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- Thread starter Kenneth R.
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Needless to say i'm going - the gig's pretty much right on my doorstep.
I'm meeting some friends at a pub beforehand but it's a 15 minute walk from the venue.
I'm meeting some friends at a pub beforehand but it's a 15 minute walk from the venue.
NickFBM
Demon of The Fall
Alright Ken, I'll be there and will meet up with you again, not an issue. Just saw them in Exeter, very good gig, nice and intimate. See you soon man.
B Crouch
Human
Lee_B
Readin' me posts are ya?
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Oxford setlist
Ghost of Perdition
When
White Cluster
Closure
Bleak
The Grand Conjuration
Under the Weeping moon
Baying of the hounds
A fair judgement
Encore-Deliverance
excellent gig, i got mikes bottle of water lol and my ticket signed by peter afterwards. So very satisfying. But itl be like another year till they come back....Gutted.
Ghost of Perdition
When
White Cluster
Closure
Bleak
The Grand Conjuration
Under the Weeping moon
Baying of the hounds
A fair judgement
Encore-Deliverance
excellent gig, i got mikes bottle of water lol and my ticket signed by peter afterwards. So very satisfying. But itl be like another year till they come back....Gutted.
The gig was excellent. The venue was quite small and intimate - I was able to get right to front and take some good photos. The sound was perfect too (whereas at The London Forum there were issues with the bass initially). However I noticed Mike's mic cut out a few times, but this was only very brief.RiffBoy said:
Mike's banter between songs was pretty much as per usual; I shouted "cock rock" during a quiet moment which he heard and then went on to say how Opeth is a cock-rock band, etc.
I was really chuffed to hear "A Fair Judgement" back in the set (hadn't seen them perform this since Shepherd's Bush/Lamentations).
After that song they came back out for the éncore, but Mike said we'd only get it if we pass a 'metal quiz'. He then threw 4 questions about Judas Priest at us. Passing that we were then treated to "Deliverance" (hence, this is the first time i've ever seen them not play "Demon Of The Fall").
Despite correctly anticipated the set to the be the same as the last few nights, it was a great gig. Again though Mike prepared the new fans for "UtWM" by saying they might think it's shit (and more or less apologising!). I guess there were a lot of new fans there though - I made a point of noticing that the 3 new songs Opeth played generated the biggest response from the crowd.
After the gig I waited for an hour-and-a-half by their tour bus and was lucky enough to meet Peter. Got a couple of albums signed and took a few photos. He came across as being a really nice bloke - despite looking like a giant (i'm six foot tall and he towered over me). Unfortunately the rest of the band were already on the bus before I got to it (and Mike was asleep according tothe crew).
Anyway, here's the setlist:
1 Ghost Of Perdition
2 When
3 White Cluster
4 Closure
5 Bleak
6 The Grand Conjuration
7 Under The Weeping Moon
8 The Baying Of The Hounds
9 A Fair Judgement
éncore Deliverance
Ha ha, I caught one of those too (Mike's bottle, but Peter threw it).affinityband said:
btw, i'll post some of the photos later today.
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lol, mine too was drank from a bit when I caught it. However whilst waiting outside to meet the band I had to drink the rest (i'll resist the temptation to sound fanboyish and won't go on about drinking Mike's backwashaffinityband said:
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mike n mendez waved at us when they just about got onto the bus. We thought they were women at first because we couldnt see their faces, because we were hoping they were hot.
Just wanted to add something about Burst: I missed their set at the last few gigs but finally saw them last night. What on earth are they doing supporting Opeth? I thought they were awful.
i'm dead, just woke upRiffBoy said:
Nick got the setlist sheet! I thought Burst were quite good, and Opeth was amazing. Met Chris as well. What a fun gig. Mike began to play part of Twilight acoustic on request, but not the whole song. Axenrot's cymbal was still broken, but he turned it around and played it anyway. At least at the Oxford gig you could hear it, but he was missing a ride as well. The guy breaks drumsets! Managed to get up to the barrier with NickFBM and the lovely Ayr. I took a bunch of pictures, and some of them are actually not blurry, so i'll put them up later if people want them. After the show we got lost in Oxford for a while, it was quite funny.
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Thatttsss meee, I also thought burst were pretty good, the sound may not have been good but i thought they were extremely creative and seemed to know what they were doing.
Yeah, they may not be perfect now, but they have definite potential. and their bassist is got a pretty badass growl.
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