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I've been a long time fan ever since I bought Siamese Dream when it was in the 'just released' section of my former local music shop. I was never fortunate enough to attend a SP concert when they were in their hay day, so couldn't pass up the opportunity to see them this time around although after the show last night, I almost wish I hadn't bothered.
It was amazing seeing him live and I'm happy that I can now say I have, but it certainly wasn't worth the £40 quid my wife and I each paid for tickets.
Don't get me wrong, half of the show was just amazing as Billy belted out many of the songs which got me through my teenage years. The audience would go nuts each time he played one of his 'known' songs and the extended guitar and drum solos were amazing. His new band may be very very young, but don't let that fool you, they're pretty damn good.
Unfortunately though, the other half of the show was new and unreleased material, which other than a couple songs, I just wasn't a fan of. It appeared to me that I wasn't the only one who felt this way either as 70% of the audience just stood around talking to each other during most of it.
I can understand that he wants to play his new and experimental stuff, but the show would have been so so much better had he played 1/3 new stuff and 2/3 old.
It was amazing seeing him live and I'm happy that I can now say I have, but it certainly wasn't worth the £40 quid my wife and I each paid for tickets.
Don't get me wrong, half of the show was just amazing as Billy belted out many of the songs which got me through my teenage years. The audience would go nuts each time he played one of his 'known' songs and the extended guitar and drum solos were amazing. His new band may be very very young, but don't let that fool you, they're pretty damn good.
Unfortunately though, the other half of the show was new and unreleased material, which other than a couple songs, I just wasn't a fan of. It appeared to me that I wasn't the only one who felt this way either as 70% of the audience just stood around talking to each other during most of it.
I can understand that he wants to play his new and experimental stuff, but the show would have been so so much better had he played 1/3 new stuff and 2/3 old.