It was my intention to try and review this tour in some sort of order but my sources have let me down and cannot wait any longer to share the wonders of these gigs with you.

I have to thank Carheenlea/Njas2 for capturing said gig and putting it up on You Tube in various portions - links are provided below. This is also  very good audio audience capture by "gpark1uk" esq....sign him up to Consortium at once Brother Hanley!

Strangely, however,  the tapist readily admits he has neglected to include Niki's intro to the gig however this, and a muscular start to the gig can be viewed herein  Is this New on You Tube. Mark talks about various issues including cradles, lakes and for some reason Lancashire Cheese ( a superior comestible to the Cheshire variety in my opinion).

"Wings" is suitably fine, and a blistering "Wolf" leads into a memorably different  thrashy opening to ""50 year old" which resolves into a brilliant reading full of tension, light and shade with a bubbling technoish extended section between 3 and 5 minutes in - an exceptional thumping middle bit with coarse scraping noises that folds into the "Inferior Product" section with consummate ease - glorious stuff.

Again Ms Poulou is a little low in the mix for "Duped" how this is a great playful version of said track - wonderful shouty but at the same sinuous and sulty, dripping with sensuous subtle tones. MES joins in at the end for some guttural trills. These continue for a transcendent "Fall Sound" unfortunately beset in parts by some low level audience noise. Some excellent whammy bar noises from Pete on this. Also great interactive  riffing and real dynamic drumming from Keiron.

A fast "Pacifying" is probably the weakest thing (relatively speaking) of the gig, a memorable Mountain Energie part of which is captured on this link has that great swamp rock feel to it that characterised the American band - I have to say Mr Smith is wonderully animated on this -and rhe initial section is wonderfully restrained. On the tape Gpark orders his Stella

"Reformation" - consistent with the rest of the gig - is a tour de force - as stunning ramble through "Neu!" derived motorik suburbia - intercepted with masterful guitar extemporisation and a burring/buzzing Kraftwerkian synth palette. Mark repeats and relates through in perfect context. It builds into this mammoth wall of noise which then resolves into atonal cacaphony from Pete as Mark howls and moans and shouts into the baleful night sky as EP provides a constant pulse.

Niki does most of "Tommy Shooter" as Mark appears at the end to add colour. Tapist misses a bit of "White Lightning" and there is some audience participation. This is followed by a laconic "Latch Key Kid

Blindness is unmitigated genius from scouring sound to the dance of the missing tie and mike stands at the end. A suitably funky intro after which at one point Mark advises he has been listening to Simply Red all day and then the band launches into a wonderful wall of sound.

Mr Pharmacist is a visceral mass of coruscating noise with Brother Cadfael in the white shirt collecting leads and microphones with apparent disregard for the band in mid flow.

An amazing gig and a high point of this tour.