In my last leave period I went to two concerts at the Plymouth Pavilions.
A few months earlier I had seen that Bjork was going to play and went to buy a ticket. While I was doing that, I saw a tribute band for Pink Floyd would be playing the next night, so bought ticket for that at the same time.
The first concert was Bjork. I like some of her songs from her albums Post and Debut and thought it would be nice to go see her. I have to admit I hadn't listened to any of her recent stuff. One guy had already seen her show in the Far East and was saying it was excellent. Some others onboard really slammed the idea saying it would be terrible. I still went ahead thinking at least I'd give it a go.
On the actual day of the concert I was a little apprehensive as this would be my first concert and I was going alone. I had no idea what would be expected of me or what the format would be. I had assumed that no cameras would be allowed so left all of them at home. I even left my phone at home in case it was confiscated. I managed to get to the venue in plenty of time.
I was surprised at the cross-section of people who turned up. There were families (I assume they were kids and parents etc) and a wide range of ages. When they initially opened the doors we only managed to get as far as the bar. After another 30mins or so we were let into the venue proper. I had a seat in the gods somewhere and found myself alone for quite a long time. The standing area in front of the stage was filling up reasonably quickly. This might have been helped by the fact that there were booths selling alcohol on either side of the standing area.
I needn't have worried about cameras and phones etc as I saw some people walking in with everything from handbags to rucksacks.
As the lights went down I thought the show was about to start. Well it did of a sorts. Some woman came on stage on her own and started to play the most god awful racket on a set of DJ decks. No-one else appeared for about 45mins. I thought it was absolute drivel and probably sounded worse than a strangled cat. Initially I thought this was just the support act, although there was no mention of any in the concert blurb, but I now have a sneaking suspicion that it was Bjork herself. I was so put out by it the only way I survived was to put a set of ear plugs in. I even offered them around. Hey, what can I say I brought ear plugs. Sue me. This lasted approx 45mins before the main act appeared.
Excellent, I thought lets get on with the real show. Unfortunately the same sort of din happened after the break as before it. The only difference with the second half was the fact that it was produced by live people and not from a couple of deck. To me it seemed like the instruments weren't even in tune. Whether this was by mistake or design I'll never know. After 2 songs I put the ear plugs back in. After a further 2 I couldn't stand it any longer and had to walk out.
It was a complete waste of money. Needless to say I didn't purchase any T-shirts etc on the way out.
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