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December 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 20: M. Ward, Wellington 2007
I guess I really got hooked on M. Ward when I heard his album, Transfiguration of Vincent around the time of its release, if it wasn’t 2003 for me it was early in 2004. I went straight back to hear his first records and I was a fan for the next two as well. In […]Archive
May 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Remembering Faith No More At The Wellington Town Hall In 1993
Some concerts mean more than just the music eh… The best ones are the ones you remember for years after and for all the reasons – not just because it was a super great band at the height of their powers playing the songs from their very best album. I saw Faith No More for […]Archive
January 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 16: John Cale, Auckland 2007
Sometimes you just have to be there. You have to get along. To see the legend. Someone that has meant a lot to you – their music, their place in it, and in your life as a result. It doesn’t have to be a mind-blowing gig to make an impact; the real impact is when […]Archive
December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 15: Steely Dan, Wellington 2011
What struck me about seeing Steely Dan live – something I guess I knew already but it felt remarkable to actually see and hear it taking place, being shaped – was the bubble that this band’s music exists in; the bubble that Fagen and Becker’s music occupies, floats around in – impervious. There have been […]Archive
November 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 14: Paul Simon, Auckland 2013
I don’t get up to Auckland all that often for gigs. I’d like to. There are a lot of good gigs that come to New Zealand, but only play Auckland: one show only. And it’s the obvious place for one-show-only tours. It has the population. I get to Auckland once a year for a gig. […]Archive
March 30, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 13: The Roots, San Francisco 2012
Me and my brother-in-law drove down to San Francisco – left the rest of the family back in rural California, decided to take a couple of days out for ourselves. The aim, at first, was to see The Cult. But we drove down with no tickets, no accommodation, and turned up to find it sold […]Archive
January 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
It Was The Best Gig Ever # 11: Kraftwerk, Sydney 2013
Here’s something that never happens – well, has never happened before – EVER – for me. I was flown over to Sydney to see Kraftwerk. Earlier this year. Man! It was the best. I’d have to think of the first Kraftwerk gig as the best of the year in 2013. One of the best ever. […]Archive
October 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman