The Charlatans

After some delightful pre-functioning at Mr Maples fab apartment (see Kevin Keegan's Cousin) we headed down to the Commodore to watch The Charlatans. Thanks to Oz! again for tickets!!

If you don't know the Charlatans here's a quick rundown ... They came out around 1989 just as the Manchester scene blew-up. In fact, they're from just outside Manchester, erm, 20 miles away. LOL! ,So in international terms that makes them from Manchester. They had a storming debut album "Some Friendly" and for myself faded away until the epic "Wonderland" album came out. What an album that is too - just a perfect recording.



So here we are in 2006 and they're touring their new album Simpatico, which once again is fantastic!

Back to the night ... After a short cab ride we arrived, grabbed a table, grabbed some drinks and launched into the show. They slid through their way through their now great repertoire of songs. The sounds was once again perfect! Am I just watching accomplished bands with great sound engineers? I think so. They pulled off the new album flawlessly, dipped into their back catalogue and cherry picked some delicious tracks "Judas", "Then", "The Only One I Know". Come on! The list goes on...

Such a good night out, listening to a fab band, enjoying Mr Maples party and our friends from Manchester & Wales (I'll have to come up with a pseudonyme for this 2 soon)