[kj] Santa Ana Show Review

Mon May 27 04:26:28 EDT 2019

Thanks I really enjoyed that review. I love Labyrinth but it never comes 
across well live. My M8 didnt even knkw what it was last November. Im 
horrified at the setlist. Im meant to be tsking my mrs  for first time 
in August and shes not going at this rate.
Last time I really liked the setlist wS on the 2012 tour and before that 
probably2005when they were playing Darkness Before Dawn, Termite Mound 
and Butcher. How can you leave a track like Into the Unknown out?

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On  Thursday, 23 May, 2019 at 18:04, T.B.<planetary at socal.rr.com> wrote:

I caught last night's show at The Yost Theater in Santa Ana.

A while back I had planned on seeing the LA show at The Roxy in 
Hollywood on Thursday and bought a ticket for it even though Santa Ana 
is literally 15 minutes away while Hollywood can be an hour plus 
depending on traffic.  The thing was, Idles are playing the same night 
as the Santa Ana show so I opted for the LA date for Killing Joke the 
following night theoretically making for consecutive nights in Hollywood 
with Idles/KJ....

Then 3 weeks ago, my wife suffered a severe bowel blockage which burst 
and wound up having emergency surgery and being hospitalized for over a 
week.  Today (Thursday) the date of the LA show I need to take her late 
in the day to get her staples removed and it’s likely I’m not gonna make 
the Roxy show.  The Idles show had sold out and they added a show in 
November at The Wiltern which was a much better option for me.  So 
yesterday afternoon, I looked online and tickets were still available 
for the Yost Theater in Santa Ana.  A short 15 minute drive, free 
parking in the lot across the street, I’m in.

The Yost Theater is pretty small, much smaller than even the Regent 
Theater in LA where I saw them last year and I believe has only been 
hosting concerts for just the last few years, probably holds about 300 
people with a pretty small floor and it looked like the place was only 
2/3rds sold, so it was easy to walk right up to the edge of the stage 
during the show.  The set was pretty similar to last year's tour, moving 
around a few songs in the running order, slipping in opening song 
Tomorrow's World, In Excelcis, The Fall Of Because, Tension, Total 
Invasion and The Hum through the set while dropping New Cold War, 
Butcher, Turn To Red, Follow The Leaders, Change and S.O.36. Other songs 
they've played through the tour this month during the encore like Love 
Like Blood and The Death And Resurrection Show weren't played last night 
- the encore was a short 2 song set of The Hum and Pandemonium.

I spent about half the show about 15 feet back from the stage where the 
sound was somewhat balanced and pleasingly loud.  Jaz actually did a 
great job on In Excelcis, a song he's seemed to always struggled with. 
Once I decided to move right up against the stage on Geordie's side, 
that was literally all I could hear was his guitar with some drum and a 
bit of bass, I couldn't hear any of Jaz's vocals. Geordie's rig is 
incredibly loud at ear level from only 10 back on the stage and my ears 
are still buzzing today.  I really can't understand how these guys can 
stay in sync with each other considering how loud they play.  Something 
worth mentioning, Geordie's tone sounds much more "organic" like years 
past versus last year where he had a more shrill, harsh "metal" sound.

Considering this was a less than sold out show and the crowd was kind of 
sedate except for diehards up front, I thought the band played in top 
form and was in exceptionally good spirits. A lot of joking and smiles 
between Youth and Geordie - Youth often spent time playing right next to 
Geordie.  Performance-wise, I thought last night was even better than 
the show in LA last year although I preferred last year's setlist.  The 
only song I thought was a bit messy and shambolic was Total Invasion and 
the only song I really thought lost the crowd was Labyrinth.

As far as merch, it's mostly shirts as seen on the band's website and a 
couple posters, a few signed drumheads and only the 3 CD Deluxe singles 
package and the Live 2018 London 2 CD set - no record albums.

Although I'm going to still try for tonight's show at The Roxy, if I 
can't make it and my ticket goes to waste, I'll be happy enough with 
last night's show and my unbroken string of seeing them every tour since 
2003.

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