got my £8 student discount tickets, looking forward to it!

Eight squid? Nice. Make sure you wig out to Rod Of Iron now.

Anybody knows how bad is the vision in the gallery (restricted view seats)?

I'm going to the first Friday.

When was the last time you watched the "Sexualised" video?

 

I prefer academies/smaller venues to arenas, I think an academy is a harder place to perform in as there's a limit to the 'show' you can put on (you have to rely on your ability to perform). You also feel a better atmosphere in an academy/smaller venue too as a fan! Ironically I was watching the Pulp Live @ Brixton 1995 show earlier, and it looked brilliant! Clips of the Smiths in the 80s look amazing too! It also struck me that Jarv may actually be better as a frontman now than he was at Pulp's height.

I would like to see Relaxed Muscle live, it's just London is a long way to go for these things, £8 ticket sounds a bargain though. Maybe a new RM album is what we're getting next...

-- Edited by PulpBristol on Sunday 14th of October 2012 12:40:57 AM

If it's every night for 9 in a row it'll probably the most consecutive set of gigs Jarvis has ever done. Hopefully he won't be flagging by the time the run finishes. 40 minutes for the set so it should be doable for a sprightly 49 year old.

Tempted to go but can't see the £16 ones. Cheapest I can find are £26 + booking fee which is a bit steep for me.

There's usually higher production values for arena gigs as there's more of a "it's not just a music gig, it's a show" vibe to them. But I think some of the extra cost is for the very reason that they can - if you're big enough to fill an arena (or even sell it out in minutes like in Pulp's case) chances are people will pay a premium for a ticket.

£26 for the whole Michael Clark thing probably isn't unreasonable; I just meant personally, I've to watch the pennies now with moving to London.

Amazing. Brilliant acoustics - the music pulses right through you - spectacular lighting and visual effects. The whole thing only lasts just over an hour, including the interval, but what an hour. I loved the dancing in the first half to Scritti Politti's album White Bread Black Beer. Second half opened with F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. with dystopian futuristic dancers (to a recording). The morphs into Relaxed Muscle via electronic sounds and projected words to a nightmarish effect. The backdrop rises and there are Relaxed Muscle. I have to say I lost interest in the dancing as I couldn't keep my eyes off Jarvis (I was in the 2nd row) I won't say any more for now as don't want to spoil to those who are going other to say that I loved it.

Eamon who knows when RM will play again? You may only get 3 songs but the acoustics are brilliant and the performance is electrifying. Apparently there are still tickets left. Go for it!

Jazza wrote:

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doesn't look like he has a beard in that photo - has he shaved?

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He was in black-face and his beard was dyed rusty red. He wore a day-glo green headband and a grey venesian mask pulled back to his forehead. He had a beige leather jacket with "Relaxed Muscle" painted in day-glo green on the back, dark blue jeans and rust red boots. Under the jaket he wore a black fish-net shirt over a skelaton ribcage shirt, again in day-glo green.  There was something that might have been a tail hanging off his back. For some reason I kept thinking of Nightcrawler from The X-Men.

The rest of the band were set way in the back of the stage and very dimly lit. There was a blonde girl in sweats beating a drum and a dude in sunglasses and a wig who didn't look like Jason Buckle noodling on a guitar. Although Jarvis was definitely singing live I think the music might have been pre-recorded. From where I sat it looked like the girl wasn't actually hitting the drums.   

-- Edited by Fuss Free on Saturday 20th of October 2012 01:21:19 PM

This pic appeared on Twitter - I'm afraid I can't see Fuss Free's, just a box with an x:

http://twitpic.com/b524ol

My god this sounds amazing - am tempted to just go and worry about the financial consequences later. Very irresponsible of me but the reports so far are just making me want to jump in my car immediately ...thanks for the reviews guys....