Well... they certainly lived up to their website name!
To start with... easy to get to? Yes. The HMV forum is 2 minutes away from a tube station.
The queue? Looked quite long but it went quite quickly so no worries there.
The venue? Lovely... drinks available... T-shirts selling...
The warm up acts? Not good. I guess if you are a fan then you may enjoy them but they went on for THREE hours... thats a long time to stand waiting.
ALEXISONFIRE? I am lost for words... they were just incredible! The whole audience singing along and some moshing if thats the thing for you...
Their sound is just sensational. They are just so good live I am speechless =) Dallas has a stunning voice and they had added and improvised to keep things interesting =) They have great stage presence and know how to work up a crowd. Seemed like lovely folk...
The Negatives? The warm up acts went on for three hours... =(
Alexisonfire didnt start until about 10.20 when the event started at 6.30. This meant it finishsed quite late.
The sound crew were Sllloooooowww....
They only took cash at the T-shirt stall so no credit cards!
The positives?
IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. ALEXISONFIRE ARE JUST INCREDIBALE.
p.s and the T-shirts were only £20 which is pretty good deal...
HMV Forum @
- London @
- Wed 14 Oct 2009 @
Favourite moment: When Wayne came on to the stage during the warmup acts to scream some.... That really woke the crowd up =) and the encore! @
Setlist: oooh i cant remember. Young cardinals, this could be anywhere, drunks lovers sinners saints, born and raised, waterwings, no transitory, happiness by the kilowatt... and some other new songs that I dont know that well @
Opening act(s): Ghost of a Thousand (Meh), Four Years Strong (Okay), Anti-flag (Took up wayy too much time, unpopular, not that great) @