Tonights gig, in conjunction with NME Radio & Dr Martins was a free ticket affair, but unfortunately, many fans were left disappointed as it had been way oversubscribed (five times over infact), which just goes to show how much Twisted Wheel's popularity has grown in such a short space of time.
It was good to catch up with the lads again, especially after their triumphant set at the Rho Milano Urban Festival at the weekend, with Jonny's scar on his leg from his (now ledgendary) stage dive during Deep Purple's set (video can be seen under the Milano Festival review) it was back to business as usual, with this blistering set that so impressed the London crowd this evening.
The morning had been spent at a photo shoot for Dr Martins, so it was inevitable really, that Jonny would sing the infamous line 'Dr Martin, Dr Martin, Dr Martin boots - yeah' (from Alexei Sayle's song that plays homage to the legendary footwear) as they climbed up onto the small stage at the front end of the pub.
(all pix and txt by Jane)
'Lucy The Castle' was first up and got the crowd rockin. With 'Bad Candy' and 'She's a Weapon' following in hot pursuit. The brilliant 'Circus' was played again, after it had its first airing in ages at the weekend in Milan. Now tonight, was really special as we were witness to the first public airing of their new song 'Invention' - a real rocky number with a Stooges vein, can't wait to hear it again.
Set List'Lucy The Castle'
'Bad Candy'
'She's A Weapon'
'One Night on The Street'
'Let Them Have It All'
'Strife'
'Circus'
'Smash It Up'
'Invention'
'You Stole The Sun'
'Oh What Have You Done'
'Turnaround'
'We Are Us'
'Racket'
When the lads played the opening chords to 'You Stole The Sun', the bouncers had to be called, as the Monarch could hardly contain the eager crowd. At one point Jonny asked the bouncers to leave the crowd alone as no one was doing any harm, with pushing and shoving, singing and jumping no one was gonna stop anyone, there was even a person (*cough*) who got on stage n' sung along. With the new arrangement of 'Turnaround' with its magnificent guitar solo still intact, it was drawing near to the end of the set.
Twisted Wheel really showed 'em how to rock tonight, and if you werent lucky enough to be there, hopefully you heard it all on the radio.
Dont forget, their headline tour starts on 1st October at Fibbers, York and goes all round the country, including Wales and Scotland - tickets available right now (use the links in the side bar on this site).. It will probably be your last chance to see the Wheel perform at such small venues as with tonights performance being a 'sell out', their popularity holds no bounds and will be playing in larger venues real soon - so please dont miss out on the chance of seeing THE best up n coming band around............ you have been warned...............xx
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