Camden Rocks 2018 – Camden, London
Bands seen: British Sea Power, Maximo Park, Man The Lifeboats, Fierce Ideas, Blood Red Shoes, Rews, Echobelly, Pop Will Eat Itself
I love Camden. It’s touristy and a bit “unauthentic” but I used to go up here as a teenager and marvel at how different it was to the Romford Shopping Centre.
I’ve put this down as one gig, even though it was really multiple gig in multiple venues. I still haven’t decided if I’m going to change that in the future. I still want to do 1,000 gigs in my lifetime so maybe if I get close I might revisit this!
There are way too many bands I could see here, so the ones I saw were bands I specifically wanted to catch live – Pop Will Eat Itself, Echobelly, Rews, Maximo Park and British Sea Power, even though I’ve seen all except Rews before – plus a few bands I might wander in in by accident. And that’s what I did.
It was weird wandering into the Underworld to catch Pop Will Eat Itself at 3.20pm, and even weirder to wander out again an hour later in bright sunshine.
I can’t quite remember who were in what venue. Echobelly and Rews were in the same venue, somewhere called FEST I haven’t been to before. Maximo Park were in Koko, and we were 100 feet up in the sky again as usual. Blood Red Shoes were in the Electric Ballroom I think – I was stuck at the back, it was rammed to the rafters and the sound wasn’t great at the back. British Sea Power were in Dingwalls and I was exhausted by this point, I remember going round looking for a chair to sit on!
A thoroughly great idea and hope to make it there another year.
Pop Will Eat Itself
Camden
Camden
Echobelly
Echobelly
Rews
Rews
Camden
Camden
Camden
Camden
Camden
Blood Red Shoes
Curry
Camden
Fierce Ideas
Fierce Ideas
Camden
Camden
Camden
Man The Lifeboats
Camden
Maximo Park
Maximo Park
Maximo Park
Camden
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
British Sea Power
Saturday 2 June 2018, 848 views
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Gigs
- Aggrasoppar – OY Brewery, Tórshavn
- International Pop Overthrow 2025
- Gigantic Indie All Dayer – Marble Factory, Bristol
- HMS Morris, Pictish Trail – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- The Others – The 100 Club, Soho
- Stray Tracks: White Gates Band, Mystery Team, Basharan, SNM, Monumental – Pink Toothbrush, Rayleigh
- Franz Ferdinand, Master Peace, Great Leslie – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
- Melys, Yr Anghysur – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Ynys, Sybs, Lafant – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- Sultans of Ping FC – Saint Luke’s & The Winged Ox, Glasgow
- Franz Ferdinand, Permanent (Joy) – Grand Central Hall, Liverpool
- Half Happy, em koko – Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
- My Life Story – The Quarry, Liverpool
- Melys, Osgled – Y Cwps, Aberystwyth
- They Might Be Giants – The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm
- Darling Buds, Simon Love and the Loves – 229, Great Portland Street, London
- Fightmilk, Tugboat Captain – Paper Dress Vintage, Hackney
- Bugeye, Lucky Number You – The Victoria, Birmingham
- Art Brut – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
- Sultans of Ping FC, Meryl Streek – The Ritz, Manchester
- Chroma, Baby Brave, Lila Zing – Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
- Melin Melyn, Ynys, Pys Melyn – Town Hall, Llangollen
- Antarctic Monkeys – The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury
- Bloc Party – The Institute, Digbeth, Birmingham
- Urdd Gobaith Cymru: Achlysurol, HMS Morris, Llareggub Brass Band – Mathrafal Field, Meifod
- Echobelly, Camens – Live 45, Kidderminster
- Futureheads, Adult Play – Shrewsbury Castle, Shrewsbury
- Adwaith – Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
- Melys, Pys Melyn, Sophie Kilburn – Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
- Sea Power, Callum Easter – Town Hall, Birmingham
- Dydd Miwsig Cymru: Morgan Elwy, Tew Tew Tennau, Mynadd – Y Institwt, Llanfair Caereinion
- Bikini Beach Band – The White Hart, Stoke Newington
- Pacifica, House of Women – Academy 2, Islington
- Fonda 500, Bugeye, Hurtling, Colossus – Amersham Arms, New Cross
- Snow Coats, Toodles and the Hectic Pity – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Snow Coats – Tunbridge Wells Forum
- Darling Buds, Keeley – The Thunderbolt, Bristol
- Fightmilk, Feeble Strength – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Thousand Yard Stare – The Lexington, Islington
- Thousand Yard Stare – Prince Albert, Brighton
- Be Your Own Pet – Rough Trade East, Whitechapel
- Brian Butterfield – Bush Hall, Shepherd’s Bush
- Pulp – Apollo, Hammersmith
- Blur, Self Esteem – Wembley Stadium, Wembley
- Blur, Wu Lu – City Hall, Newcastle
- Salad, Repetitive John – Arts Club, West Hampstead, London
- Salad – The Hope and Ruin, Brighton
- The Others – The Garage, Highbury
- Fightmilk – Signature Brew, Haggerston
- Ynys, Gillie – The Victoria, Dalston
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