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October 2, 2004
super furry festival
Daniel and Gemma came down from the Belger to see the
Super Furry Animals - Lightning Fryday last night, which inspired us to go too. Ohna had to come straight from the airport and all those production traumas but she showed impressive stamina.
They had a load of things on in different rooms and began with a mini-acoustic 'set' (two songs, ten minutes) to start things off. Then there were acts all night in the ballroom and the Chelsfield Room (a cute little wedding-reception-esque room) upstairs as well as the main Super Furry Animals bit (well, two bits with an intermission) which was great. The sound was much better than last time and the atmosphere was the best I've seen at the Royal Festival Hall (they said they'd asked if they could change the name to the People's Festival Hall but they weren't allowed to).
I enjoyed the 20 minutes or so of 'The man don't give a fuck' at the end, especially given that around 10 minutes of it was just everyone dancing and singing along to some electronic noises while the band and their mates were backstage changing or having a cup of tea or something.
B-)
Posted by Billy at October 2, 2004 11:24 AM
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Hi! I was there as well all the way from the States!!! Great Furry show, best one I've seen to date and I've seen a lot! Looking foward to next US visit....
Furry on, JC
Posted by: John at October 7, 2004 2:48 PM
Thanks, John. This was only our second. The first was at Brixton Academy shortly after Rings Around The World came out, and we thought it was great. But we definitely thought this one had the edge.
B-)
Posted by: Billy Clark at October 11, 2004 12:22 AM
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