Squeeze – 18 September 2011 – live at Vicar St., Dublin

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Adrian says:

19 September 2011 at 9:13 am

Not sure what to say about this gig. It was a disappointingly short set, just one hour plus a fifteen minute encore. That allowed for little beyond the usual hits, though it was great to hear Model, It’s So Dirty and The Knack! Simon’s tom rolls on the latter were fantastic. Other than that I think the only non-singles were both from Frank – Slaughtered, Gutted & Heartbroken and Melody Motel.

The guys moved about on stage with reasonable energy – particularly John and Simon – but, apart from a cursory ‘Hello’ and the introduction of a couple of songs, there was pretty much no banter – and let’s face it, we all love a bit of banter.

That very afternoon, Dublin won the all-Ireland final of the Gaelic Football championship – something they haven’t done for nearly 20 years. There were huge celebrations going on in the capitol and I find it hard to believe the boys weren’t aware of this. It would have raised the roof if Glenn had acknowledged this triumph and I felt they really missed a trick by not tapping into the buzz in the room.

So, all in all, an average performance – but always good to see them nonetheless.

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1. packetofthree says:
  
  19 September 2011 at 2:49 pm
  
  Thanks so much for the review Adrian – strange it was such a short show!
  
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Michael Murphy says:

24 September 2011 at 6:47 pm

I agree with everything Adrian has said, it was short but it was still a great gig. A fairly big crowd considering what was on in Dublin that day. I had to laugh when someone beside me was overheard asking ” Is Jools Holland not with them anymore?” So that proves Squeeze are still getting a new audience even after 35 years.

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