2010-07-17 iTunes Festival, Roundhouse - London, UK

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riiiightyho! overall, a top night out - great stuff on the competition - think the fans/never-seen-before ratio was about 75:25, and once you managed to get those who looked like they were in the wrong building out of eyeline, things were better!

opening with 'downpipe' was a little strange, given that it was an underworld gig and that's not an underworld release? wasn't complaining as it's a belter. sadly, sounded better than most of the new stuff. 'scribble's nice enough, but 'diamond jigsaw' was, well, awful i thought (mates agreed) it just sounds like pop-dance, and rick should stick to the day and night job - sorry, but there's a reason karl hasn't let you sing before! (pricey looked a bit embarrassed at times - head down, stifling a laugh - or was i projecting?) bird1/strumpet/? had a great groove, but a bit too much vox so it was hard to get into...

however, the old stuff still works a treat - even in an overbright (for teevee) room where the smoke machine must've been turned off or broke down after the first weak puff out of it! so it was a top night out - nice to meet scary man and his not-so-scary wife!

nice idea, well-executed, here's to september just up the road from roundhouse...