PrettyInScarlett

Something of a first on a few counts. I stumbled across the legendary Peter Green 's tour dates a few weeks back. Slightly surprised as I was under the impression he was no longer around!! I wanted to go to tonight's (24 th February) show at The Globe, but it was (somewhat unsurprisingly) sold out. Fortunately, Green's 23rd February show at Huntingdon Hall in Worcester still had tickets available. Huntingdon Hall was originally built in the 18 th century as a Methodist chapel but has been a live venue for a while now. It's certainly one of the more unusual live music venues we've seen. First visit for both of us, somewhat different to have a church pew for one's seat! Looked like a sell our or near sell out on the night. Also interestingly, the show/door times operate more like a theatre than a live venue - show started at the advertised time which nearly caught us out! The support act was a local singer-songwriter called Dan Whitehouse (not forgetting Tom ...

After a very long gap (in my case, 3 years - Goo Goo Dolls gig seems a very long time ago!) M and I braved Cardiff University's Great Hall to see Bat for Lashes on her current UK tour. The Hall's acoustics have thankfully been improved in recent years. A very enthusiastic crowd (though not a sell out) first welcomed touring support Yeasayer . I seemed to end up too busy to listen to them beforehand but was not disappointed, in fact we were very much impressed. Yeasayer hail from Brooklyn and there was a slight similarity with Vampire Weekend as well as a lot of 80s references. Very entertaining and I'll certainly be looking out for them again. After a short interval, Bat for Lashes (which, interestingly, consisted of Natasha Khan, plus majority female backing band of 5 -considering the usual type of bands we see!) came on. First note is the mix of instruments -violin and viola, 'computer corner', keyboard and what I believe is a zither. Second, that the audience w...