Θάνος Ανεστόπουλος

2012

Θάνος Ανεστόπουλος - Κιλκίς

17-07-2012 Stone Roses - Milan

 

THE STONE ROSES @ Ippodromo del Galoppo, Milan, 17/07/2012

Today, I’m glad to talk about my personal Stone Roses’ experience, one of the best gig I ever seen in my whole life.

First of all, I want to briefly introduce this band to everybody who don’t know them. Formed by four guys, Ian Brown (singer), John Squire (guitarist), Gary “Mani” Mounfield (bassist) and Alan “Reni” Wren (drummer), they are an English band from Manchester, born in 1983, and reunited in 2011. Collocated in the “Madchester” scene, their sound is characterized by hypnotic disco beats, catchy melodies, and Sixties style.

The venue was the 17th of July at “Ippodromo del Galoppo”, near San Siro stadium in Milan. The location was really nice and well organized, but unfortunately it had nothing to do with Heaton Park, in which the Roses had previously played.

At 8 pm former Clash guitarist, Mick Jones, came up with The Justice Tonight Band, a group of 10 people with some old glories like Pete Wylie & The Farm. Not bad as a beginning, even if few people were already there. I had to wait the beginning of the Roses to see around 3000 people in front of the stage.

Performing all together songs like “Train In Vain”, “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”, “Rock The Casbah”, and “Bankrobber”, milestones of the English band, the effect was very entertaining, and reminded me the movie “The Cottmitments”. The public seemed to enjoy as well, as the artists on the stage (I also got a kiss from Kosmo Vinyl!).

At 9.30 pm, introduced by a song of Diana Ross and The Supremes, the Stone Roses arrived.

The crowd went wild.

In that moment, adrenaline flowed through your body, and the only thing that you could do was just wait that Ian started to sing.

And when “I wanna be adored” began, atmosphere became magical.

The first half of the gig was a kind of warming, with songs like “Mersey Paradise”, “(Song for my) Sugar Spun Sister” and “Sally Cinnamon”. Continuing with the classical setlist of the tour, the beautiful and long “Fools Gold” was the turning point: after that, they went to the heart of the gig. The rhythms were more pressing and the Roses took a liking to drive us crazy with “Waterfall/Don’t Stop”, “Love Spreads” and “Made of Stone”. But the peak was reached with the closing three songs: “This is the One”, “She bangs the drums” and “I am the Resurrection”, anthem that represents the band.

That was definitely the end: no more songs, no encore, just the four Mancunian saying thanks to everybody and throwing various objects. It was time to going home, but not before reflecting a bit.

In general everything was great, the gig has by far exceeded my expectations and, in my opinion, The Stone Roses got back in good shapes, even if it’s difficult for me to make an objective comparison than twenty years ago.

I just wanted to tell what I felt and what I saw that awesome day. I wish you thousands concerts like that.

Setlist:

I Wanna Be Adored

Mersey Paradise

(Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister

Sally Cinnamon

Ten Storey Love Song

Where Angels Play

Shoot You Down

Fools Gold

Something’s Burning

Waterfall

Don’t Stop

Love Spreads

Made Of Stone

This Is The One

She Bangs The Drums

I Am The Resurrection

The Speakeasies Swing Band!

Αγγελάκας & Βελιώτης / ΛΥΚΟΙ

biologica squat - Oldschool Rednex et al

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TIDES FROM NEBULA (POL)
MIDAS FALL (UK, MAN)

nadja

the horn the hunt

15-10-2011 Inverz / Good Luck Mr. Gorsky

15-10-2011 Βιοτεχνία

13-10-2011 Hana Ton

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MOHAMMAD

SAMAEL, MELECHESH ...

SAMAEL (SWI) - KEEP OF KALLESIN (NOR) - MELECHESH (ISR) - DARK END (ITA) - MINGUS (SwI)
'LUX MUNDI EUROPE TOUR 2011'
BLOCK 33, THESSALONIKI, GREECE
SUNDAY 11 / SEPTEMBER 2011
PRICE : 25euro
HOUR: 19.30-01.00 (6 bands)
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SAMAEL (ISRAEL)
01 intro
02 Luxferre
03 Rain
04 Baphomet's Throne
05 Of War
06 Slavocracy
07 Reign of Light
08 Into the Pentagram
09 Flagellation
10 Western Ground
11 Soul Invictus
12 Shining Kingdom
13 In the Deep
14 The Truth Is Marching On
15 Infra Galaxia
encore:
16 Ceremony of Opposites
17 Antigod
18 My Saviour
19 outro (What a Wonderful World)
(t.t. 80')
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KEEP OF KALESSIN (NORWAY)
01 Kolossus
02 The Awakening
03 Judgement
04 Dragon Iconography
05 Dark as Moonless Night
06 The Dragontower
07 Ascendant
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MELECHESH (ISRAEL)
01 intro
02 Illumination : The Face of Shamash
03 Sacred Geometry
04 Ladders to Sumeria
05 Grand Gathas of Baal Sin
06 Triangular Tattvic Fire
07 Ghouls of Nineveh
08 Rebirth of the Nemesis
09 outro
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Dark End (ITALY)
01 intro
02
03
04 Destruction (with Vassilis Mazaris from Daylight Misery, GR)
05
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