Heart of a Punk Soul of a Rasta

Beady Eye at Wolverhampton Civic, no pictures and no videos, see the review from Apollo last month for all that sort of old guff. What we got at Wolverhampton was a rerun of Manchester with one addendum, "Wig Wam" got inserted into the encores along side "Sons of the Stage". "Wig Wam", which for me is one of the most impressive progressive moments from "Different Gear, Still Speeding" was well worth waiting for on the night and worth the ticket price alone.

After the Manchester gig I said it was the first time I'd seen Liam Gallagher and left the venue dry. It was not repeated at Wolverhampton sweat, beer and cider was drenched into my every pore. We got the same trinity played prior Beady Eye taking to the stage, "God Save the Queen" by The Pistols, "That's Entertainment" by The Jam and "I am the Resurrection" by The Roses. The only exception was "That's Entertainment" got the most crowd participation of the three (unlike in Manchester where Stone Roses came off best - but then this is the Wolverhampton Civic home of The Jam (Cough). Steve Craddock (Ocean Colour Scene/Weller) was the Beady Eye support - well he didn't have far to come. He played stuff off his new solo album "Peace City West", it sound not half bad to me - it's out there - go find it.

Beady Eye's sound was massively better at the Civic compared to what we we got at the echonic Apollo, and they played the set with more freedom and more authority this time round. Bell actually smiled a few times and during the final encore LG did up his hood to protect his hair from the prevailing shower of beer and plopped off stage and into the pit. It seems that Liam and Beady Eye are away and running, and all things Beady as far as my ears are concerned seem sweet so far. So how long will it be before Noel awakes from his sleeping slumbers? Sometime between now and the next Beady Eye album? I wouldn't bet against it.