Billy

Well, after posting my not so glowing Morrissey review, I am happy to say I have just got back from a Billy Bragg gig - and he was great. As in brilliant. As in - that is what a gig should be like. As usual he was in fine form chatting to the audience and the setlist was almost perfect. I have probably seen Billy at least six times now - and this show would definitely be up there as one of, if not *the*, best.

Some of the songs I can remember from the set list (apart from the encore which was *something else*) : Levi Stubbs Tears, Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards, Tank Park Salute, A13 Trunk Road To The Sea (which included guitar Wiggy on guitar), The Price I Pay, Valentines Day Is Over, There Is Power In A Union, Greetings To The New Brunette aka Shirley), All You Fascists Bound To Lose, Walk Away Renee, 1649, Honey Im A Big Boy Now (which he did actions to), A Lover Sings and a few others.

The first encore included Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards, which had a few original lyrics, a few lyric changes I had heard before and a few I hadn't.

And now for the (second) encore :
The Milkman of Human Kindness
To Have and To Have Not
Richard
The Man In The Iron Mask
The Busy Girl buys Beauty
A New England

Yep - he played all of "Life's a Riot With Spy vs Spy" as an encore. How awesome is that.

Thanks Bill. He mentioned during the gig he was a big Smiths fan. Maybe he could have a whisper in Mozzas ear about keeping an audience entertained .....