Placebo at Three last night. I wouldn’t have ever been into them but my friend had two tickets as a gift and needed someone to go with him. There was a pre recorded announcement from the singer of the band not to use phones to record the concert, distracts, blocks people’s view and annoys the band. A reminder from the singer about three songs in. Then next song he stops midsong and says people are still holding up phones recording we’re not going to continue until they stop. An amusing standoff then as about three people and one big man in particular continued to record while the singer asked them not to record, crowd eventually got them to put them down. Phones stayed down after that so I’d say it was a win. Anyway they did the show then came out for an encore and did two covers, Depeche mode’s shout and running up that hill. They didn’t do their two best known songs at all - Nancy boy and every me every you, or special k their one other song I knew. Last song finished with the band twiddling knobs on speakers making some reverb sounds which was pretty shit, then they finished. I thought they were going to come out and do a second encore but that was it, the lights came up. Ye’re not a big enough band with a good enough catalogue to not do yer two biggest songs lads. Anyway, I’d give two stars, one for taking the stand on phones.
Blur on Saturday was class.