Glenn Tilbrook – 11 December 2005, The Brook Southampton

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KayJay says:

20 April 2010 at 10:19 pm

Another night, another gig. Makes me sound as if I go to loads! It’s only my second of this tour, unfortunately….but what a gig! Absolutely storming, as far as I was concerned….just brilliant!
For the first time I didn’t place myself stage front, but sat up on the little balcony…..The Husband (aka Tim) didn’t fancy standing all evening, especially as the stage at the Brook is incredibly high and one suffers from a seriously cricked neck, not to mention Good View Up The Nose Syndrome if one is too close. The view from the balcony was superb, though I spent the evening trying to decide if it were more comfortable slouching to stare through the railings or sit up to lean on the top….either way I got a bad back. Sound quality from up there was great too….for once I heard a
reasonable balance instead of mainly Simon’s drums and Glenn’s monitors. It felt a little weird though, not being “down there”, as I’m usually bopping along enthusiastically and singing my lungs out……I couldn’t help but bounce on my stool throughout, which must have infuriated everyone in my vicinity. And I sang my throat raw…..thankfully the volume was such that no-one could possibly hear me….I couldn’t hear myself most of the time.
I was delighted with some setlist additions from the first gig of the tour…..Reinventing the Wheel reappeared, as did Hot Shaved Asian Teens and Third Rail, and a spine-tingling tears-in-the-eyes-it-was-so-fantastic Walk Away, and we were treated to These Boots Are Made For Walking, terrific fun. Cheese Eating Surr…..Don’t Stick Around Too Long was a highlight for me and went down well (I agree with Gary, definitely a classic in the making), though I felt it was more a Squeeze audience than a Glenn one. During Take Me we had Lucy rapping (though I couldn’t make out the words, but I think it mentioned Fluffers) and Simon being Dennis Waterman, as well as Stephen
going to Funky Town (hilarious because every time he went to start singing his mic fell off its stand), and finally everyone piled onto the drumkit and went to sleep……
I was hard pressed to think of what was left out of the set to make way for the new additions…..but it seems nothing was, because the band were on stage for two and a quarter hours! On checking back it seems This Summer was dropped…..I wonder why!!
We didn’t hang around afterwards, The Husband fussing about a two-hour drive home (through a pea-souper of a fog as it turned out) and having to get up at 6.30 in the morning…..
I enjoyed the support, Helen Boulding, too, she contended manfully (or womanfully) with excessive chatter from the punters at the bar, having to ask them to tone it down twice…..she must have wondered why she was bothering.

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