Tuna Day

Tonight I went to Shared at the Town Hall in Birmingham, an evening curated by Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff.  It was a great night out.

On the bill were Katell Keineg, Roddy Frame (of Aztec Camera), Nick Heywood, Wayne Hussey (from The Mission) and Mile Hunt and Erica Nockalls.  There were so many highlights and great songs played that’s it’s difficult to single any one out.  Wayne Hussey came on like a rocker and opened his set with a stripped down acoustic version of Wasteland so I’ve chosed that.  This clip is from last night, shot on my wife’s Flip.  I was a little bit startstuck to meet him after the gig and get him to sign stuff.

It was a joy to see Roddy Frame performing live.  Last time was my first ever gig at the Odeon in Birmingham in 1983, aged 13.

Nick Heyward was just a lovely bloke, a bit nervous and quite disorganised but we didn’t mind.  I think the venue itself helped too.  We met and chatted to him afterwards.  He signed our tickets and was really friendly.

Miles and Erica were also joined on some songs by the Nemesis String Quartet, which Erica is part off.  I like a string section, me.  They only did one Stuffies track with most stuff being from the new album, Catching More Than We Miss.  I bought a copy and got Miles and Erica to sign it.  My wife has a chat to Erica about her fancy dress and shoes.  Girls huh!