I
headed down to the Academy in Bristol tonight
to see the long running English rockers The Quireboys
kick off a 10 date tour of the UK and as soon
as I got through the venue doors I was shocked
at just how empty the venue was but that did not
stop The Quireboys from putting on a solid show
from the moment they promptly came on stage at
9.15pm.
soon as the band took to the stage they smashed
their way into an energetic performance with new
album opener ‘Too Much Of A Good Thing’
kicking the show off and within seconds frontman
Spike was throwing
his microphone stand around the stage like a rag
doll whilst the rest of the band stayed in their
small section of the stage giving Spike all the
room he needed to perform, through the show Spike
had a lot of time for his fans talking in-between
most songs, telling them a bit history about the
band, promoting their new album and much more.
Now The Quireboys released their tenth studio
album ‘Beautiful Curse’ back in April
and tonight’s tour was called the ‘Beautiful
Curse’ tour so it was safe to think that
the set would be crammed full of new material
and it was with The Quireboys playing 6 tracks
from their most recent album with the likes of
‘Too Much Of A Good Thing’, ‘Chain
Smoking’ and the big drum intro of ‘Beautiful
Curse’ having a really positive impact on
the crowd tonight.
During
their 1hour and 30minute set tonight The Quireboys
managed to play a massive 18 tracks and what started
off sounding like a show to showcase their latest
album ending like a massive greatest hits show
as The Quireboys played various different songs
from their back catalogue with ‘Mona Lisa
Smiled’, ‘Hey You’ and ‘7’O
Clock’ really getting the crowd moving.
The set finished with a two track encore which
consisted of the bands new single ‘Mother
Mary’ which is due for release in December
and ‘Mayfair’.
Despite
the fact that there was only a maximum of 250
people in this near 1500 capacity venue tonight
The Quireboys did not let that bother them and
still managed to put on a show like they were
playing to thousands of people and I feel that
is why The Quireboys are still going after nearly
30 years as they clearly don’t care if they
play to 1 person or 10,000 people as long as people
come out to appreciate their music.
The Quireboys 4/5
Review By Trigger
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