Great gig. What a fantastic atmosphere and tight performance. I had apprehensions that Finsbury Park would be full of freeloading muppets who hadn’t even bought the single.. ahem.. that sent Rage to the summit of the charts last Christmas day.
First, i was keen to seen Gogol Bordello after having watched Everything is Illuminated last year. They were ok and i think they probably won some new fans but i don’t really believe that this was the time or place for them to really impress upon the crowd.
Rage came on and the place was just full of energy. They went though a setlist that offered few surprises, but for a cover of White Riot, which is just what we all wanted, i felt. Bombtrack, Bulls on Parade, Sleep now in the fire, Township.. love it.
Everybody there really must have known how the encore was going to be played out, there was the build up on the big screens, a power point presentation of the time line of events last December as the annual x-factor winner would march towards the top of the charts, only we all knew it wouldn’t end that way this time.
insert bass line and cowbell intro here.
Ps. Multiple location fields confuse me.
