Nov 16 2006 @ Islington Academy London, UK

Small, Sweaty place, over enthusiastic security (he claimed that my dancing was a danger to public safety and threatened to throw me out twice), but they played a blinder - dont know why they dont play Bonin anymore but you cant have everything. band are definately on form at the moment, energetic, tight as a knats chuff, playing varied material, and enjoying themselves - cant ask for any more tha...

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Hi John and everyone else,

As promised, a review of last night's gig.

I'll put the set-list first for those of you who are not interested in my ecstatic ramblings. As the bloke next to me got Rocky's set-list, this may not be one hundred per cent accurate, but I will do my best...I think all the songs are there, but perhaps not in the right order in the ...

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I wrote this before I could access email so it duplicates some of what Paddy said (apart from the old comment! huh!)

End of Tour Blast! I think this was the best Fishbone gig I?ve been to! The gig at the Cannabis Cup was special because it was the Cannabis Cup but this was better! The atmosphere was much better than when I saw then in Birmingham with the crowd seeming to more into the music. Wolfunkind were on fine form doing a slightly different set to when in Brum (and their CD was cheaper at ?5 instead of ?8!) and they really grabbed the crowd and got them into the mood. Angelo joined them again for ?Martine dances with Wolves? but also for one song John Steward took over drum duties. I noticed Rocky George watching from the sides as well. A notice on the stage said FB would be on at 9pm and that the curfew was 11pm ? but the ?Bone ignored that deadline! Sadly, I thought that the car park where my car was, closed at 11.30 so I left at 11.15 with Angelo saying that they were going to carry on and ignore the curfew ? sadly as I was wrong and it closed at 12.30! d?oh! So I could have stayed although Paddy's review show's they didn't so all I missed was chatting with curtis and Dre - double d'oh!

I think Paddy is right about the set list - although what he fails to mention is that the "bloke" pushed in front of Paddy after a bouncer thought Paddy was causing trouble and was having a word with him!

Angelo got snogged twice by a girl stood next to us (at one point she was trying to get his trousers off while he was singing from the barriers in front!) and was jumping around, doing cartwheels and crowd surfing like I?ve never seen him before. Dre also crowd surfed although he came a cropper a couple of times and ended up head first between the stage and the crowd barriers. All the band seemed relaxed and happy although Rocky had a few power cable problems.

10/10

Colin

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