Brian Fallon Facebook Q&A

frankletanc

Hot Press are doing a Facebook Q&A with Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem tomorrow at 2:15 before his Olympia show. Deadly!

http://www.hotpress.com/Brian-Fallon/news/Ask-Brian-Fallon-Anything-before-his-Olympia-gig-next-week/19180799.html

Robotito

Was gutted I couldn't go to the gig last night, would love to hear any reports/reviews from any of ye who were there

villa2008

Great gig, Brian was on top form.

Setlist:
Painkillers
Nobody Wins
Among Other Foolish Things
Red Lights
Open All Night
Ladykiller
Honey Magnolia
Steve McQueen
Smoke
Romeo and Juliet
Sugar
Mojo Hand
Rosemary
Mary Ann
Crush
Behold the Hurricane
A Wonderful Life
National Anthem

dinosaurtommyjr

Brian was great last nite, but that Swedish guy in the audience wrecked my head and I'd say Brian's aswell. It was a surprise he played national anthem.

lc180

What was ticket sales like?

I didn't rrally see any promotion for this gig.

Turtyturd

dinosaurtommyjr wrote: »

Brian was great last nite, but that Swedish guy in the audience wrecked my head and I'd say Brian's aswell. It was a surprise he played national anthem.

I reckon that's why he cut down on the chat as the gig went on. Was also a guy towards the back who was determined to have his moment and get a chant going but it none of the attempts caught on and the crowd pretty much told him to STFU. Fallon's handling of the Swedish guy was Jimmy Carr-esque though.

The gig itself was very good. Sound for Alex/Dead Swords was pretty sh!t I thought, but I have been listening to the EP on Spotify the last few days and they sound like some decent demos. Chris Farren's not my type of act but a great act to get the crowd going, and has some great crowd interaction...also his cover of bamboo bones was brilliant. Fallon was great as usual, find that at gaslight gigs a lot of people are waiting through most of the songs for 59 sound or Great Expectations so was expecting a lot of ppl shouting up requests for them but the crowd were really into it.

Dunno how well the seating sold but the floor was as packed as I can remember in the Olympia. Got stuck behind a group of 5-6 proper dicks from the arsehole of the bog who spent more time talking to each other, looking on set list fm to see what song would be next, and snap chatting the whole thing as there wasn't really room to move.

languagenerd

I saw the setlist for Portsmouth on Twitter. It's quite different and I think we got the better deal

THEY GOT:
Long Drives
I Witnessed A Crime
Cherry Blossoms
Black Betty & the Moon
Tin Pan Alley

INSTEAD OF:
Red Lights
Open All Night
Sugar
Crush
Mojo Hand
National Anthem

(none of which I'd have wanted to lose from ours!).

Was a great show last Wed. He dealt with that Swedish twat very well all things considered. My highlights were Smoke, Sugar & Rosemary - and of course National Anthem. The sound was excellent (for Fallon's set anyway) and the band definitely looked like they were enjoying the gig too.

Turtyturd

I'd have taken Cherry Blossoms or Black Betty and the moon over Mojo Hand, really don't like that song.

languagenerd

Turtyturd wrote: »

I'd have taken Cherry Blossoms or Black Betty and the moon over Mojo Hand, really don't like that song.

Fair enough! It's not that I don't like the first batch of songs, but I wouldn't have wanted them instead of the ones we got!