On Wednesday night I went with my usual concert-buddy to see The Gaslight Anthem and Social Distortion at the Palace. I was really excited about this gig as TGA are one of my favorite bands at the moment and I like Social Distortion as well.
When we got there, Feeder where on stage. I hadn't heard anything about Feeder since high school and here they were warming up for a couple of awesome punk bands. They were ok. I've never been a real fan of Feeder and that's not likely to change, but they didn't bring the venue down or ruin the night.
Then The Gaslight anthem came on. Before I continue I'd like to point out that TGA were the warm-up act for Social Distortion and the warm-up act is almost never better than the headliners. As the majority of the people in the crowd were there to see Social Distortion, there really wasn't enough energy in the room for TGA to build on. That said, The Gaslight Anthem were fantastic. TGA played songs from all of their albums and Brian Fallon did his best to work the crowd, but he had his work cut out for him.
Social Distortion were also great, they had a bigger crowd and knew how to work them. Even though I wasn't really there to see them, I enjoyed their whole set.
I got a TGA shirt, so the night evened out ok.
It wasn't the best gig I've ever been to, but not the worst either, I'm hoping TGA do a headlining tour next year.
I saw taillights last night, in a dream about my first wife... Hat Guy
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