BrianH

The way Lucinda expressed her dislike for the whole O2 complex made me wonder if she’d forgotten playing there once before some years ago. That was at the O2 Indigo, the other smaller venue inside the big dome.

I was at that gig too, and I thought the sound at the Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday night was infinitely superior. Up there with the best shows I’ve ever heard in 45 years of concert-going, in fact. So it was a real surprise to hear her criticise it, though she did qualify that later by saying her problem was with the onstage sound.

As an audience member I liked the venue a lot more than most standing spaces (and in my 60th year I really don’t relish standing for three-and-a-half hours, no matter who’s on the stage).

Anyway, it was after Lucinda had vented her spleen that the show really began to take off, and it just got better and better all night. I really enjoyed the support set from Stuart, David and Butch in their Buick 6 guise too. It takes a really tight and talented band to get away with guitar, bass and drums with only occasional vocals, but their show was thrilling from start to finish.