Last night was the Snow Patrol gig at the Birmingham Academy. It was absolutely wonderful. From the moment they came out to the contact music from close encounters of the third kind I knew that this was going to be special. They mostly played their latest album, "Final Straw", but they also throwed in some excellent older ones. The crowd were bouncing for most of the gig which was interesting as I did not expect the reaction to be quite as energetic. It was good though. It was definitely worth the money. One thing that wasn't worth the money was the rank Carling sold at the gig.
The support bands, "Morning Runner" and "the Gears", were good. Morning Runner were excellent with a nice combination of piano and guitars and The Gears were good with a few different styles and a bald front man getting into it like Jack Black wood - musically not the best but entertainment value had to be a 10/10.
