It took until the day that the clocks go forward but I have finally attended my first concert of 2025.
A combination of finance, illness and accidents has led to this sorry state of affairs. I'll be very surprised if I make double figures this year.
The act I had gone to see was Dropkick at Glasgow's Glad Cafe on Saturday. It is the 4th, or possibly the 5th time, that I have seen them and the 2nd, or maybe the 3rd time. at the Glad Cafe. I blame Brian
Despite getting there reasonably early I missed the start of the first act who was Kev Sherry formally the frontman of the sadly missed Attic Lights band. It is not often you see an artist singing in his stocking soles. It also takes balls to sing a song called Young Presbyterians in Glasgow!
The next act were Star Trip a band from Valencia. Ian, from Dropkick, introduced them as " the Spanish Teenage Fanclub" They made a splendid racket and had the audience, and their Spanish fans, boogieing furiously.
They are certainly a band worth pursuing further. I would definitely try to see them again and will try to obtain some of their music
They were certainly a hard act to follow and it took Dropkick a wee while to get the audience fully engaged with their set, They finally got there and the delivered some top tunes from their extensive back catalogue. They included a couple of songs from their recently released album Primary Colours.
It was duly purchased but I have yet to listen to it.
A solid 7/10 and maybe even a 7.5/10 if fractions are aloud.
Here are the first 2 tracks from their 2021 Best Of album which formed part of the their set
Hi CC. Hope you are doing okay. Sounds like you hit a bit of a rough patch. I don't know Star Trip, but I'm sure they were great because Pretty Olivia know how to pick 'em. In fact, probably the best album I have heard this year has been Lighter Blue from Young Scum. Jangle perfection. Dropkick have been consistently good for several albums now, and Primary Colours continues the streak. You won't be disappointed. Take care of yourself.
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