Pixies at Brixton
Last minute tickets are great. Actually it has only happened once before that I remember - 9 years ago for David Bowie. Having spent some time in vain looking on Ebay for a last minute deal on Thursday, on Friday I received a call and found out I was going.
It was an amazing experience. The audience was a mix of people who were there the first time around and people who weren’t (amazingly, Doolittle, the album being celebrated, is 20 years old). The band’s popularity is such that they allegedly sold out the tour in 20 minutes. I had forgotten the lessons of my teenage years and turned up with a thick jumper and a coat. That was comfortable!
The effect of tracks like Debaser was incredible - the entire crowd went totally mental. In addition to the entire album, they opened with the B-sides (great B-sides they were too) and finished with some classics in an encore including Gigantic and Where is my Mind.
Here’s hoping they keep going. It can’t be too bad going on stage and being adored like that! You can hear excerpts from the gig here.
