30 years since their famous Alton Towers gig, James performed the same setlist but with a fair few surprises
"So welcome to the 30 year old concert," laughs James frontman Tim Booth to a sold out crowd of deliriously happy fans at Manchester's Castlefield Bowl. The band have come home to the city where they first formed back in 1982, in full unstoppable force, to celebrate the anniversary of their famous Alton Towers gig of 1992.
Personally, I would have liked one of the big, anthemic bangers to set off proceedings as it did back in 1992. But naturally the band had their own ideas - preferring a slow build to the inevitable utter climax of a Saturday night in Manchester with everyone singing the entire capacity of their lungs to Sit Down at the finale.
"How many of you were at the original Alton Towers gig?" he yells to a huge roar from the audience. Looking at the skies he says: "Better weather. No John Lydon. Quite a few pluses."Tim is one of those brilliant frontmen who is so assured in his own voice that he sure ain't afraid to use it.
As thrilling a live band now as they ever were, they are the masters of ramping and layering their instruments to a wall of sound, done particularly well on Next Lover and the pounding Gold Mother which is dedicated to "all the women who have presidency over their own bodies".As guitarist Saul Davies poignantly puts it: “We have aged but these songs have not. We will all die but these songs will not and that’s f***ing great.
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