The gig began with Tara Busch. She had technical problems with her OmniChord.Whenever it was plugged into Tara's Mini Moog Voyager there was a loud buzzing. Despite her partner Maf changing the patch lead it continued to buzz loudly. They had to shelve the first song because of this which was a real shame. Tara’s Voyager.
She ended up doing a shortened set. Excellent as per usual.
Around 8.30 John Foxx & The Maths came on. They played the same songs as Leamington but in a slightly different order. Dislocation got moved around again.
It soon became apparent that the sound system was nowhere as good as Leamington Assembly. Also I was being hit with some weird acoustic high frequency effects as the violin reflected off the sides of the metal hull. It was not too bad though. I’ve heard a lot worse at some Foxx gigs.
The venue was quite packed (I do a pan around in my Underpass video).
Hannah's Violin on the songs she played on really added to the songs and worked remarkably well again.
Serafina seemed to be having sound problems with her bass guitar initially but they were soon resolved.
The crowd was lively & and the atmosphere was in complete contrast to the Leamington gig.
Due to a 10pm Curfew myself, Rob, Cerise & Mark went across the road to a pub for some refreshment.
John did come out in the end & hung around by the boat chatting to fans with Benge & Serafina Steer but I had 2 hour drive back to Tamworth & work in the morning so I didn't get the chance to say hello.
Nice to meet up with Cerise, Rob, Brigid & Mark and also Chris Curran before & after the gig.
Full set of pictures in a slideshow:-
http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm79/mateybloke/Foxx%20Thekla%202011/?albumview=slideshowThat's me done for this tour.
Brian