Stiff Little Fingers w/The MEFFS @Epic Studios - July 1, 2025

 

Second time seeing SLF, and another fun feel-good show with a seasoned, happy crowd.

 

I've now seen a few shows in Norwich, but this was my 1st visit to the 850-capacity Epic Studios. Decent venue, and due to the experienced fans, no crush down the front even during the fan-favourite tracks. The bar service was a tad slow and drinks not cheap, but they were happy to fill my water bottle. And miraculously, no queue for the loos at the end of the evening! 

I survived the night having only one beer splashed on me, courtesy of a younger couple who came down front midway through the SLF set carrying full cups. Saw that coming a mile away. Again, the seasoned crowd finished their cups long before the band kicked off, much to my gratitude. 

 

The MEFFS, an energetic and fun two-piece younger punk band, did their job really well, warming up the older crowd and getting anyone in a MEFFS t-shirt to come down the middle and move. 

 

I enjoyed their whole set, but stand-outs were "Broken Britain, Broken Brains", "No Future" and "Stand up, Speak Out"  with Lily Meff getting the crowd to chant along.

 

 

SLF came on at quarter past the hour, after FIVE! Abba tracks "warmed up" the audience. 

 

Unlike the 1st time I saw them, the old legendary tracks came later in the set. Other than 3rd song, Wasted Life, it wasn't until the 13th song that they gave us a triple hit of my early album faves: Nobody's Hero, Tin Soldiers and Suspect Device. And they finished the encore with Alternative Ulster.

 

Jake had some good banter ahead of some tracks, particularly Strummerville, talking about how much Joe means to him. The tour name "Flame in the Heart" is a nod to the enduring fire Strummer ignited in the band's and fans heart, and SLF's way to keep his influence alive.

 

Political chat by him and bassist, Ali, referenced mainly the resurgence of racism and the poisonous Trump influence. Jake talked about Trump's mother Mary being an illegal immigrant before their new track, hilariously titled "Mary's Boy Child". 

 

We expected a comment on the current Kneecap controversy, given they are both from Belfast, but no.

 

Their sound was clean and clear which helped me enjoy unfamiliar tracks, like My Dark Places, about Jake's midlife depression; with an important message given the crowd makeup: talk to someone.

 

SLF is a great night out. I had fun jumping around and dancing to much-loved tracks. My Garmin even tracked a heart rate high of 185bpm. That sorts me out for Cardio for this week. :P 

Setlist:
Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae
At the Edge
Wasted Life
Won't Be Told
Strummerville
Mary's Boy Child
Straw Dogs
Piccadilly Circus
Just Fade Away
Each Dollar a Bullet
Harp
My Dark Places
Nobody's Hero
Tin Soldiers
Suspect Device
Gotta Gettaway
Encore:
Barbed Wire Love
Alternative Ulster 

Laura Jane Grace and the Trama Tropes w/Pet Needs @Scala - November 27, 2024

 

Couldn't miss this show, as my concert buddy knows the lead singer, Johnny, in the openers, Pet Needs. He's a massive Against Me!/LJG fan, so extra special to see him opening for her. He was obviously pretty awed about living out his dream.

 

I remember briefly bumping into him at our first AM! show together, back in 2014, before he formed his band - obvs a huge influence on them.

This is also the first time I've seen LJG, since her new wife joined her ever-changing and renamed band.

 

About 1/2 and1/2 LGJ newer stuff and then old AM! stuff. 

 

more review to come (maybe)...

Setlist:
Walls
Mine Me Mine
WW3
Wearing Black to the Pride Parade
I'm Not a Cop
I Love to Get High
Hole in My Head
Active Trauma
Your God (God's Dick)
New Years Day 2019
Give Up the Ghost
The Swimming Pool Song
Karma Too Close
RazorBlade Blues
White People for Peace
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong 
Walking is Still Honest
Don't Lose Touch
I Was a Teenage Anarchist
Black Me Out
True Trans Soul Rebel
Encore:
SuperNatural Possession
Holy Shit!
Baby, I'm an Anarchist!
Sink, Florida, Sink

 

Idles @ Alexandra Palace - December 7, 2020

review to come...

Setlist:
Set 1:

War (Live Debut)

Never Fight a Man With a Perm
I'm Scum
Mother
Faith in the City
Divide and Conquer
Heel/Heal
Gram Rock
Queens
Slow Savage
Danny Nedelko
Rottweiler
taped: Dylan Thomas reads "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Set 2:
taped: Drone Intro
Colossus
Grounds
Love Song
1049 Gotho
Benzocaine
Samaritans
Television
Danke (Live debut, w/openers METZ & Giant Swan)

LIFE @ Moth Club - November 6, 2019

w/Italia 90

My first time at the tiny Moth Club in Hackney, even though I was thinking of going before now (should have dragged my butt out to Cabbage in April!).

Caught most of the opener's, Italia 90, set. Originally from Brighton, but now living in south London, they have an interesting early punk sound. I'd checked out a couple songs ahead of the show and was glad to hear them live. The singer had a predatory, prowling skinhead look, but without much feedback from the crowd, didn't give us much energy back. Definitely a band to watch as their sound is right up my alley, and a good fit for LIFE.

This was my 3rd time seeing LIFE, and the first as headliners. (Saw them open for Slaves (now called Soft Play) and then Idles). I've liked them from before that 1st show, checking out opening bands as I like to, and being really impressed. Also love wearing my long-sleeve Popular Music shirt to shows, which endears them to me.

I think this is the first time I've seen their new female bassist, Lydia, who bops from side to side making faces, and fits in well with  their offbeat, kinetic performances. Singer, Mez, is as mesmerising to watch as ever, channeling a young David Byrne with original off kilter moves and detached but demented expressions.

I'm very relieved by the new album they're supporting, A Picture of Good Health. It's lost none of their energy and drive, and moves their sound forward in a direction that totally works for me. I like a few new bands whose 2nd and 3rd albums I'm nervous about, but these guys haven't let me down one whit. Having said that, I was chuffed that they closed with Popular Music, that chugging and droning ironic masterpiece.

Love them live, and will definitely see them again.

Setlist:
Excites Me
Good Health
In Your hands
Half Pint Fatherhood
Never Love Again
Grown Up
It's a Con
Euromillions
Don't Give Up Yet
Hollow Thing
Bum Hour
Ba Ba Ba
Moral Fibre
Popular Music

PUP @ Imperial Bell, Quebec City - October 23, 2019

w/NOBRO


Setlist:
Morbid Stuff
Kids
My Life Is Ove and I Couldn't Be Happier
Back Against the Wall
Free at Last
See You at Your Funeral
Guilt Trip
Sleep in the Heat
Dark Days
Scorpion Hill
Closure
Familiar Patterns
Reservoir
Full Blown Meltdown (War Pigs Outro)
If This Tour Doesn't Kill You, I Will
DVP

Against Me! @ Danforth Music Hall, Toronto - October 15 & 16, 2019

2 Nights. 4 full albums:
Searching for a Former Clarity
New Wave
White Crosses
Transgender Dysphoria Blues

Review to come...

Setlist: 
4 albums plus 3 song encore
1st night encore from Reinventing Axl Rose
2nd night encore from As the Eternal Cowboy

Laura Jane Grace and The Devouring Mothers @ Scala - August 29, 2019

w/ Frank Iero and the Future Violents

Review to come...

Setlist: 
Apocalypse Now (& Later)
The Friendship Song
Amsterdam Hotel Room
Conceptual Paths (LJG song)
Dilaudid (Mountain Goats cover)
The Hotel Song
China Beach
Born in Black
I Hate Chicago
Amputations (LJG song)
Reality Bites
The Apology Song
The Acid Test Song
The Airplane Song
Screamy Dreamy
Valeria Golino
Manic Depression

Descendents @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire - August 2, 2019

with C.J. Ramone and PEARS

Review to Come...

Setlist: 
Suburban Home
Everything Sux
Hope
On Paper
Rotting Out
Victim of Me
Silly Girl
I Like Food
Shameless Halo
M-16 (setlist position?)
My Dad Sucks
Van
Testosterone
I'm Not a Punk
Clean Sheets
Weinerschnitzel
Myage
Who We Are
Global Probing
I Don't Want to Grow Up
Nothing With You
No Fat Burger
Feel This
Get the Time
Coffee Mug
When I Get Old
Coolidge
Thank you
Descendents
Encore:
'Merican
I'm the One
Bikeage
Smile
2nd Encore: 
Pep Talk
Fighting Myself

The Undertones @ OPEN Norwich - May 16, 2019

Review to come...

Neville Staple Band opened

Setlist: (partial)
Jimmy Jimmy
My Perfect Cousin
Teenage Kicks
You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It!)
Her Comes the Summer
Get Over You
It's Going to Happen

Sleaford Mods @ UEA Waterfront, Norwich - April 13, 2019

As per, I'd checked out openers LIINES before the show and thought they were okay, a bit shouty-droney but basically a good punk sound, so we showed up in plenty of time to catch their set.

And damn, am I glad. They were so fucking tight! I was really, really impressed. If you get a chance to see this threesome live, go!

more review to come...










Setlist: (approximate)
Into the Payzone
Flipside
Subtraction
Stick In A Five and Go
Kebab Spider
Policy Cream
TCR
B.H.S.
Top It Up
Just Like We Do
Bang Someone Out
Setlist: 
Jolly Fucker
Jobseeker
Tied Up in Nottz
Tarantula Deadly Cargo
Discourse

IDLES & LIFE @ Electric Ballroom - April 5, 2019

review to come...



Setlist: 
Colossus
Never Fight a Man With a Perm
Mother
Faith in the City
I'm Scum
Great
Queens
Danny Nedelko
Divide and Conquer
1049 Gotho
Love Song
Benzocaine
Samaritans
Television
White Privilege
Where's My Ice Cream
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Well Done
Rottweiler

TOUTS @ Borderline - March 31, 2019

review to come...















Setlist: 

Stiff Little Fingers @ O2 Forum Kentish Town - March 24, 2019

review to come...
























Setlist: 
Law and Order
At the Edge
Suspect Device
Guitar and Drum
Strummerville
16 Shots
Silver Lining
Harp
Guilty as Sin
Wasted Life
Can't Get Away With That
Listen
State of Emergency
My Dark Places
Just Fade Away
Nobody's Hero
Gotta Gettaway
Encore:
Drinkin' Again
Tin Soldiers
Alternative Ulster

shame @ O2 Forum Kentish Town - November 30, 2018

After the Touts debacle, we got to the venue with plenty of time to get a drink and a position in front of the stage before the 1st opener's start at 7:45 p.m. We were some of the first to get there and it was nice to see the Kentish Town Forum with the lights up and not jammed with people. It's a beautiful old Art Deco cinema that now has a 2300 capacity.

Not wanting to miss out on a great band, I did my research ahead of the show and thoroughly checked out both Sorry and Fontaines D.C. I'm really impressed by the Fontaines D.C., a young sort of post-punk meets 50s surf band from Dublin City (thus the name). Their sound is fresh and infectious with a Irish literary and cultural influence in the lyrics. I was so looking forward to seeing them and was even more impressed with them after their compelling eight-song set.

They did a great job winning over the initially tame audience, having them whooping and clapping by the end and sounding like they would be happy for more. They didn't play my favourite track of theirs Winter in the Sun, but ran through just about everything else I'd heard and couple I hadn't and had to look up after the show. They only have 4 singles (all double a-sides if you ask me) released, but I read they have recently been signed to Partisan Records (Idles are their new label-mates) and hopefully we'll see their debut album soon rather than just an EP. For such a young band they seem plenty prolific, so fingers crossed.

Their look is very interesting if initially a tad bizare. Four-fifths of the band remind me of 70s rock fans looking out-of-date by the 80s with straggly hair, some dodgy beards and questionable thrift-store gems.  I think I remember a Velvet Underground tee. The singer, Grian Chatten, seems to be chanelling Ian Curtis with his sad eyes and frenetic energy; a throw back to a working class past where your da's hand-me-downs would have to do, and you're just going to have to pull off that dress shirt and corduroy pant look. He paced the stage repeatedly looking as though he were about to go ten rounds with the audience. Quite mesmerizing.

While the rest of the band had a bit of a dazed, or overly-chilled, look to them, the sound they produced was the opposite: tight and driving. Several of the early songs (like Big) began or were driven by Deegan's bass and then layered upon. You then can't help but hear the influence of the Beach Boys and other surf sounds (Link Wray) as well as Buddy Holly in the dual guitars and be thoroughly charmed. The cherry on top is the Irish accented voice of Chatten, echoey and atmospherically droning in the best post-punk sense. Fontaines D.C. have created an exciting, new sound out of some stellar and diverse influences.

After the show I bought an awesome band T-shirt of a grubby, little kid smoking a roll-up, and within a couple of days had bought tickets for their next available local show at the Garage in April.

Setlist:
Chequeless Reckless
Big
Sha Sha Sha
Too Real
The Lotts
Liberty Belle
Boys in the Better Land
Hurricane Laughter


shame review and setlist coming...

TOUTS @ Electric Brixton - November 17, 2018

Looking forward to seeing TOUTS since first hearing them on Radio 6, I believe. They're from Northern Ireland and definitely share a punk sound with Stiff Little Fingers. They were the first openers for this show, and as far as I can tell the only thing in common is the fact that they are all teenagers or their fans are.

Doors were at 7 and I figured we should be okay getting there at 7:30. Unfortunately being a 14+ ages show, there was a long line-up to get in, with tons of kids eager to hang out with their friends. There were lots of wasted kids which slowed down security as well, so we didn't get inside until 7:45 to hear the TOUTS were already playing.

We plowed to the front of an already packed floor and disappointingly only managed to catch one and a half songs. I was bummed, but saw enough to know I am eager to see them again. The whole of Bombscare was energetic and fun and helped redeem the night.

We got drinks and found a spot upstairs on one of the balcony levels to watch grandson. He was very energetic, but seemed perplexed by the crowd of kids. As they repeatedly formed several circle pits that uncertainly crashed together, he asked the crowd if they were even there to see a rock show. It was clear they were there only for Rat Boy and to have a fun time with their friends.

I was actually rather impressed by grandson's music and performance. The Rage Against the Machine influence was evident but his political comments fell on deaf, insensate ears. Not sure he won any new fans this night, but he deserved to.

Rat Boy was boring, sophmoric rubbish. He had hardly any stage presence and his songs were pedestrian, good-time nothings. We gave him a good chance to win us over but left about 1/2 way through his set. This is not music aimed at us, 40-something punk fans.

Gang of Four @ 100 Club - October 5, 2018

What did I expect of the 100 Club, or of Gang of Four?

I knew the 100 Club would be small and I was right. I expected gritty, bare and very basic. Pretty much. More basic, than overly gritty. I was surprised to see a massive pillar dividing the floor directly in front of the stage, effectively splitting the crowd in two. I was also surprised by how close we were to the band. So close. Almost too intimate. (It was weird repeatedly meeting Andy Gill's eyes.)

Based on videos of live performances I'd seen, we found a spot to the right side in front of where Andy Gill positions himself  which was perfect. We were close enough that we could see the whole stage to our left as well.

Draped behind the stage was a curtain blocking the 100 Club lettering I expected from photos. Video were projected here making the show atmospheric.

They opened with Anthrax, all squealing guitar and feedback and any doubts I had about seeing an old band milking their history disappeared. The bass and drums were turned way up for the whole show, which worked great. The bass player, Thomas McNeice, particularly impressed me.

After Not Great Men the setlist hit a bit of a lull for four or five tracks, including some unfamiliar tracks to me. Gill acknowledged this by saying something like "that's it for the slow stuff". The rest of the setlist was riveting though, beginning particularly with Natural's Not in It.

Gill seemed serious and a bit crotchedy throughout the show. I hate to say it, but he looked more like my posh, aging wine merchant than an art punk, but I'll give him every benefit of the doubt cuz of all the great music he's produced. I did notice some snark between him and the much younger singer. Gill made a comment about him 'taking notes'. A bit later the singer retorted with a Butlins jab that didn't seem to please Gill.

I have to say, John "Gaoler" Sterry, the singer, seemed a total visual mis-fit with my idea of the band. More Duran Duran than Gang of Four. His pretty boy looks were played up by his floppy blond hair and mildly arrogant performance. However, his voice was an excellent fit, letting one enjoy the songs rather than be distracted by a voice totally different from Jon King. Unfortunately he wasn't so much focused on his performance as looking at the other band members too much, particularly Gill; possibly his insecurity. Who knows? I chose to mostly focus on Gill and listen to the performance which was tight and energetic.


The encore began with He'd Send in the Army where Sterry went to town on a microwave that was brought onstage, first with a stick and then with a guitar neck. When I looked this up later, I found this is a frequent live performance piece of theatre of theirs. It was a fitting addition for a band whose sound is industrial, modern and edgy.

After the short 2-song encore and the house lights coming on, it looked to me like their roadie/tech guy was trying to signal "time" to the sound guy and Gill looked as though he was slightly limping as they left the stage for the second time. I had taken a shot of the setlist taped to the floor, but figured they weren't following it to the letter. So, we bailed, and found out after the fact that they played one more encore to the remaining 1/2 of the audience: I Found That Essence Rare. Damn it.

My love of Gang of Four goes way back to a Fast Product EP re-released sometime around 1982, but I probably found it a couple years after that. Gang of Four contributed 3 tracks: Damaged Goods, Love Like Anthrax and Armalite Rifle. Still 3 of my favourites tracks of theirs, and they instantly became a defining sound for me and my maturing tastes. A few years later, in probably '89 I finally bought entertainment! It still floors me at how their early songs are so urgent and undated. Damn I love that album. So hearing well over half of it played live was a huge thrill.  I jumped around accordingly with very little company among the older crowd and enjoyed myself immensely.

Setlist:
(Love Like) Anthrax
Where the Nightingale Sings
Not Great Men
Isle of Dogs
Ivanka (Things You Can't Have)
I Parade Myself
Paralysed
What We All Want
Natural's Not In It
Lucky
Damaged Goods
Why Theory?
I Love a Man in a Uniform
At Home He's a Tourist
To Hell With Poverty
Encore:
He'd Send in the Army
Ether
Encore 2:
I Found That Essence Rare

All Points East Festival @Victoria Park - June 3, 2018

Nick Cave
Patti Smith
Baxter Dury
Shame

First off, I must say that All Points East is the best run festival I have been too. Easy to get around. Clean. Quality facilities and concessions. Great staff. Incredible artist line-ups and good sound. The whole place had a great feel and the crowd was happy and cool. Loved it.

Shame

Having first heard this band earlier this year on Radio 6 and really diggin the single Concrete, I decided that they would be a great band to catch live, and kept my eyes open for any shows. In February I bought tickets for their November O2 Kentish Town Forum show, but was a bit disappointed at how long off that was. My concert friend, Janey, asked if I was interested in this festival, and as you may or may not know from reading this blog, I am NOT a fan of festivals, but she convinced me and told me how amazing Nick Cave is live. Since then Shame got added to the line-up, so I was thrilled to get to see them sooner, even if it is in a festival atmosphere.

Brief placeholder to comment on how great Baxter Dury, Patti Smith and Nick Cave were, particularly the latter. One of the best live performances I've had the pleasure to see.

more soon....

Sleaford Mods @ UEA, Norwich - November 8, 2017

Janey turned me onto TCR about a year ago and I was immediately hooked. I don't get crazy excited about many bands these days, but I am so impressed and obsessed with Sleaford Mods. They are proof music can still deeply effect me. It seems fitting that the duo are about my age, and so was a large part of the crowd at tonight's show. But this isn't sad old people music. This is punk and vibrant and angry as fuck. Even if Jason Williamson denies being punk; this is the very definition in 2017.

Openers Nachthexen are a female quartet with a keyboard replacing the guitar in the usual expected line-up. They don't have a full album released yet, just a couple of EPs (if that's what they're still called). Their sound is very reminiscent of X-Ray Spex, particularly the female screamy lyrics. I'm sure their sound will grow and diversify before much longer, but what they have right now is still pretty good and appealing. All four have a disinterested stage presence; too cool or too focused on their instruments to do much else.

Jason Williamson has the polar opposite of a disinterested stage presence! He is mesmerizing to watch. His physicality is irrepressible, full of posturing, twitching, and tics and marching around with the mic stand. The lighting set up and plain backdrop silhouettes clouds of dispersing spit as he raps his vitriolic lyrics. Andrew Fearn, the music producer as it were, seemed to be loving the night, frequently grinning as he vigourously bops his head along to the beats he's created.

The setlist is very English Tapas heavy. My pre-show research showed that they don't vary the setlist, so I knew not to expect some of my favourite tracks from their earlier albums. But, as this is my first time seeing them, I didn't mind at all. It helps that I love just about everything they do. Out of the 15 songs pre-encore, the SMs played 11 of the 12 tracks on their recent album. We got TCR mid-set which fired everyone up, and then an absolute cracker of an encore, which a group of young men couldn't resist, rushing down front to start up a moshpit. Perfect.

As fits the age of the band and the crowd, the volume wasn't deafening and the sound was incredibly clean and clear. The only tiny downside was the lights on the crowd that messed with taking a decent photo, but I did my best. Next time they play nearby, I'm going! With their current output of new material, it shouldn't be long before they're on the road with a new batch of songs. Top!

Setlist:
I Feel So Wrong
Army Nights
Just Like We Do
Snout
Moptop
Dull
Carlton Touts
I Can Tell
TCR
Time Sands
Routine Dean
Jolly Fucker
Drayton Manored
Cuddly
BHS
Encore:
Jobseeker
Tied Up in Nottz
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Against Me! @ WUK, Vienna - December 18, 2016

Despite the one hour delay to start the show, this is one of the better Against Me! shows I've seen (I'm up to 7 now.) There was a good vibe and lots of smiling from the band. I went with friend and fellow Against Me! fan, Janey who's a great concert pal. As opposed to London where they played 7 tracks off the new album, Shape Shift With Me, tonight they only played 5. The new song Norse Truth wasn't done in London and was the penultimate song during the encore. Kind of a lyrical follow up to Delicate, Petite & Other Things I'll Never Be which they also played.

A huge highlight of the night for me was when they played their cover of Clash song Train in Vain. I'd seen videos, but it was cool to get to see and hear it live and jump around like a mad woman. I got the feeling not everyone around me was as familiar, which was strange. Does that make me old?

WUK is a really nice venue to see a show. It has a 550 standing capacity, so a good size, plus good sitelines. It's basically one big square room with concrete floor and a wide raised stage at one end. The room next door is the bar and set up really well. The efficient bar staff were all friendly. They have reusable drink cups, so that's great. Best of all, they stayed open after the gig so we could have another drink or two after the show without being rushed out. What a treat! It was also really easy to get in and out without logjams. Even the bathrooms were easy. Such a great venue really helps improve a concert experience immeasurably.

Setlist:
True Trans Soul Rebel
333
Haunting, Haunted, Haunts
Unconditional Love
White Crosses
Dead Friend
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
T.S.R. (This Shit Rules)
Cliche Guevara
Walking Is Still Honest
Bamboo Bones
White People for Peace
Delicate, Petite & Other Things I'll Never Be
Rebecca
Transgender Dysphoria Blues
I Was a Teenage Anarchist
Black Me Out

Encore:
Train in Vain (Clash cover)
FUCKMYLIFE666
Norse Truth
Sink, Florida, Sink

Against Me! @ Electric Ballroom, London - December 8, 2016

The last four times I've seen Against Me! have been with my concert pal, Janey. (We actually met because of this band, when her boyfriend/my friend wanted to get out of going to see them in London in '14). This concert got announced right after she received a present of tickets to another show on the same night. She was gutted, but we decided to catch another show and took a trip to Vienna for it ten days later, which you can read above. I did briefly consider skipping this show, but couldn't bring myself to miss it, particularly since seeing AM! at the same venue two years ago is possibly my favourite concert memory ever. Nope. I was going.

The openers were Mobina Galore and Milk Teeth, the latter's set I caught part of, and it was reminiscent of 90s indie bands, almost riot grrl stuff, like Veruca Salt. They were a little dull to watch until the drummer stood up to try to get the audience into it.

I'd bought Janey Laura Jane Grace's new autobiography Tranny at the merch table, so with it in a cloth bag tied to my belt, I tried to keep it from bashing those around me, as I can never help myself from jumping around when AM! play. And from the opening notes of the first song, I was jumping! The whole set was full of energy and passion. It was great to hear all the songs of the new album live and it seemed that the band was having fun playing them.

Laura talked to the crowd between songs, with some familiar banter ("this is about self-care, smoking cigarettes and drinking whisky") and some new banter. She commented that Rebecca sure has a lot of words, and how happy she was to play in the UK, where she knows with 100% certainty that no one there voted for Trump. She dedicated Dead Friend to "old friends" and 12:03 to "new friends". Bamboo Bones she prefaced by saying she's an atheist and how performing feels for her is what she imagines going to church feels for others, and she said you can call this song "an atheist's spiritual". She also said that she hopes we are excited to hear new songs, cuz they are excited to play them, but they are conscious that people like to hear old songs, and they played the "deep cut" Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35%.

Really glad I went. Note to self: Never miss Against Me!

Setlist:
True Trans Soul Rebel
333
Haunting, Haunted, Haunts
Unconditional Love
Pints of Guinness Make You Strong
White Crosses
Dead Friend
12:03
Crash
Delicate, Petite & Other Things I'll Never Be
Rebecca
Bamboo Bones
Tonight We're Gonna Give It 35%
T.S.R. (This Shit Rules)
Cliche Guevara
Walking Is Still Honest
Transgender Dysphoria Blues
I Was a Teenage Anarchist
Black Me Out
Encore:
Baby, I'm an Anarchist! (Laura solo)
FUCKMYLIFE666
Boyfriend
Sink, Florida, Sink

Full Set recorded by fan, pbrook:

Or watch on youtube, with comments and song timing marked.