutes off stage before the encore. There were some great B&S / audience moments.
Before Fox in the Snow Stevie was struggling to retune his guitar. Retuning every single string. A guy the row in front of us shouted “I usually skip this one.” Stuart had a moment. Telling the story of a dream he had the week before, where Isobel agreed to join them for the gig, as long as a taxi was kept running outside for her. He then said he missed her. Then in horror immediately apologised to Sarah and thanked her for being there. Two songs later, someone at the back of the audience shouted "Taxi for Isobel." Which I thought was quite sharp.
Stuart got a few mad dancing girls up on the side of the stage to dance during Mayfly. And thank god he did, because we were sat jigging in our seats up until that moment. After that little ice-breaker, we all stood up, and stayed dancing till the very end. Cue mad dancing on Boy with the Arab Strap, and that is all I ask of any B&S gig to make it perfect.
Set List
A bit of a warm up first:
Slow Graffiti
Another Sunny Day (new song)
Woman's Realm
The Loneliness Of The Middle Distance Runner
Electronic Renaissance
Then into the tracks:
The Stars Of Track And FieldSeeing Other People
Me And The Major
Like Dylan In The Movies
The Fox In The Snow
Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying
If You're Feeling Sinister
Mayfly
The Boy Done Wrong Again
Judy And The Dream Of Horses
Then the Encore:
Dog On Wheels
The Boy With The Arab Strap
The Wrong Girl
I'm A Cuckoo
If You Find Yourself Caught In Love
Still doesn't beat the magical XFM gig at Islington Academy. For me possibly one of the best gigs I've ever been to. But this was cracking all the same.
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