The View ARE on fire!

Last night the NME Rock Tour 2007 was in Cambridge, and me and Brocky 2 set off from The Woolpack, together with two spare tickets (despite repeated attempts to persuade her otherwise, temporary landlady Vonny refused to come with us). Shame on you Dolly Parton!

Brocky was pretty wasted so we had to stop for a "comfort break", then carried on into town and headed for Lion Yard car park. It's about 100 metres from the Corn Exchange. We popped in a couple of typical Cambridge town centre pubs (posh, poncey, pretentious) then I decided it was time to flog the spare tickets. Brocky was impatient for more beer so I told him to go in and I'd find him later....the clown DID go in but then came out again without having his hand stamped correctly, DOH! I shifted the tickets, obviously not going to mention any sums of money in case anyone with a liking for the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is reading, then had to kiss the ass of the stewards on the doors to get Brocky back in - one steward said "I remember him, he was a pain in the arse first time he came in!"

There were four bands on last night but we'd only really gone to see The View. Mumm-Ra were already playing when we got in, and they were pretty good, however the singer's stage "antics" were very reserved and awkward, climbing onto band equipment then asking for a hand to get down.....The Horrors were next up, and Brocky being rather off it wanted to go home "The View aren't on/The View have been on/ blah blah!" The Horrors were a real disappointment, too grungy for my liking, too many over-indulgent guitar breaks.

Finally it was time for the main event. While we were waiting for the equipment to be swapped, guess who was saying "Shall we get off then?" NOOOOOOOOOO! If YOU want to go out then go, and I'll find you later.

The View ambled on accompanied by deafening Deep Purple (I think) over the PA, and set off at a hundred miles an hour with Comin Down. They followed that with Wasted Little DJs, then were about to start into The Don when Kieron's guitar broke, leading to a five minute pause in the set. Kyle entertained the crowd with a solo version of Face For The Radio, by which time the problem was sorted and the rest of the set began....The Don, Gran's For Tea, Skag Trendy, Posh Boys Can't Play, Wasteland, and Dance Into The Night all followed, before the finale of Same Jeans and Superstar Tradesman brought the house down. The View's younger fans (complete with obligatory boot polish smears on their faces) were in fine voice between the songs, but I still hardly understood a word the boys said in between songs! Never mind, that's such a minor point and doesn't alter the fact that I love this band. Seen them twice now, can't wait to see them again! Hands are aching a bit today, rather too much "air-drumming" on the steering wheel on the way home!

p.s. I have a small video clip from last night which I would love to link here, just to give people a quick idea of the atmosphere inside the Corn Exchange when The View were playing - anyone got ANY idea how to do that?

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