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i wasn't there obviously.... but it was billed as a Barking launch gig... so five songs from the album - all of which were the upbeat numbers, plus Downpipe, which by all accounts only just missed being included on the album, isn't a bad return for your money... i wouldn't have expected a much different playlist... and as much as i like the mellower tracks - it would have brought down the mood to play the others in a show like this....

not sure what people are expecting... for most people this will be the first time that these songs have been played to them live...Underworld are not doing gigs for 'hardcore fans' at the moment (or any more ?) (go back home and dig into the live archives for these types of gigs... even dig out the Tokyo CD - thats epic enough...)

Obviously you still get the crowd pleasers of moaner / bs etc... sounded like an upbeat set... they've been doing these tracks for years, so its easy to make them sound the same... the newer stuff is taking time to get right and for the main, the guys seem to be perfecting these without wanting to mess around with the 'old' established tracks to give hardcore fans a 'geeky' - 'wasn't that unique' moment....

at the moment you are not going to get any Underworld gigs with long interludes and epic tracks... they've done that over many years... the type of audience that likes to see UW these days (i.e. the festival goers) needs quick fix - quick beats guick thrills and this is what this gig does... ticks all those boxes

its memorable big tunes with singalong / dancealong anthems...

it might not be UW of old, but this is a new era Underworld - doing whats wanted of them by the majority - and in these hard times... the guys seem to be enjoying giving people what they want, its not like its shit music... its a new Era Underworld - but its still Underworld - and I think the team are really enjoying it....