Underworld count....

[Champiness]

0 Gigs exactly... hopefully the 2009 shows will boost that to a solid 1.

[third.toughest]

I've mamaged to see the boys three times. I have traveled over 2300 miles in those three trips(2 were driving NC->IL, and TX->CO). from best to not best (since there is no such thing as a bad UW show):

1. Denver, CO (9/11/07) greatest show of my life!
2. Atlanta, GA (3/08) My dad's 1st and only (so far!!!!) UW show!)
3. Chicago, IL (11/99)

I would go to a million more if they didn't hate the US so much (LOL)

[Dirty0900]

1. T in the Park, 30th July 2003
2. Global Gathering, July 29th[?] 2005
3. London Roundhouse, October 17th 2007
4. London Roundhouse, February 29th 2008

Each time i've seen UW, they have improved. At T, they were a duo and didn't have that sort of flowing style that they have now. At Global they had an awful PA system but tracks like You Do Scribble made up for it. Really good gig indeed.

Getting to see them in a gig style and not a festival was finally achieved when I saw them in London the first time. Again, a good vibe but it was at the time when a lot of people were slagging them off for being a bit to stop and starty with their performance.

The fourth time was nothing short of amazingness. Starting with Confusion The Waitress and playing other rare gems such as Autotrader/Twist/Juanita/You Do Scribble really made for one of the best live performances i've seen/heard of them. Dropping in lyrics from River of Base and Stagger also made it amazingly good. I'm happy I have it on CD to go over and consantly do on long journeys. Cowgirl was full of energy and the buzz was amazing. I think this was the extra Roundhouse date after the October 19th show was canceled due to Rick being a bit sick and icky.

My next aim is to see Underworld in Newcastle. They can come to me! If they want to play my back garden, its free for them to do so. I'm sure the neighbours won't mind.

[Rog]

Originally Posted by Dirty0900

Haha, was that the last one they played when more emphasis was on recreating a ropey beach? Soundsystem was terrible like.

I was there too with Big screen and Ally.....got right on the barrier and the sound was still poor. i remember talking to mylo and shaun ryder at the signing tent - the mondays played that night and weren't too bad. fiished the night avin it to sasha in the big dance tent then spending half an hour after leaving trying to find our car

seen them at V98, V2000 or 2001, V2003 (or 4 or 5- can't remember), Wolves civic hall, Roundhouse twice, brixton acadamy, Rock city nottingham, global, Birmingham acadamy, er did they play homelands ever? i'm sure i saw them there around 2000 or 2001......memory of that time is a bit hazy or might even have been 1999

best one? V98 or rock city or civic..........

[beh]

- 4/29/99 - The Warfield, SF -- I had recently moved to SF (3/99), I was living in Chapel Hill, NC and had been a fan for a few years. When I moved to SF I said there are three bands I need to see before I die -- Underworld, Orbital, and The Egg. I saw UW within two months of moving. Still haven't seen The Egg, will have to travel to England to do so. Orbital followed a few months later -- Community Service Tour (MoN), once followed ("The Altogether", also at the Warfield)
- 10/8/99 - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, SF - w. the Chem Bros and DJ Shadow. flew the next morning to...
- 10/9/99 - Coachella, Palm Springs area, CA (first ever Coachalla). I agree with Disco Jake, encore of Bruce Lee into Moaner was spectacular
(above two were the last two shows with Darren Emerson)
- 10/20/02 - The Warfield, SF
- 4/27/03 - Coachella - met Scott Warner and a few other dirties earlier in the day
- 9/6/08 - The Warfield, SF - I brought 12 people to see this show with me, virtually all were newbies! And now converts!
- 9/7/08 - The Warfield, SF

hoping there's many more!

bh

PS. Thanks to the ticket stubs I have framed in the hallway towards my bathroom

[phaseblue]

Looks like we`ve been to a few of the same shows/tours!

Originally Posted by beh

-- Community Service Tour (MoN)

I went to the Long Beach show.
My god! It`s been almost 10 years! If memory serves me right, that was Orbital, Crystal Method, and Lo-Fidelity Allstars wasn`t it?

Originally Posted by beh

PS. Thanks to the ticket stubs I have framed in the hallway towards my bathroom

My stub for the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium show (my first) is still sealed in a ziploc bag, pressed between 2 books, and awaiting a frame - whenever I get back to America to fetch it, that is

[//\/\/]

Originally Posted by Rog

I was there too with Big screen and Ally.....got right on the barrier and the sound was still poor. i remember talking to mylo and shaun ryder at the signing tent - the mondays played that night and weren't too bad. fiished the night avin it to sasha in the big dance tent then spending half an hour after leaving trying to find our car

i was there as well, but did a bad job of getting hold of mattelite and ally! it was almost as though they'd forgotten bass amps started watching sasha later on; but the fact that he seemed to be playing his (rubbish) set whilst hiding underneath the bench with his cd player detracted even further, so we stopped... ...not a stunning festival; most memorable thing was the enormous queue to get in

beyond that:
brixton academy, forum, 3 glastonburys, jbo anniversary gig, m.e.n. arena, global gathering, roundhouse

[beh]

Originally Posted by phaseblue

Looks like we`ve been to a few of the same shows/tours!

I went to the Long Beach show.
My god! It`s been almost 10 years! If memory serves me right, that was Orbital, Crystal Method, and Lo-Fidelity Allstars wasn`t it?

You are correct (and I'm getting old, ten years ago, geez!). I think there was a pretty well-known DJ playing between sets, but I forget who it was.

I went ape-shit when I finally heard "The Box" live (my fav Orbital track).

bh

PS. This just caused me to put the 28 minute version of "The Box" on!

[phaseblue]

Originally Posted by beh

PS. This just caused me to put the 28 minute version of "The Box" on!

Hehe! Good times eh?

[stimpee]

Originally Posted by matt

That was an awesome gig as the Que Club is such a great venue - we used to go to loads of Atomic Jams there.

My other favourite UW gig would be the year before on the Friday night of the Phoenix festival in the dance tent - something like a 3 hr set and it was fantastic. They also then played the main stage on the Sunday afternoon in the drizzle and that was the only time we left the dance tent during the whole festival...

shit, you were at Phoenix as well! that was an awesome gig though I did drop some pretty serious acid for the sunday afternoon set and totally lost myself in the music. I think they were the main support ahead of The Orb in the dance tent. I still get confused over whether it was 94 or 95...