free Black Francis gig (1 Viewer)

[ilovehoovering]

at 5pm tomorrow in St. Stephens Green. see here and here. sorry if this has been posted before!

 

[Dktr. Faustus]

at 5pm tomorrow in St. Stephens Green. see here and here. sorry if this has been posted before!

that's deadly!

 

[therealjohnny]

might head along to this

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

at 5pm tomorrow in St. Stephens Green. see here and here. sorry if this has been posted before!

Followed by toasties and pints in Grogan's?

Gear!

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Anti-encore.
The perfuncteriness of this has long bothered me.

Pixies hero and solo artist in his own right Black Francis turned up on the streets of Oxford for a short, low-key acoustic show last night.
Settling down on his guitar case, Francis played a 20-minute set of old Pixies tracks and solo numbers to a crowd of around 300 people under the Bridge of Sighs in New College Lane.
Francis has apparently decided to stop playing encores at shows in favour of these ‘pre-core’ performances, setting up for a busk hours before the paid-for gig in whichever town or city he’s visiting that night.
Speaking to the Oxford Mail, the singer said that he "did it, I guess, to join in all the fun on YouTube. I had no idea that so many people would turn out.
"I thought a few people would show up and if I'm lucky a few people will be there so obviously I am quite chuffed."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGab7FpmtoE

“I heard ‘The Holiday Song’ being played just outside and people cheering, so I went outside and there's Black Francis playing an acoustic set under the Bridge Of Sighs (in Oxford). He played ‘Where Is My Mind’, ‘Nimrod's Son’ and ‘Cactus’ too, plus a few other non-Pixies songs I didn't know.
“I didn't go to see the actual gig but the acoustic set he did on the street was really good, his voice sounded great and he was joking around with the crowd and stuff.”
Frank Black doesn’t joke around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcn0f5s-aas
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[ostrichsyndrome]

why did i think this was going to be a thread about a benefit gig to free him from being shit?

 

[sweetoblivion]

aw I might go to this, I think!
Am going to the Pumpkins gig (to relive my youth) tomorrow night with Bonsai so am in Dublin.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Seen him twice before, he did a solo gig in the TBMC, he must have played 15 songs in a row before he said a word to the audience

 

[Lillian]

He has a superb grasp of geography

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[ilovehoovering]

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someone posted this on youtube of him being put into the squad car

the whole thing was kinda fun but also really disappointing seeing as most of the people there couldn't see or hear a thing.

oh and he didn't play any Pixies songs at the gig!

 

[the departed]

wow. bizzare.

 

[worthit]

ROCK N ROLL DUDE!!! I hate the guy that shouted that.

 

[avernus]

I hate people.

 

[pete]

i like how someone behind the cop car is shouting "SIT DOWN PROTEST! SIT DOWN PROTEST!"

 

[worthit]

Frank Black obviously thinks we're a nation of idiots now.

 

[Alan Remorse]

Haha what the hell? He got arrested?

 

[Gambra]

Causing a public nuisance?

 

[muffin]

He held it at the gates of the green instead of inside?Judging from the amount of people that showed up I'm not surprised the gardai made an appearance.

 

[east hastings]

he played where is my mind, monkey gone to heaven can't remember what else, maybe mr grieves.

Someone told me he threw a stone at the gardai car, but i don't think thats true.

THe kneeling down was incredibly uncomfortable

 

[bloopitybloop]

Haha what the hell? He got arrested?

He said at the show that night "just to dispel any rumours, i'll say that the food in kevin street garda is really nice".

Shame that a billing of "Black Francis" means strictly music that he made in 2008. That was a let down.