well, I was there in the rather incongruous neo-Grecian splendour of the Winter Gardens ballroom in Margate last night.
The Maths set was swamped in vast cavernous bass booms at the start (I thought the chandeliers might collapse!) but the soundguy manage to tame it a bit by the end of the set.
This is the 3rd time I've seen The Maths live... each time they've shed musicians! ... but they are still basically playing the same set from the original Roundhouse gig! This is a bit odd, as they're on their 3rd album now, but there was only a single new song (Evidence) in the set. What about all the other new tunes? I really find "Running Man" and "Catwalk" and "Summerland" a bit "meh" compared to things like "Tides" (TIDES is BRILLIANT!!!!!! Why aren't they playing it?!?) Oh well.
Benge looks great thwacking away on the drum pads, John got as animated singing as I've ever seen him, and Hannah Peel's violin is a very nice touch. "Burning Car" and "Underpass" kicked serious ass.
One of the tunes got hilariously out of sync (John seemed to be singing 1 beat beat or ahead of the backing track... I forget which tune it actually was!) but it proved it was live
OMD's set had much clearer sound and a good set too! A good night out, although 2½ hour drive back to Brighton and 5 hours sleep before getting up for work has left me a little tired as I type this...