Went to see him in Brixton a couple of years ago. Massive schoolboy error of not checking the set times - he didn’t even come on til 2am and our last train home was 12ish.
As me and my mate got progressively more hammered, we contemplated staying, going to an afterparty, getting 7am train and then dealing with the ensuing nuclear wives fallout.
The only reason I’m still here to write this is we chose to bail and miss the gig
A night out sounds quite an alien concept still, sure to be a good one, more than a little jealous.
One of the last bigger outtings I had was Metalheadz 25th at Printworks, had to check when it was even, October ‘19! That’s going on 2 years
Agree about feeling a bit wierd about going out out.
Given our ages, me and my lot will likely be in the double-jabbed minority there, so
My last gigs were at Printworks - Floating Points and Aphex - both in that Autumn ‘19 run of gigs too. Undecided whether I like the place - good system in there but the queuing/searching was beyond painful on those 2 nights. And it’s the arse-end of nowhere unless you live around Docklands.
I tend to agree regards Printworks, I get the concept but I always find the soundsystem a bit lacking there, not quite a Spiral Tribe warehouse party setup!
I used to work down the road from The End, that was always good fun.
Funnily enough I remember Dave Clarke having a pop at Pete Tong around that time for softening up hardcore - yet I remember daves late night essential radio mix being definitely a game changer.