Birmingham, England, June 13th, 2006 Options

[Guest]

Went to my first Live gig at Birmingham last night, couldn't get tickets in London so took a 2.5 hour drive. The boys did not disappoint, great gig, Ed was on top form, think it was a 19 song set.

The support act were a 4 piece band called Kharma 45 http://www.myspace.com/kharma45. I thought they were really good but may not be to most Live fans' taste as they're a cross between dance/indy/rock. I can see 'Ecstacy' becoming an anthem for them.

[Goose]

Hi There,

The Academy was a smallish venue, holding about 2,700. I'd say the place was over half full at least. The support band, I think, were called Pier 45?

Live were fantastic. Boundless enthusiasm and as mentioned in this thread already, they seemed to be genuinely enjoying the show & playing, not just going through the motions.

They played a good mix of new and old and even added in a Mental Jewellery track (mirror song) which Ed said they'd just started playing again.

I enjoyed the new tracks and also liked the way they didn't force the new album onto the crowd, just playing four or five tracks. The majoirty of the rest of the show was made up of Throwing Copper tracks (which the crowd loved) but the new stuff got an equally impressive cheer.

The only personal downer was that we had to leave just as the second encore started so missed four tracks (Ed just announced Sofia as we went out the door).

I might be wrong here but I don't think they played anything from V, which was a shame as they seemed to have been opening all the shows until the UK ones with Simple Creed (which I think is a fantastic track).

Apart from that, fantastic show. The first time I've ever seen the band perform Live. My wife had seen them at the Big Day Out Festival in Australia a few year back and said they were stunning then - but where even better last night.

With the four track we missed it must have surely taken the show close to 2 hours long.

Hope people seeing them at the Astoria have an even better time.

[Guest]

Now some 3 short clips of the birmingham show:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...d=839552707&n=2

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...d=839478548&n=2

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...d=838830360&n=2

Greetz Eefje

[NectarDan]

Now some 3 short clips of the birmingham show:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...d=839552707&n=2

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...d=839478548&n=2

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...d=838830360&n=2

Greetz Eefje

Thanks for sharing those with us - looks like you took them on the stage you're so close!

[Lively Chick]

Yes thanks a lot . You made my night. I can't wait to see them again in the fall.