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Futureheads, Mt Misery – Esquires, Bedford
Back to Esquires in Bedford for the first time since I saw Jim Bob, Midway Still and S*M*A*S*H there in 2012.
I keep thinking Bedford is much nearer than it actually is. It sounds like the next county to Essex, doesn’t it? Why does it take over an hour and a half to get there then?
Caught all of Mt Misery’s set and they were pretty good!
Mt Misery
But I was really looking forward to seeing the Futureheads – after their set at Latitude in 2019 was cut short after three songs due to a thunderstorm, and their set at Latitude 2020 didn’t happen at all.
As well as Latitude two years ago, I saw them at Reading in 2010 and Offset in 2009 but the last time I caught them on their own gig was in 2006, which is probably too long ago. They’re still really tight live and had a great selection of songs over old and new albums tonight.
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Setlist:
- Jekyll
- Decent Days and Nights
- Struck Dumb
- Good Night Out
- Meantime
- Fallout
- Back to the Sea
- Stupid and Shallow
- The Connector
- Across the Border
- Carnival Kids
- Hounds of Love
Encore:
- The Beginning of the Twist
- Skip to the End
- Man Ray
Saturday 18 September 2021, 182 views
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Gigs index
- Hybrid Kid – Shortts Bar, Brighton
- Speakeasy Vol 1 – Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe
- S*M*A*S*H, The Astronauts – Club 85, Hitchin
- Thousand Yard Stare, The Shop Window – Academy 2, Islington
- Bugeye – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
- Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Powerhaus, Camden
- Sea Power – Esquires, Bedford
- Salad, Piney Gir – The Lexington, Islington
- Fightmilk, The Spaces – Oast Community Centre, Rainham
- Fightmilk, Gold Baby, Gutts – The Victoria, Dalston
- Genesis – Liverpool Arena
- Pop Will Eat Itself, Utah Saints, Collapsed Lung – Assembly Hall, Islington
- Salad, Maschina, Burnout, Stick In The Wheel – High Tide Festival, Twickenham
- Hybrid Kid, White Dog, Lemur Lemur – Prince Albert, Brighton
- Futureheads, Mt Misery – Esquires, Bedford
- Sea Power – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
- The Primitives, Jetstream Pony – The Lexington, Islington
- Becontree 100: Nova Twins – Parsloes Park, Dagenham
- Abdoujaparov, Big Boy Tomato – The Holroyd Arms, Guildford
- Pop Will Eat Itself, Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer – Assembly Hall, Islington
- Smokin’ Donuts – The Chequers, Billericay
- Republica, All Tomorrow’s Stories, Saint Nevis – The Boston Arms, Tufnell Park
- Dream Wife – Audio, Peckham
- Xmas Freak Show – The Railway Hotel, Southend-on-Sea
- Pop Will Eat Itself, Jeana – Craufurd Arms, Milton Keynes
- Steve Hackett – The Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff-on-Sea
- Darling Buds, Helen Love – The Lexington, Islington
- Salad, Cozy Slippers, Gold Baby, Macadamia Sluts – The Finsbury, Finsbury Park
- Hurtling, Pink Haze, Petrol Boys – The Horn at the Half Moon, Bishop’s Stortford
- Divine Comedy – Empire, Shepherd’s Bush
- Jim Bob, S*M*A*S*H, Midway Still – Esquires, Bedford
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