Date: 7/2/14
Venue: capital fm arena Nottingham
Support: beans on toast, flogging Molly
Well here we gig wise 2014 is off and running, first up Frank Turner!
I make no bones about it and to anyone that knows me I'm a huge frank turner fan. I have been following him since the million dead days and his progression into acoustic music ran parallel to me discovering acoustic music and falling in love with it. I have seen him play in small venues, big venues, in record shops, playing on the street and now in an arena! It was listing to Frank that also made me pick up an acoustic guitar for the first time!
I'm not a fan of arena shows too big for me and all that, but I kind of feel proud that Frank is playing these venues proof that hard work pays off, this was franks 1523rd gig. Hard work gets you places. Many musicians can learn something from this.
I know frank has received a lot of grief about moving up to these big venues but as he said its important to him that those people wanting to see him get that opportunity and shifting 10000 tickets for this show proves that the demand is there.
Opening up tonight for frank was his old mate Jay (great name) aka beansontoast, I reckon he probably knows about six chords and uses these to sing songs about politics, sex, drugs and rock n roll. I have seen beans before but this time unfortunately I only manged to arrive as he was finishing up his set. Frank has often said that beans was the man who encouraged him to pick up an acoustic guitar and it sums up the man that he brings him on tours like this.
Next up flogging Molly! I was well into flogging Molly when I went though a bit of a Irish folk punk phase a few years ago with bands like the Dropkick Murphy's, the tossers and of course Flogging Molly so I was delighted when they were announced as the main support!
Starting off with drunken lullabies and requiem for a dying song they played a great singalong set ( for those that know the words) and playing one of my favourites if I ever leave this world alive during their set I was happy that I finally got to see flogging Molly live.
Next up Frank Turner!
Franks set started off with photosynthesis and everyone sitting down and then jumping up in unison to the chorus halfway through followed by plain sailing weather and rocking though a good half a dozen songs in quick succession the crowd where lapping it up, the sing along for glory hallelujah was incredible and the half way through the set he did a great version of Father's Day with a double bass.
Frank pretty much played a few songs off each album during a 90minute set finishing off with long live the queen, recovery and broken piano.
The encore started with the ballad of me and my friends a song with another great singalong moment "and were definitely going to hell... But we'll have all the best stories to tell" concluded with I still believe and four simple words the set was done.
Well first gig of the year done and another frank turner show done, this won't be the last time I see frank live, where next Milton Keynes bowl? Wembley stadium? Or the rescue rooms? Either way I'm sure frank will put on a great show.
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