Last night Mr and Mrs MilesSmiles, Mario, Jerome (Mario's friend) and Mr and Mrs Lontano attended the Sydney Porcupine Tree show.

It was a very good show and the band were on excellent form - about two hours long and a pretty full on PT experience. Set list was mostly from FOABP, In Absentia and Deadwing eras, so lots of the heavy end of the catalogue.

Fear of a blank planet
What happens now
Lazarius
Anesthetise
The sound of Muzak
Dark matter
Open car
A smart kid
Hate song
Blackest eyes
Way out of here
Sleep together

Encore:
Mother and Child Divided
Trains
Halo

Musicianship was excellent as you would expect with some great drumming from Gavin Harrison and for a band that has not played much for a while they really were very well rehearsed.

For me the best bits were Open Car, Blackest Eyes, Anesthetise, Sleep Together, Trains(best track of the night, with Steve playing some great acoustic guitar) and Halo. Hatesong did not do it for me for some reason.

I was disappointed not to get to hear Sentimental and Normal but I am not really complaining

So a good gig and I look forward to the London show in October.

A few shots from the gig.

Adrian

What a fantastic show this was. I'm amazed that although you left your big guns at home the little camera made such great pics from a distance.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
What a fantastic show this was. I'm amazed that although you left your big guns at home the little camera made such great pics from a distance.

It would have nice to take the "big guns" with me but too risky. You can get away with the smaller cameras. Anyway, they are a little "noisy" but certainly good enough as a memory of the night.

Currently spinning In Absentia. The tracks from this album came over so well.

A few more pics

It sure was a great show and the band was in top form. I can't hear my SL2 at the moment but at least I have a good memory of what they use to sound like! It would have been good to hear more of their older stuff but no complaints, they delivered a full blown performance.

The nights company and food was also great, a fab night all round.

Top pics Adrian.

Mario.

Nice pics Adrian.. See Steve is still shoe less

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Originally posted by DenisA:
It is also expected that Blackfield will tour

What do you know DenisA? Or anyone else?

Mark

I would not think Blacfield will tour until next year.If they do?
Porcupine Tree still have a few gigs left on there world tour to go.
Munch

Mark,

Unfortunately no Blackfield news and looking below, the Window of Opportunity is narrow...

PT Upcoming Shows
30 May 2008 20:00 - Pinkpop Festival LANDGRAAF
7 Jun 2008 20:00 - Rocksound Festival Schwarzenbach
13 Jun 2008 20:00 - Novarock Nickelsdorf, Austria
21 Jun 2008 20:00 - Hellfest Clisson
4 Jul 2008 20:00 - Ruisrock Turku
6 Jul 2008 20:00 - B1 Club MOSCOW
7 Oct 2008 20:00 - Incrivel Almadense LISBON
8 Oct 2008 20:00 - Teatro Sa Da Bandeira PORTO
10 Oct 2008 20:00 - Sala Heineken MADRID
11 Oct 2008 20:00 - Apolo BARCELONA
12 Oct 2008 20:00 - Rockstar Live BILBAO
19 Oct 2008 20:00 - Indigo2 (next to O2 Arena) LONDON

no-man shows
29 Aug 2008 No-Man's first full live performance since 1993 at London's prestigious Bush Hall.

The event will be recorded for possible future DVD release - Tickets here

Gavin Harrison
15 Jun 2008 - London International Music Show
Drummer Live 2008: a headliners line-up

11.00 Josh Devine (Mapex Drummer of Tomorrow)
11.15 TBC
12.15 Pete Ray Biggin (Mark Ronson)
13.30 Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour)
14.45 Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree)
16.00 Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin & Foreigner)

Interesting Gavin stuff
Gavin Harrison: Rhythmic Illusionist
Gavin has been answering questions for the last 2 years here Drummer World


Record Collector Articles
Current edition features PT & no-man interview with Tim Bowness here. The PT feature dicusses 50 collectables and quotes it would need the entire magazine capture Steven Wilson's collaborations I bought this today.

Denis

Tonefloat News - porcupine tree »lightbulb sun« regular 2lp / limited edition 2lp (tf56) following the release of the definitive 2cd edition earlier this year, we are pleased to announce that lightbulb sun will finally see a vinyl release. on 8 july 2008. the remastered and remixed 2000 studio album will be out as a lavish 2lp edition, complete with disappear, buying new soul, and cure for optimism, which were recorded during the same sessions. this double vinyl lp is dedicated to the memory of michael piper, who passed away in april 2008. in fact it was meant to be the latest in a line of beautifully packaged porcupine tree related vinyl releases he lovingly curated for his own gates of dawn label. the test pressings had been approved, and the artwork completed, but michael entered hospital before he could place the final manufacturing order, and never came out again. lightbulb sun will now be issued by tonefloat in a limited and numbered edition of 1,000 copies on 180 grams coloured vinyl, and a regular edition on 180 grams black vinyl. lightbulb sun can be pre-ordered from our store . release date: 8 july 2008.