Hi All, So. Ipswich. Better commit a few highlights to paper before another shite day at work erases some details. My seat A12 (at the end of the A12) was nowhere to be seen, having been removed, so I had to content myself with leaning on the front of the stage about 6 feet in front of Stuart, Stevie & Mick. I think I was actually hearing them sing rather than via the sound through the PA. The sound generally was great, all instruments & voices audible. A bit of an end of term atmosphere at this the last gig of the UK tour, the boys & girls on stage having fun. So you get Isobel pogoing during the band backing John Shuttleworth as Jilted John performing that Gordon Is A Moron song, Mick leaning on Stevie whilst both rocking out on guitars during Legal Man, & they closed with a version Of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now led by Sarah (it was her choice on that Beat Patrol programme), Andrea (?) the flautist in a glittery Freddie Lives tee-shirt & Dervla from the string section. This number also saw topless Stuart striking Freddie poses in a tinfoil crown and pretend cape, with a stick on moutache & the top half of a mic stand. There was a new song called The Season Has Arrived. They played The State That I Am In. Stuart took his black polo shirt off after dancing around with Stevie Dreads during the Jilted John song & talked about his nipples showing above his guitar. During Legal Man whilst playing his Phil Lynott perspex bass he stepped to the edge of the stage, turned around & laid back on top of the crowd. (Well, me & the people just to my left) Chris & Mick were dancing like mad during Woman's Realm - Chris even did a twirl. Stuart & Isobel awarded medals (from a glittery silver pencil case) to the crew & even to some of the kids who had been regular attenders. They were athletics medals (Stars Of ......?) with "B & S Trooper 2001" on the obverse. I never noticed before that Stevie plays great intricate bass on The Model. I finally got to see Richard gurning. Mmmm. Knackered. Setlist & then to bed: Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie There's Too Much Love The Magic Of A Kind Word My Wandering Days Are Over Mayfly Jonathan David Slow Graffiti The Model Don't Leave The Light on Baby (Gordon Is A Moron) Dog On Wheels The Boy With The Arab Strap We Rule The School Family Tree The State I Am In The Season Has Arrived The Wrong Girl Womans' Realm Legal Man Don't Stop Now Goodnight, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+