Well what was supposed to be the Snow Patrol Support Bands reunion gig, turned out to be a bit of a thin line up as to originally planned. To say that one was stressed on Friday is a little bit of an understatement. For once I did not even want to go to the Venue, I was that disillusioned by it all I just wanted to get in my car and drive....fearing the worse.
I arrived at Junktion 7 to be greeted by the twenty5stories boys who were already setting up and slowly but surely loads of familiar faces arrived. People were still congratulating me on the Snow Patrol thing and it was nice to hear people's stories of the night.
We opened doors at about 8.15pm and about 40 people from the bar went upstairs. By the time twenty5stories hit the stage there was a good 60 people in the venue. twenty5stories set tonight was amazing, it was the best I had heard them play and the couple of new songs they played were really great. After they finished their set Gaz and Ross stayed on stage and did a few acoustic songs including "Sneakers" and fab version of Seal's "Kiss from a Rose".
The crowd were in for a treat next as Dlugokecki (minus band) marched onto the stage with a coke in his hand. Coke always spells trouble as he does not need the sugar rush to make him hyper at all. Ben was outstanding tonight and it was a proper request slot as far as songs are concerned and he kept everybody happy. Helen got We are the losers, we had Perfectinistical, Barricades and a few covers including Me and Julio, American Pie and of course Bettys song You can call me Al. Ben is a terrific showman and had the crowd in stitches many times.
Next up was Censored who really got the crowd dancing, it was a great set with the boys doing what they do best.ROCKING! We had Crazy Feet, All You Got to do is Ask and of course Your Eyes are made of Gold to name but a few. Matt broke up half the set to do acoustic version of Dutch Courage it was cool! Every single person inside the venue enjoying Censored.
Last but not least we had Richard Snow and Inlaws who continued the dancing theme by opening up with Red Song. It was a lovely responsive crowd and people were enjoying Silent Girlfriend, Lonesome Cowboy and of course my fav Expectations and Helen and my tune Girls on the Tube. Richard finished off the set acoustically with REM cover Losing My Religion for which he was joined on stage with Ben and the harmonies were fab.
Unfortunately Sam was snapping so vigorously with the camera that we have no pics of The Inlaws as the batteries died. Anybody with any pics of them at Junktion 7 please send them to me, or add them at the bottom.
We had a couple of more from Richard including hilarious Simon and Garfunkel cover that Richard and Ben murdered a little but it was great for entertainment, before making way for Matt to come and do some Kula Shaker. Ben obviously liked it on stage and joined Matt for some of that too. Everybody was having so much fun. Matt sang Anarchy in the UK which we all remembered fondly from 10 Bands. Also sang Your Eyes are made of Gold with Richard joining him on harmonies. Then some Oasis where Nathan joined him on stage and birthday girl Sally was trying to sing along to Stand by Me.
Now it was the turn of Gareth the soundman for some Foo Fighters with some more singing from Ness and Linda too. Then a very drunk Ben went back on stage for a couple of songs but the soundman eventually decided to rescue everybody as the karaoke started getting out of hand, it was now 2.30am.
It was one of the best nights I have ever had, the atmosphere at Junktion 7 was indescribable and it was exactly what I had hoped for the Snow Patrol aftershow party to have been like. Everybody inside commented on the wonderful night and the atmosphere and now looking to repeat this on a monthly basis with our newest Junktion 7 night called The Great Escapemore details to follow soon.
I want to thank all of my mates for coming, in particular Tommy who drove all the way from Plymouth and all the bands that played. Sam for taking 100's of photos (very badly) with my camera and everybody at Junktion 7 who made us most welcome, what a lovely bunch of people! J
Ben, Sally and Linda came back to the house and we had some more drink and chatted till the early hours....well I don't really remember much more to be honest ;o)
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