Wolf Alice were actually quite good. As I mentioned, I had seen them before but couldn't really remember much apart from having a female vocalist. Long standing followers know I always remember the girls. A good rock/pop band playing some good songs with some decent hooklines. None particularly memorable but I'm not complaining.
It was really nice to be back upstairs at The Westgarth. The sound was excellent, I could even hear the vocals, they are so often (maybe intentionally) lost in the live mix. As I mentioned last night Wolf Alice had tagged a few smaller venue shows dates at the front end of their tour and it was very nice of them to include Boro in the "warm up" dates.
I'm sure there was method behind the madness. From my (fairly vast) experience bands at the very least get a fair crack of the whip in the Boro and especially at The Westgarth. The bands always appreciate the respectful and usually enthusiastic audience and the care taken by their local promoters and Steve, the laid back venue host. It was always going to be a love in. I wasn't their the first time WA played there but I'll bet it was a love in and so it was again last night.
Good luck to Wolf Alice when they move onto play the bigger venues. We are the Boro!
The Kids Are Solid Gold nights continue to be special from the personal greeting from Andy, Phil, Siobhan and Steve when you walk in to meeting up with old friends to talk about what's coming up, what you're listening to at the moment to reminiscing about the great shows of the past. And last night was no different.
Even better, nowadays it's not just TKASG promoting shows on at The Westgarth. Other promoters such as Steve Harland, Martin Mathers and Dave Griffiths put shows on of varying genres ensuring the old Working mens club continues to thrive. Long may it continue.
And big NB to the fair people of Middlesbrough. We need to keep turning up.
Note to self............
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