well...nice gig as usual....
after entering Global Gathering through concentration camp style over zealous searching policy (50 minutes queue to get in)...police with sniffer dogs (and apparently x-ray machines at the camping section)...searcing for drugs i think...i managed to see Underworld on time at 9:30...
I met up with Rog & his wife, & sister in law...we worked our way right to the front of the beach stage...which literally had sand down on the floor for people to stand and dance on....good job it didn't rain...would have been messy
as far as i can recall this is what was played...but the order may be slightly different (memory is hazy)
1. new track...
2. dark train
3. pearl's girl
new track - one with both darren price and rick singing (or 'moaning')
king of snake
bornslippy nuxx / 2003 version
new track -the 'visions' track
two months off
jumbo
(no encore - played 9:30 to 11 - dead)
now i can't remember but i think they also played 'push upstairs'...and i'm a bit blurry on the playing order...but highlights were the green laser on 'king of snake'
was chuckling when Darren and Rick were singing or 'moaning' one one new track/improv's which i think will probably be on the album ....as will i think the visions track and the first one which was kinda dubby dark and longy...in a little way...which was 'typical underworld style'...the mic was pretty quiet on a lot of tracks so it was hard to work out how this one went lyrically...Karl was using a book to read the lyrics from - assume its a very brand new track...
also the visions track / drum and bass style track...this sounds much better being there than on a recording...
Karl had this great little hand held camera too that he shone in his face on one track and then showed the crowd - this was projected onto the back screen so we could see ourselves...!!! This little camera was also above Rick & Darrens mixing desk, so we could see some of the time what they were actually doing, which was amazing...!
half way through the gig Ally, his girlfriend and brother found us...nice to meet them, at last too...shame we didn't meet up with anyone else...the meet sorta didn't take place as people were all over the place getting past the nazi security...
Karl was his energetic self towards the end, but he did spend alot his time near the mixing desk overseeing things...
Rick was in a white shirt, jeans & black jacket - smoking loads...darren also looking cool in his silver headphones and bigging up the frontman Karl, in a black 'new romatic style' shirt, black jeans and trainers (no T-Shirt shock!)
the crowd was rocking all the way through...even with the 'unheard' new tracks which they were unfamilar with ...it was one of those nights...a good jumping crowd - really appreciative...shame they couldn't go on longer
Underworld were on form as usual, good vibes... still needs some polishing of the new stuff - and equiptment might have let them down (mics) epsecially on Two Months off, but the crowd pleasing slippy & jumbo and KOS...were awesome....nice to hear Jumbo at the end...
the only real disappointment for me was today when i went to get my 'right down the front' photos back from the shop...the whole roll of film i shot of Karl really close up did not come out - every single photo was blank and my film ruined...
(sorry Rog - no photos at all...i almost cried)
i have one photo of Karl on another roll but this is in bad condition also...as it was the 25th picture on a 24 roll so is half a Karl...i'm considering finding out who the 'official photgraphers were and asking for their photos....i might write to mixmag or DJ - who i assume have official photographers there....
i still can't belive it...
its just a good job that Underworld were amazing...(as usual) and i have the meories and good vibes...i'm sure Karl spotted me down the front in my Black cap & blue 'Zippy' ("Zip It") tee-shirt, going mad next to Rog's wife
we were the ones waving like nutters