I headed to London late last week. It was my niece's 18th birthday and I'd got us tickets to go see Fontaines DC in the Hammersmith Apollo. I hadn't been to London since June 2019 when I went to see Me First and the Gimme Gimmes play the Forum, Kentish Town.
Why I booked a 7:00am flight I'll never know, but I did and so I had to be at the airport for 5:00am, which meant me leaving home before 4:00am. It was going to be a long day!
After some sightseeing, it was time to make our way to the Hammersmith Apollo via the underground. Ordinarily a simple trip, until someone makes a mistake, and we get the wrong tube... Anyway, we got there in time, that's the important thing!
What can I say about Fontaines DC that I haven't said before? They were superb, from the moment they walked on the stage, they owned that crowd! Kicking off with A Lucid Dream it was non-stop action till they finished with I Love You and the crowd sang every note!
Here's the setlist (courtesy of Setlist.FM) and I've linked to a few videos from the gig on YouTube:- A Lucid Dream
- In ár gCroíthe go deo
- Sha Sha Sha
- Television Screens
- Skinty Fia
- Big Shot
- Chequeless Reckless
- I Don't Belong
- Oh Such a Spring
- Nabokov
- A Hero's Death
- Too Real
- Roy's Tune
- Jackie Down the Line
- Roman Holiday
- Televised Mind
- Big
- Boys in the Better Land
- I Love You
I don't have a lot of photos. I only had a small Sony with me, so the quality is a bit shite, plus the lighting was super saturated blues, reds and greens! Oh, and I was located right at the back of the theatre, miles from the stage, so that didn't help...
As a bonus feature, you can have some photos of London also!
