Review: Pete Doherty @ King George's Hall, Blackburn (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Review: Pete Doherty @ King George's Hall, Blackburn
3:29pm Friday 26th August 2011 in Gig reviews
SING ALONG Pete Doherty
MOST people at a Pete Doherty gig know what to expect for him.
He’s not going to turn up on time. When he does turn up on stage he is going to look like he’s just woken up. He’s not going to bring a band with him so every song will be acoustic.
And he’ll play plenty of stuff from his last solo album, the little-bought Gracelands.
In my mind none of that actually means it will actually be a bad show.
Over the past few years, Doherty’s gigs have covered most of his career, including crowd favourites What a Waster, Don’t Look Back into the Sun and Can’t Stand Me Now (Libertines) and F*** Forever (Babyshambles) while there are even lesser known efforts from pre-Up The Bracket days including Breck Road Lover.
At King George’s Hall in Blackburn last night, he even livened up his show with Amy Winehouse’s Tears Dry on Their Own and three songs featured ballet dancers.
There wasn’t a new song in sight. No new album or single to plug but plenty of sing-along opportunities.
It was just a shame that the Windsor Suite seemed quite empty.
Comments(3)
chegwin
says...
3:54pm Mon 29 Aug 11
Stick to the X factor watkinson you muppet!!!
rickrovers
says...
2:20pm Tue 30 Aug 11
peteispedro555
says...
2:00pm Wed 7 Sep 11
You wait all year for a local reporter
to review a show you put on , and then the review is inaccurate and negative. (Typical)
quite empty ? The gig was a 750 Sell Out (FACT)
All you need to do is look at the video footage on you tube or photo's on facebook , to confirm that.
He turned up on time , so where the comment came from
He’s not going to turn up on time ??? god only knows.
He’s not going to bring a band with him ???? Well no , we booked him for an Acoustic show.
No mention of - glad to see a decent standard artist playing a great venue that these days for some sad reason is more accustomed to hosting Tribute Bands , Weddings , Pantomimes and beer festivals , rather than booking Decent Standard Touring Acts , like the old days.
Pete (Promoter)
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