[orangepants]

Firstly, I think it is worth putting any complaining about the setlist from last night’s show into perspective. We should probably bear in mind that some of us that live within a reasonable distance of London are perhaps a little spoiled by being able to see the guys on virtually every tour.

Last time I saw the band we were fortunate enough to hear ‘Parc’, ‘Spoonman’, ‘Oich Oich’ and ‘Rowla’. However, I’m sure some of our forum colleagues living in places that aren’t frequented by Underworld quite as often would appreciate the opportunity to even hear ‘Nuxx’ or ‘Two Months Off’ yet again! (or even for the very first time!)

That aside, I really enjoyed last night’s show. It delivered exactly what I expected an ‘album launch’ gig would – a significant showing from the new record peppered with a few of the more obvious favourites. The only semi-surprise was ‘Pearl’s Girl’ (was expecting ‘Jumbo’) but the encore was superb and definitely pushed the whole show for me from ‘good’ to ‘great’.

Hopefully now that the summer festivals, iTunes gig and the album launch are out of the way we will see something of a return to the longer sets with more interludes and maybe a few fan favourites.

Also, I only encountered two idiots in the crowd all night. This must be something of a record for a concert in London?

Always an inspirational evening anyway... I do hope I still have such energy, drive and passion for new music / art when I reach the same age as Karl and Rick... although long may they continue!

I took lots of pictures (with a real camera, not an iPhone) so will hopefully get those up this evening.