We managed to wander down to the near the front. As per usual the B&S crowd are a relaxed bunch. Mosh pits are replaced with twee dancing. Apparently a more lively crowd than Manchester or Sheffield, which is hard to believe. Londoners are notoriously boring and unmoving in their appreciation of live music.
They played around half of the new album scattered amongst the old stuff, with a few. They fit in really well, which I thought was surprising as the new stuff is very Glam Rock, and you'd think that it would stand out. It helped having heard the album a few times before the gig. I think some of the earlier gigs on this tour may have suffered for the album not being out. Though I did hear Stuart on the radio the other day say everyone had copies of it illegally and folks were singing along right at the beginning.
I am noticing with each gig, as the venues get bigger and bigger there are more and more "ordinary" audience members turning up. Gone are the days of the crowd being solely made up of obsessive B&S fans, which means there are the sort of audience members who natter and chatter all the way through the gigs, drunk and seemingly oblivious to the bands playing or those of us trying to listen. I am frankly uninterested to hear of your day at work or your ex-friend Sharon's exploits with Dirk. But there you go, rant over.
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