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Brixton Academy, London
Date: 27 Feb 1998
Location: London
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Lineup:
Setlist
- x
- Statuesque
- x
Encore
- She's a Good
Girl
- Vegas
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LONDON Brixton Academy - 27 Feb 98
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LONDON Brixton Academy - 27 Feb 98
opening act: Rialto and Libido
From Adam Bettinson
Sleeper played Brixton Academy, London on Friday night and finished their
current UK tour (which has lasted about 3 weeks??). Libido and Rialto were
the two support bands and the gig had the same format as all the others on
this tour.
I saw them at Leeds a couple of weeks ago and didn't think that Friday's gig
was quite as good, there didn't seem to be as much energy as before. Louise
says very little at the best of times but she really didn't say much this
time. The playlist was the same although Statuesque was the second song and
Inbetweener got pushed further back; the encore finished with She's a Good
Girl and Vegas. The songs were well and truly thrashed out though and the
gig was still brilliant. Louise introduced Vegas with something like "This
will probably be our last song for some time" - read into it what you will......
From David Eve
Well i saw Sleeper again on Friday. Another great concert, i was at the
front crushed against the barriers from about the 3rd song (I've got
the bruised ribs, arms, and knee to prove it!). Unfortunately even at the
front, the stage (or rather the band) were miles away, though at least
Louise did come closer at some points. Overall i preferred the Newcastle
gig, probably because it was a smaller venue and hence more intimate-
even the support acts sounded better! The set list was exactly the same
as at the previous gigs, maybe in a slightly different order though there
were still 3 songs in the encore including She's a good girl and Vegas.
This time she came on with a pint of white wine instead of a bottle of
red for the encore! Just before Vegas she said the usual f*** you to
journalists and said that this would be the last song that they'd play
live for a long while, thus fueling the rumours of a split (maybe?). The
bald guitarist was wearing a wig at this time, which was thrown into
the crowd. As previously Louise walked off after the vocals finished on
Vegas, whereas the remainder of the band played on and the bald guitarist
climbed onto the drum kit and jumped off, and the drummer threw his
sticks up in the air.
Overall a great gig, but somehow lacking the intimacy of the Newcastle gig.
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