Siouxsie And The Banshees Summer Sonic Festival Tokyo 18th August 2002 DVD

 

Here's a little gem. Back in 2002 set aside any differences in order to do one more tour. This was called the 'Seven Year Itch' since the tour came seven years after the announcement of their split in 1995. As I remember, that second split was made public straight on the back of the Sex Pistols announcing that they were reforming and touring in 1996, with Siouxsie stating this to be a good reason to call it a day. It was the second split, the first having occurred amidst great animosity up in Scotland back in September 1979!

A live album was released of their Shepherds Bush gig in July of 2002 - for some unknown reason I did not go to that one. Later they took the show further afield including to Japan where their appearance at Tokyo's Summer Sonic Festival was filmed for TV and this is it.

Authored with menus and chapters.

DVD disc image: https://we.tl/t-h0KhfgKRIj

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-pdnX3pntcg

Hugh Cornwell The Hay-On-Wye Arts Festival 1st August 2002

 

If you will indulge me a couple more Cornwell related posts, here's a cracking radio broadcast from the annual Hay-On-Wye Festival. Hugh featured on 1st August 2002 on the BBC Radio Wales programme 'The Saturday Social' in which he plays a mix of solo and Stranglers' material with commentares in between.

FLAC: https://we.tl/t-0GRewBpfYD

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-EmcNelsnyM

Shepherds Bush Empire London 24th November 2002

 

I am very grateful to the person (sorry you didn't have your name on the email) who sent me a link to this Mk III gig in London. There's a few tracks in there that went on to 'Norfolk Coast' which wouldn't see the light of day for another 14 months or so.

MP3 (as recieved): https://we.tl/t-2n5mR6sOIh

Artwork: https://we.tl/t-5cKlvaVMQV

01. Intro

02. Goodbye Toulouse

03. Was It You?

04. Peaches

05. I’ve Been Wild

06. Skin Deep

07. Never To Look Back

08. Mine All Mine

09. Golden Brown

10. Walk On By

11. Tuckers Grave

12. Dead Loss Angeles

13. Death & Night & Blood

14. Something Better Change

15. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)

16. Coup De Grace

17. Nuclear Device

18. Curfew

19. Duchess

20. Tank

21. Always The Sun

22. Five Minutes

23. Hanging Around

24. No More Heroes

Elvis Costello (With The Imposters) Live at the BBC Radio Theatre London 28th April 2002

Here's a man like so many others that at least in part owes his success to the vibrant London pub rock scene of the mid to late seventies. Clearly a very talented man Costello has written some of the greatest songs in the English songbook...... a few of them appear in this BBC radio broadcast from 2002.

FLAC: https://we.tl/7cccn3lWod

01. 45
02. Waiting For The End Of The World
03. Watching The Detectives
04. Spooky Girlfriend
05. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea
06. When I Was Cruel No. 2
07. Man Out Of Time
08. Dust 2
09. Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution)
10. Alibi
11. You Belong To Me
12. Pump It Up

De Velinx Tongeren 24th October 2002

I noted the other day that on one of the many Stranglers related Facebook pages, someone had opened up, or at least attempted to open up, the Paul/Baz 'who's better, who's best?' debate. Surprisingly people still bite at these discussions, but no new opinions or insights are offered... because there are none.

Anyway, here is an early foray into exploring the band's back catalogue in an acoustic setting.

MP3 (As received): https://we.tl/shruLUyBCU

01. Walk On By
02. Let Me Down Easy
03. Strange Little Girl
04. Instead Of This
05. English Towns
06. European Female
07. Southern Mountains
08. Face
09. Cruel Garden
10. Always The Sun
11. Sanfte Kiss
12. Sinister
13. In The End
14. Still Life
15. Princess Of The Streets
16. Golden Brown
17. Old Codger
18. No More Heroes

The Academy Bristol 20th November 2002

Here's a gig in MP3 format from the 2002 UK tour.

MP3 (as received): https://we.tl/Bh7mHh2hlO

01. Goodbye Toulouse
02. Was It You?
03. Peaches
04. I’ve Been Wild
05. Skin Deep
06. Never To Look Back
07. Mine All Mine
08. Golden Brown
09. Walk On By
10. Tucker’s Grave
11. Dead Loss Angeles
12. Death & Night & Blood
13. Something Better Change
14. (Get A) Grip (On Yourself)
15. Coup De Grace
16. Nuclear Device
17. Curfew
18. Duchess
19. Tank
20. Always The Sun
21. 5 Minutes
22. No More Heroes

The Damned Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City CA 16th March 2002

Here's a great sounding gig from 2002 when The Damned supported Rob Zombie on the 'Demon Speeding Tour'. The set is from the first album they recorded with Mr Sensible back in the fold, the rather magnificent 'Grave Disorder'.

The tour was ill-fated for the Damned who were to leave the tour after just a handful of dates. It was reported thus:

Punk band The Damned have decided to pull out of Rob Zombie's Demon Speeding Tour. Their last performance was on March 17 in San Jose, Calif. According to guitarist Captain Sensible, "Unfortunately, from the very first show it was apparent that The Damned's subtle blend of gothic punk was completely lost on the predominately metal crowds. Sorry to all our fans who bought tickets, but life's too short to spend two months in the back of a van when there's no point. We wish Rob, his band, and the excellent Sinisstar (decent chaps the lot of them!) all the best with the rest of the shows. We will however be coming back for the Warped Tour, which will be a lot more our cup of tea, I reckon." The band's Warped Tour dates run August 8-18 and are on the East Coast, with two shows in Canada.
The set list below contains an error in that 'Wait For The Blackout' is not played.

FLAC: http://we.tl/6LyXSMAIi7

MP3: On its way

Artwork: http://we.tl/p5O1ER4O39

Tour poster from the previous night's gig in San Diego

The Faith Band, The Golden Fleece Nottingham 22nd March 2002

Here's a gig with a bit of a tale. On this occasion under the banner of the Faith Band, Paul Roberts and Baz Warne played a low key gig in Nottingham. The gig was promoted by a friend Barry Spooner.

In his own words:
'A very special year for me not least of all because I had the pleasure and privilege of becoming a “promoter” for Paul Roberts & Baz Warne when they performed as the Faith Band in Nottingham on ‘The Peoples Acoustic Tour‘. This tour was an opportunity for fans to organise their own gigs. Myself and about another dozen or so fans jumped at the chance (maybe ‘jumped’ is not the correct word)!. To cut a long story short I joined forces with a Nottingham city centre based landlord to put on a free gig which basically showcased PR’s solo material and very successful it was too, even if I do say so myself. Fans came from all over the place and ‘The Golden Fleece’ rocked that night. But all of this didn’t happen without mucho blood, sweat & tears. I even went to a Hugh Cornwell book signing (’Song By Song’) armed with home made flyers to try and publicise our event. Hugh even autographed a flyer for one fan! Anyway, 3 months of sleepless nights paid off.' 

FLAC: https://rapidshare.com/files/1565025032/TheFaithBandNottingham22March2002FLAC.zip

MP3: https://rapidshare.com/files/4026491679/TheFaithBandNottingham22March2002MP3.zip

Artwork: https://rapidshare.com/files/348901205/TheFaithBandNottingham22March2002AW.zip

1. Chasing Rainbows
2. Fried
3. Here
4. Postcard
5. Can't Seem
6. Only Women Bleed
7. In Heaven She Walks
8. Grateful
9. Sinister

Thanks to Paul B for the recording and Barry S for the words and the photos.

Paul Roberts & Baz Warne

The Golden Fleece, Nottingham

22nd March 2002