Pop Will Eat Itself – Cargo, Shoreditch
Finally! Ticket 0001!
My ninth visit to a live PWEI performance – a love affair which started 23 years ago at the Academy in Brixton when I saw them from the balcony with Mercury Rev in support.
The venue was rubbish – I’m sure there was a reason that they decided to hold it in a club more suited to posers who make a hobby of spending a lot of money on their drinks, even for London. I drove up and didn’t drink, so I feel I won that little battle.
There was a lot of security on the door and I had to bring my driving licence to get in, which they scanned and flashed up on a big screen by the doorway. They didn’t seem bothered by the warning message that my licence expired 5 days ago (my renewed licence was lost in the post and I didn’t get it for another month).
Inside there seemed to be a lot of bright pink lights. The gig was great though – sound wasn’t too bad and the band performed with their usual energy and enthusiasm. The new material is definitely holding up well on the live stage too.
The setlist (as per the photo) was pretty accurate with the exception of Reclaim The Game (Funk FIFA) which they didn’t play. Today would have been a pretty appropriate day to have heard that since all of the FIFA corruption allegations and arrests have been kicking off this week. (Maybe PWEI’s lawyers told them to keep schtum?)
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Setlist:
- Preaching To The Perverted
- Dance Of The Mad
- Wise Up! Sucker
- 92 Degrees
- Nosebleeder Turbo TV
- Watch The Bitch Blow
- They Can’t Take (What You Won’t Let ‘Em Have)
- Director’s Cut
- Mental Pollution
- Digital Meltdown
- Everything’s Cool
- Can U Dig It?
- Ich Bin Ein Auslander
- Bulletproof
- Oldskool Cool
- 21st Century English Civil War
- Def Con One
- Get The Girl! Kill The Baddies!
- Their Law

Thursday 28 May 2015, 976 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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