Gigs

One of my favourite things to do is go to gigs. There's nothing quite like it. I often go to local gigs (Doncaster/Sheffield) but also venture to cities such as Newcastle, Hull, Manchester, and of course Leeds. One of my recent trips was to Newcastle to see The Black Keys with support of The Maccabees at Metro Radio Arena. I saw The Black Keys at Leeds Festival 2012 and they were one of my favourite bands of the weekend. However I didn't get chance to see The Maccabees. I've been a big fan of them for years so I was really looking forward to them. I'm usually one for being at the front of gigs and getting involved, but as we had two separate gigs to travel too in different cities over the weekend we decided it'd be a quiet one. This meant I could take some photos/videos.

The Maccabees support was nothing more than lovely. Orlando Week's voice is so nice. It was a shame that a venue that is so big was only filled with less than half people for their set. Most who were only there waiting for the headlining act. Even though we weren't at the front of the arena, The Black Keys set seemed full of energy and everyone danced all the way through it. My favourite performed songs were, Howlin' For You, Gold On The Ceiling, Little Black Submarines, Lonely Boy, Everlasting Light and I Got Mine.

The next day was the Pulp gig at The Motorpoint Arena in Sheffield. I'd been looking forward for this for months and it was actually an 18th birthday present. I saw Pulp at Leeds Festival 2011 and I believed it'd be their last gig so when my boyfriend told me they were doing a homecoming show I was excited. Pulp are one of the best live bands I've ever seen, mainly because of how Jarvis Cocker gets involved with the audience. Between almost most songs he'd pause and talk to the audience for a while and get everyone laughing. Him and the rest of the band also threw out loads of rolls of toilet roll into the crowd and got everyone to spread it around because that's how they used to decorate their small stages when they first started out. They played a rather long 25 song set and I was tired from little sleep the night before but I really really enjoyed it. This was my last gig of 2012 and possibly my last until possibly around February. I've been to see many bands in the last three months and it's rinsed my overdraft so I guess a break will be for the best.