The Magic Numbers, Newcastle 01 Dec 2006

We went to see the Magic Numbers last night, in the Northumbrian University Students Union venue. We were quite looking forward to it, having played the first album a lot and missed out on their first tour.

I bought the second album and after having it a while and only playing it a few times I realised we might have missed the boat a bit...

When we eventually found somewhere to park and got inside, the first battle was to get a drink which we knew immediately would be our one and only chance for refreshment as it took so fecking long to get served.

The room was large but hot and packed full, which should have been a great atmosphere but it was also Friday night and standing only, so psychologically I was already tired.

The band played fantastically well, note-perfect and sounded just like the album.



On the down-side, the band played fantastically well, note-perfect and sounded just like the album... however the girl playing the bass was fantastic! She thrashed her hair about and rocked as if she loved it... great stuff... and it's always good to see people in the flesh.

They did a version of Running up That Hill which was worth hearing (I think everyone's done a version of this now) but after that I got sick of the view of the posh blonde tart pouting right in front of me, so we left and headed up to Berwick.