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lupestripeThis evening, Wolfie and I went down to the Uber Eats Music Hall to check out Suede. They were huge in the Nineties and have developed something of a cult following, but even then I was still a little surprised they came to Berlin (indeed this is their only date in Germany and they acknowledged they don't come here too often). I had never seen them before and at €56.15 for the tickets, I thought the price was good. Alas, Wolfie's foot has flared up again - the first time in three months - so he had to spend a lot of the gig sat on the seating outside. What didn't help was the staff confiscating his cane on entry, with him having to pick it up once the gig was done. Sadly, this meant Wolfie missed quite a lot of the show and I hope we're not going back to the misery of the last few years.
The support band, Swim School, were okay. Their songs were pretty decent, but they didn't have much stage presence, meaning the crowd was somewhat lacklustre. This changed when Suede were on, aided by the fact that Brett Anderson is the consummate front man. His charisma had the crowd in the palm of his hand and he frequently went into the crowd to sing songs. 'Disintegrate', the first track on the new album, was the perfect opener while 'Trash' was the third song they played, which got everyone in the mood. Although there was a little lull in the middle, they came back strongly. 'Life Is Golden', my favourite recent track of theirs, was hauntingly beautiful while 'Beautiful Ones' was the perfect way to end the gig. They did do an encore with a song that was unknown to me, which was a little strange, but the show itself was fantastic.
Alas, the crowd were a bit odd though. A lot of the time, I had to watch the show through someone else's mobile phone, while there was a lady in front of me who spent about half of the gig looking in the opposite direction to the stage. A dad was also there with his daughter on his shoulders which made visibility difficult from time to time. I have been highly irritable of late so I am sure some of that's on me, but there were a few inconsiderate people kicking about too. Anyone who wears a hat at a show, for example, is just making it more difficult for the rest of us to see. The show wasn't a sell out though, meaning there was plenty of room, but sadly the seating tickets had all sold out otherwise I would have tried to move Wolfie up there.
After the show, we toyed with the idea of going to Space Medusa but Wolfie's leg was bad and I had a painful blister which I sustained from all my weekend walking. We also are trying to avoid alcohol so we just headed home, getting some Skittles to eat on the S-Bahn and some bottles of Jever Fun (Fun as in Fun Run rather than any normal definition of that word) and crisps to eat when we got home. This means we're now 16 days into non-drinking and although I haven't seen any visible weight loss yet, Wolfie says he has. I'm hoping we can get to three weeks at least before a few events which are happening next week.
The support band, Swim School, were okay. Their songs were pretty decent, but they didn't have much stage presence, meaning the crowd was somewhat lacklustre. This changed when Suede were on, aided by the fact that Brett Anderson is the consummate front man. His charisma had the crowd in the palm of his hand and he frequently went into the crowd to sing songs. 'Disintegrate', the first track on the new album, was the perfect opener while 'Trash' was the third song they played, which got everyone in the mood. Although there was a little lull in the middle, they came back strongly. 'Life Is Golden', my favourite recent track of theirs, was hauntingly beautiful while 'Beautiful Ones' was the perfect way to end the gig. They did do an encore with a song that was unknown to me, which was a little strange, but the show itself was fantastic.
Alas, the crowd were a bit odd though. A lot of the time, I had to watch the show through someone else's mobile phone, while there was a lady in front of me who spent about half of the gig looking in the opposite direction to the stage. A dad was also there with his daughter on his shoulders which made visibility difficult from time to time. I have been highly irritable of late so I am sure some of that's on me, but there were a few inconsiderate people kicking about too. Anyone who wears a hat at a show, for example, is just making it more difficult for the rest of us to see. The show wasn't a sell out though, meaning there was plenty of room, but sadly the seating tickets had all sold out otherwise I would have tried to move Wolfie up there.
After the show, we toyed with the idea of going to Space Medusa but Wolfie's leg was bad and I had a painful blister which I sustained from all my weekend walking. We also are trying to avoid alcohol so we just headed home, getting some Skittles to eat on the S-Bahn and some bottles of Jever Fun (Fun as in Fun Run rather than any normal definition of that word) and crisps to eat when we got home. This means we're now 16 days into non-drinking and although I haven't seen any visible weight loss yet, Wolfie says he has. I'm hoping we can get to three weeks at least before a few events which are happening next week.
