I haven't even left Cardiff yet! My days of fighting my way to the front are long behind me, I fear.

(FACE IT - YOU ARE OLD)

Have a great time, everyone.

Right...need to eat, get my stuff together and dash out to catch the train so that's me done on here. See you all soon!! :)

So...how was it then?! I feel a bit sad thinking of all the bar italia members having a mass orgy in a big park in London. Or something.

Brilliant show!!!

To the aftershow group: I hung around Bar Italia for 20 minutes but didn't see anyone. Either I was too late or too early? Anyway, nice to meet you and have a beautiful night.

No problem. We're dead tired anyway. Being crushed by a 60,000 strong mob for 2 hours takes a lot out of you.

Wouldn't trade it for anything though.

It was brilliant! I really regret not pushing further forward. I was surrounded by pissed up people taking pictures of each other in front of the stage. I was chuffed that they played Pink Glove (hope it got a good reception down the front). I also enjoyed I Spy. It was my first Pulp gig as a married woman and my sister got to see Pulp for the first time. The best bit was seeing Russell on the screen. It really brought it home what has happened.

yep, amazing. unbelievable.
i went to bar italia after but didn't get there till maybe 1120 or something. had a nice cake

Great! I was about 5 rows from the front in the middle. Particularly enjoyed I-spy and TIH but didn't like the pushing and shoving at the beginning at all but managed to hold on. Great to meet Sarah and I think I spotted some others nearby.

Got a few songs on my phone. Will try to upload, but both Samsung and Youtube are bastards. Photos to follow.

Like Poland the other night then.
Could you tell they wanted to play for longer? Bloody curfews..
How was Russell's violin for Mile End?
Some clips already on youtube. Dedicating Babies to his mum and son (and then everyone) was quite amusing.
There seemed to be quite a few gaps at the back, I know it didn't sell-out but any word on the attendance?

wow Anet!!!

I cannot believe they played Mile End, it was fantastic, but I am disappointed about the lack of encore!!!

A few reflections in the bleary light of day:


-The setlist was a little too heavy on Different Class, almost the entire album got played (exceptions being Pencil Skirt, Live Bed Show and Monday Morning). Not a bad thing but I would have gladly traded a few DC songs for some more earlier material.

-Jarvis set the theme for the night early on. I am paraphrasing and reading into his words a little bit, but basically he said the night would be a celebration of London's influence on the band, hence the DC-heavy setlist.

- Mile End was played early in the set, and melted away my reservations.

-Being at the very front was a harrowing and thrilling experience. I had to help security guards lift several people over the fence. A word of advice: if you don't have the constitution to handle thousands of people smashing together, you probably shouldn't stand anywhere near the front.

-Russell didn't seem to be doing much. The violin only came out for Common People. Well, actually, he might have been playing the violin on Pink Glove but I didn't get a good look. Still, it was nice to have him along.

-Grace Jones was great fun, as were 'The Hives'. It's a shame 'TV of The Radio' had to go muck things up.

Ultimately, it was a great show but would have been even better with some more Intro and HnH era songs. Perhaps Brixton Academy then?