MANIC STREET PREACHERS // THE SSE HYDRO, GLASGOW
THE MANICS BRING THEIR OWN BRAND OF ROUSING ANTHEMS TO THE HYDRO
MANIC STREET PREACHERS PERFORMING AT GLASGOW'S SSE HYDRO - 25.04.18
PICTURE BY: STUART WESTWOOD PHOTOGRAPHY @AMAZINGMUSICPIX
★★★★★
First on the bill were Liverpudlian band The Coral opening to a quiet Hydro. It couldn’t have been easy but they carried it off in style with a short set list that included ‘In The Morning’ and their biggest hit ‘Dreaming Of You’, that brought the quiet cavernous hall to life.
Then it was time for the Manic Street Preachers to hit the stage. Opening with 'International Blue' from the new album, it got them and the crowd off to a good start. Followed quickly by 'You Stole The Sun From My Heart', and I thought the roof was going to get blown off - disproving the comment from a veteran fan who had earlier remarked they thought the Hydro might be too big for them.
Then apologetically they played a mixture of tracks from the new album, interspersed with classic tracks everyone wants to hear, but also a few lesser-known tracks for the "Trainspotters", as James Dean Bradfield referred to them.
There was also room for a couple of poignant moments, Nicky Wire dedicating 'Motorcycle Emptiness' to Richey Edwards, and then, after an acoustic interlude with James displaying some fine busking skills, the band returned for a throwback to their Glam Punk early days with 'You Love Us', accompanied with video images of their long departed brother-in-arms.
And as all great bands know, you save the best to last. So sending the crowd home with 'A Design For Life' ringing in their ears, certainly proved Resistance Is indeed Futile...
SETLIST - | MANIC STREET PREACHERS - THE SSE HYDRO, GLASGOW - 25.04.2018
International Blue
You Stole the Sun From My Heart
No Surface All Feeling
Distant Colours
Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
4 Ever Delayed
Dylan & Caitlin
Motorcycle Emptiness
A Song for Departure
The Masses Against the Classes
Horses Under Starlight (with Gavin Fitzjohn)
Ocean Spray (with Gavin Fitzjohn)
If Your Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
Faster (Acoustic, with "Sleepflower" snippet)
Kevin Carter (with Gavin Fitzjohn - Acoustic)
You Love Us
Walk Me to the Bridge
Hold Me Like a Heaven
Tsunami
Let Robeson Sing
People Give In
Slash 'n' Burn
A Design for Life