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16/09/2008 - Manchester 24/08/08 Another gig and another road trip but thankfully not as long as the last one. But this time is wasn’t to somewhere new, like Frome (pronounced Froom in case you didn’t know); it was to a dry Manchester, as gobsmackingly it didn’t rain. The sun burn on top of my head is proof of that. While the drive and destination was familiar (not the venue though as it wasn’t the Apollo this time it was a cricket ground) the gig was slightly different from the norm, in that, they were playing as support for REM. I must confess to being a tad nervous at what kind of reception they would receive as the crowd was there to see REM. But such is the way with support acts at gigs. I know I have been less than enthused about support acts in the past and see them more as something you just have to endure to get to the main attraction. But obviously not this time. As the stage was getting set up for them, there was a lot of activity right at the back. Moments later a huge black backdrop was winched in to place with the word ‘Editors’ on it in big white letters. This of course brought an almighty cheer from us and lots of laughs as people looked at us as though we had horns on our heads lol. Taking to the stage, Tom with his now customary bug eye shades on, the band looked relaxed and fresh despite having just played the Leeds Festival earlier in the afternoon. So it would appear that helicopter trips agree with them, having been flown in from Leeds in such a rock and roll manner. Ed thankfully managed to find his kit which was no in its usual spot, centre stage but instead tucked slightly off centre, close to Chris’s amp. A polite applause greeted them but not from us as we were whooping and cheering like a couple of Looney’s. What is so great about Editors is that no matter how long they have on stage you always know that they will give it their all and fill their allotted slot to the maximum with next to no wastage. Tonight, or should I say evening, was no different, 13 songs in just over 56 minutes. That’s an average of a song every 4 minutes and 20 seconds taking in to account guitar changes and the odd talkie bit. As the blistering and fabby set progressed a weird self conscious feeling started to creep in as it was very obvious that we were the only ones where we were standing, and nearly in the whole crowd, that were jumping up and down, singing, clapping, hands in the air and whooping at ever song and as a result, we were drawing some odd looks. But the feeling lasted a second if that, as we couldn’t really give a stuff as we were having a wonderful time and that is all that mattered. Needless to say Fading was an epic experience as always. I have said in a blog before and will say it again now, if they every drop it from the setlist there will be serious trouble lol. It is simply the dogs dangly bits of a tune. Stupendous on sooo many levels. Surprisingly Munich didn’t get the crowd going as I thought it would, given how it would be one of the tunes most would have heard and know. We where the only ones whooping when Open Up started, which appears to have become a firm fixture in their sets since Frome, but as the song progressed it seemed to get the crowd going. So by the time Fingers reached its rousing crescendo the crowd was a lot more animated. Course it was their closing song but better late than never I guess lol. And that was it, 56 mins of bliss, over in the blink of an eye. Piano ballet was at a minimum but Russ hadn’t lost any of the spring in his step. Maybe the fact the Peter Buck would be doing something similar in the same spot later on inspired him to leap that bit extra. Later on Mr Stipe remarked how great it was to have Editors back on the road again with them and even cursed himself for using the, never to be mentioned T word, when thanking them. REM themselves were fab as well in case you are interested. Bring on next Saturday at Twickenham.
Gary
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