He grabs the mic and starts to belt out this opener.
Fee Waybill has eventually joined the band on stage, looking like he’s raced in from the bus, still wearing his grey mac. Its jaunty bounce starts as the brightly clothed band fire up. The set list consists of only six songs, as the band start off with ‘Mr Hate’ from 1981’s The Completion Backward Principle. With eight studio albums in the bag, along-side several compilations and live recordings, the band have a decent amount of material to search through. It’s become a staple in the bands set list over the years, and has probably become their best-known song. They released their self-titled debut album in 1975 from which the single ‘White Punks on Dope’ was released into the charts. THE TUBES are an American Rock band from San Francisco, having been formed in 1972 from the amalgamation of two previous bands who moved into the area. Another check of passes before being allowed in and then we’re left waiting again, staring at how tall the stage looks from our vantage point. We are finally collected and walked down to the pit, our heads hanging like doing the morning ‘walk of shame’ home. The times seem to have been put back as the support ‘THE TUBES’ have moved back from 7pm to 7:30pm to 8pm We have been told this is where we need to stay until collected. The band of us merry togs slowly grows to a point we are out numbering the security on the door. Queues haven’t yet formed at the Merch or Beer outlets. Its early doors so the activity is just starting to build. Getting in is easy as the box office is relatively quiet, I get my pass and go through the searches to get in. Review & Photography by Manny Manson for MPMĪnother day, another trip down the awful M6 into Birmingham once more, on getting there I find my little cheap car-park has now closed so in the panic I end up in the Utilita North Car park and pay the price for it being underneath the venue.
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