en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices s_libretto's Last.fm Journal http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal The Last.fm journal for s_libretto. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. Top 50 Albums http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/09/08/2zwyk3_top_50_albums Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:28:07 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/09/08/2zwyk3_top_50_albums s_libretto's top albums (overall) 1. Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (1412)
2. Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (1402)
3. The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (1302)
4. Radiohead - OK Computer (1301)
5. Radiohead - The Bends (1218)
6. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (1083)
7. Pixies - Doolittle (1060)
8. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (1059)
9. The Arcade Fire - Funeral (1057)
10. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (1021)
11. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (1018)
12. Radiohead - In Rainbows (949)
13. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (933)
14. Portishead - Third (842)
15. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine (822)
16. Bruce Springsteen - The River (797)
17. Massive Attack - Mezzanine (787)
18. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I (765)
19. Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles (742)
20. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (739)
21. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (703)
22. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (701)
23. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (691)
24. The Cure - Disintegration (674)
25. Pixies - Surfer Rosa (671)
26. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (662)
27. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief (660)
28. Pearl Jam - Ten (652)
29. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (624)
30. The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (605)
31. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder (602)
32. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III (599)
33. Jeff Buckley - Grace (597)
34. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (596)
35. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (589)
36. Bruce Springsteen - Magic (586)
37. The Beatles - Abbey Road (561)
38. Portishead - Dummy (553)
39. Pixies - Bossanova (539)
40. Pink Floyd - The Wall (535)
41. The Beatles - The Beatles (531)
42. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (529)
43. Radiohead - Kid A (516)
44. The Who - Who's Next (509)
45. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (502)
46. Blur - Parklife (490)
47. Eminem - The Slim Shady LP (480)
48. Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (478)
49. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (458)
50. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (452)

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]]> Concerts: 2009-2010 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/09/06/2zr6td_concerts%3A_2009-2010 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 22:39:01 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/09/06/2zr6td_concerts%3A_2009-2010 Perfect Symmetry Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 13rd February 2009
Keane (2)

Day & Age Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 23rd February 2009
The Killers (7.5)

NME Big Gig at The O2 Arena, London; 26th February 2009
The Cure (8)
Franz Ferdinand (9)
Crystal Castles (1)
White Lies (7)

World Magnetic Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 2nd March 2009
Metallica (9.5)
Machine Head (4)
The Sword (7)

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 9th March 2009
Franz Ferdinand (9)
The Soft Pack (5)

The Seldom Seen Kid Tour at Wembley Arena, London; 14th March 2009
Elbow (10)
The Acorn (7.5)

A Hundred Million Suns Tour at The O2 Arena Arena, London; 15th March 2009
Snow Patrol (9)

22 Dreams Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 21st March 2009
Paul Weller (8.5)

Merriweather Post Pavilion Tour at The Forum, London; 24th March 2009
Animal Collective (7)
Pantha du Prince (5.5)

Teenage Cancer Trust at Royal Albert Hall, London; 27th March 2009
Kasabian (6.5)
The Hours (7.5)
Jersey Budd (7)

Bob Dylan at The O2 Arena, London; 25th April 2009
Bob Dylan (6)

It's Blitz! Tour at Shepherds Bush Empire, London; 26th April 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (8)

Funhouse Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 1st May 2009
P!nk (8)
Raygun (3)

Kingdom of Rust Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 2nd May 2009
Doves (8)

Journal for Plague Lovers Tour at Roundhouse, London; 28th May 2009
Manic Street Preachers (8.5)
The Answering Machine (3)

Journal for Plague Lovers Tour at Roundhouse, London; 28th May 2009
Manic Street Preachers (9.5)

I Am ... Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 8th June 2009
Beyoncé (6)

Only by the Night Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 15th June 2009
Kings of Leon (8)
Glasvegas (5)

Ornette Coleman's Meltdown at Royal Festival Hall, London; 16th June 2009
Moby (8.5)

Ornette Coleman's Meltdown at Royal Festival Hall, London; 18th June 2009
Patti Smith (7)
Patti Smith and A Silver Mt. Zion (7)
Soap&Skin (6)

The War of the Worlds at The O2 Arena, London; 20th June 2009
Jeff Wayne (6.5)

Everything Is Borrowed Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 23rd June 2009
The Streets (6)
Natty (5.5)

Horehound Tour at The Forum, London; 24th June 2009
The Dead Weather (8)
Smoke Fairies (6)

Black Ice Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 26th June 2009
AC/DC (10)
The Subways (4.5)
The Answer (4)

Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park, London; 27th June 2009
Neil Young (10)
Fleet Foxes (8)
Ben Harper and Relentless7 (6)

Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park, London; 28th June 2009
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band (10)
Dave Matthews Band (7)

Steely Dan at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 1st July 2009
Steely Dan (8)

Blur at Hyde Park, London; 2nd July 2009
Blur (10)
Foals (5.5)
Crystal Castles (2)
Golden Silvers (5.5)

Blur at Hyde Park, London; 3rd July 2009
Blur (10)
Vampire Weekend (7)
Amadou & Mariam (6.5)
Florence and The Machine (5)

Dig Out Your Soul Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 9th July 2009
Oasis (6.5)
Kasabian (7.5)

Dear Science Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 13rd July 2009
TV on the Radio (8)

NIN|JA Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 15th July 2009
Nine Inch Nails (9)
Jane's Addiction (9)
Mew (6)

The National at Royal Festival Hall, London; 10th August 2009
The National (9)

U2 360° Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 14th August 2009
U2 (9)
Elbow (8)
The Hours (7)

Pearl Jam at The O2 Arena, London; 18th August 2009
Pearl Jam (10)
Gomez (7)

Humbug Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 26th August 2009
Arctic Monkeys (9.5)
Them Crooked Vultures (9.5)

Reading Festival at Little John's Farm, Reading; 28th-30th August 2009
Day 1
Faith No More (10)
Jamie T (6)
Friendly Fires (6.5)
Placebo (5.5)
The Big Pink (6)
Fall Out Boy (4.5)
Deftones (5.5)
Funeral For A Friend (5)
Little Boots (6)
The Airborne Toxic Event (6.5)
The Virgins (5)
Manchester Orchestra (5.5)
Dananananaykroyd (7)
Day 2
Arctic Monkeys (9)
The Prodigy (8.5)
Maxïmo Park (6.5)
Ian Brown (5.5)
Them Crooked Vultures (9)
Patrick Wolf (5)
Eagles of Death Metal (6)
The Rakes (6)
Fightstar (5)
Mariachi El Bronx (7)
Day 3
Radiohead (10)
Bloc Party (7.5)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (7)
Vampire Weekend (7.5)
Brand New (6)
The View (5)
The Living End (8)
Noah and the Whale (6)
Kinds in Glass Houses (5)

Splitting the Atom Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 17th September 2009
Massive Attack (8)

Splitting the Atom Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 18th September 2009
Massive Attack (8)

Viva la Vida Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 19th September 2009
Coldplay (8)
Jay-Z (8.5)
Girls Aloud (6.5)
White Lies (5.5)

Farm Tour at Koko, London; 25th September 2009
Dinosaur Jr. (8)

Doolittle Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 6th October 2009
Pixies (10)

Spandau Ballet at The O2 Arena, London; 22nd October 2009
Spandau Ballet (7.5)

Q Awards at The Forum, London; 23rd October 2009
Sonic Youth (9)

21st Century Breakdown Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 24th October 2009
Green Day (10)

Swords Tour at Royal Albert Hall, London; 27th October 2009
Morrissey (6)
Doll & The Kicks (5)

21st Century Breakdown Tour at Wembley Arena, London; 1st November 2009
Green Day (10)
Prima Donna (5)

Unleashed Tour at Wembley Arena, London; 6th November 2009
Fleetwood Mac (9)

Embryonic Tour at The Troxy, London; 11th November 2009
The Flaming Lips (8.5)
Cymbals Eat Guitars (6)

The Resistance Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 14th November 2009
Muse (8)
The Big Pink (5)

Black Gives Way to Blue Tour at The Forum, London; 16th November 2009
Alice in Chains (8)

Humbug Tour at Wembley Arena, London; 18th November 2009
Arctic Monkeys (8)
Eagles of Death Metal (5)

The Specials at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 24th November 2009
The Specials (8.5)

It's Blitz! Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 1st December 2009
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (8)

Modest Mouse at Shepherds Bush Empire, London; 14th December 2009
Modest Mouse (7)

Tour of the Universe at The O2 Arena, London; 15th December 2009
Depeche Mode (9)

Phrases for the Young Tour at The Forum, London; 16th December 2009
Julian Casablancas (6.5)

Public Image Ltd. at Brixton Academy, London; 21st December 2009
Public Image Ltd.

Good Evening Europe Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 22nd December 2009
Paul McCartney

A Wizard, A True Star at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 6th February 2010
Todd Rundgren

Heligoland Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 11th February 2010
Massive Attack

Contra Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 16th February 2010
Vampire Weekend

Teenage Cancer Trust at Royal Albert Hall, London; 17th February 2010
Depeche Mode

Tour of the Universe at The O2 Arena, London; 20th February 2010
Depeche Mode

New Blood Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 27th March 2010
Peter Gabriel

Iggy & the Stooges Performing Raw Power at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 2nd May 2010
The Stooges

The National at Royal Albert Hall, London; 6th May 2010
The National

Pavement at Brixton Academy, London; 11th May 2010
Pavement

Pavement at Brixton Academy, London; 12th May 2010
Pavement

Sonic Boom Tour at Wembley Arena, London; 13th May 2010
KISS

Wake Up the Nation Tour at Royal Albert Hall, London; 25th May 2010
Paul Weller

Rod Stewart at The O2 Arena, London; 11th June 2010
Rod Stewart

The Circle Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 11th June 2010
Bon Jovi

21st Century Breakdown Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 19th June 2010
Green Day

Hard Rock Calling at Hyde Park, London; 25th June 2010
Pearl Jam

The Resistance Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 11th September 2010
Muse
The Big Pink

I Would Happily Punch Every One of You in the Face Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 5th November 2010
Frankie Boyle]]> Concerts: 2007-2008 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/09/06/2zr6q6_concerts%3A_2007-2008 Sun, 6 Sep 2009 22:38:07 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/09/06/2zr6q6_concerts%3A_2007-2008 Planet Earth Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 20th September 2007
Prince (9)

The Police at Wembley Arena, London; 20th October 2007
The Police (9)
Fiction Plane (6)

The Black Parade Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 15th November 2007
My Chemical Romance (3)
Mindless Self Indulgence (3)

Neon Bible Tour at Alexandra Palace, London; 17th November 2007
Arcade Fire (10)
Clinic (5)
Wild Light (6)

Our Love to Admire Tour at Alexandra Palace, London; 30th November 2007
Interpol (9.5)
Blonde Redhead (8.5)

Favourite Worst Nightmare Tour at Alexandra Palace, London; 8th December 2007
Arctic Monkeys (9.5)
The Horrors (2)
The Rascals (3)

Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at The O2 Arena, London; 10th December 2007
Led Zeppelin (10)
Foreigner (2)
Paolo Nutini (2)
Paul Rodgers (5)
Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings (5)

The Verve at The O2 Arena, London; 13th December 2007
The Verve (9)
Reverend and The Makers (5)

A Weekend in the City Tour at Alexandra Palace, London; 14th December 2007
Bloc Party (9)
The Cribs (4)
Foals (6)

Morrissey at The Roundhouse, London; 23rd January 2008
Morrissey (7)
Girl in a Coma (1)

Riot! Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 1st February 2008
Paramore (3)
New Found Glory (3.5)
Kids In Glass Houses (3)
Conditions (2)

Era Vulgaris Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 11th February 2008
Queens of the Stone Age (8)
In Case of Fire (5)

Zeitgeist Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 16th February 2008
The Smashing Pumpkins (8)
Oceansize (4.5)

NME Big Gig at The O2 Arena, London; 28th February 2008
Manic Street Preachers (8)
Kaiser Chiefs (6.5)
Bloc Party (6)
Klaxons (6)
The Cribs (4)

Chrome Dreams II Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 14th March 2008
Neil Young (10)
Pegi Young (6)

The Cure at Wembley Arena, London; 20th March 2008
The Cure (10)

Long Road Out of Eden Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 22nd March 2008
Eagles (7)

Antidotes Tour at Molotow, Hamburg; 6th April 2008
Foals (6.5)

Third Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 10th April 2008
Portishead (10)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (6)

Monty Python’s Spamalot at A Really Useful Theatre, London; 12th April 2008
Spamalot (7)

Volta Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 14th April 2008
Björk (9)
Leila (2)

Third Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 17th April 2008
Portishead (9.5)
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (6)

The Black and White Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 18th April 2008
The Hives (7)
Henry Fiat's Open Sore (2.5)

Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 8th May 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (10)
Barry Adamson (7)

Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 9th May 2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (10)
Dave Graney & The Lurid Yellow Mist (6)

Consolers of the Lonely Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 14th May 2008
The Raconteurs (7.5)
The See See (6.5)

Dark Side of the Moon Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 19th May 2008
Roger Waters (9)

De La Soul + 11 Piece Band at The Forum, London; 20th May 2008
De La Soul (8)

The Reminder Tour at The Royal Albert Hall, London; 21st May 2008
Feist (9)
Lawrence Arabia (6)

Here We Stand Tour at Dingwalls, London; 27th May 2008
The Fratellis (5)

Magic Tour at the Emirates Stadium, London; 30th May 2008
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (10)

Magic Tour at the Emirates Stadium, London; 31st May 2008
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (10)

The Best Damn Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 4th June 2008
Avril Lavigne (3)
Jonas Brothers (3)

Real Emotional Trash Tour at Shepherds Bush Empire, London; 5th June 2008
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks (8)
The Cribs (3)

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 7th June 2008
Foo Fighters (7)
Supergrass (7)
The Futureheads (6.5)

Lostprophets at the Astoria, London; 11th June 2008
Lostprophets (4)
Attack! Attack! (3)
The New 1920 (3)
Flash! Flash! Flash! Photography (3)

Massive Attack's Meltdown at Royal Festival Hall, London; 14th June 2008
Massive Attack (9.5)
Riz Mc (6)

Massive Attack's Meltdown at Royal Festival Hall, London; 16th June 2008
Elbow (8.5)
Fleet Foxes (8.5)

My Bloody Valentine at The Roundhouse, London; 20th June 2008
My Bloody Valentine (9)
Le Volume Courbe (5)

Santana at The O2 Arena, London; 22nd June 2008
Santana (8)
Beverley Knight (7)

In Rainbows Tour at Victoria Park, London; 24nd June 2008
Radiohead (10)
Bat for Lashes (7)

In Rainbows Tour at Victoria Park, London; 25th June 2008
Radiohead (10)
Bat for Lashes (7)

Lost Highway Tour at Twickenham Stadium, London; 27th June 2008
Bon Jovi (7)

Berlin Tour at The Royal Albert Hall, London; 30th June 2008
Lou Reed (7.5)

O2 Wireless Festival at Hyde Park, London; 4th July 2008
Morrissey (7)
Beck (8)
The Wombats (6)
Guillemots (6.5)
Dirty Pretty Things (6.5)
Lightspeed Champion (5)
New York Dolls (7)
Liam Finn (6)

Cease to Begin Tour at Shepherds Bush Empire, London; 8th July 2008
Band of Horses (8)
The Virgins (5.5)

8 Diagrams Tour at Shepherds Bush Empire, London; 15th July 2008
Wu-Tang Clan (6.5)

The Bedlam in Goliath Tour at The Roundhouse, London; 16th July 2008
The Mars Volta (8)

Narrow Stairs Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 17th July 2008
Death Cab for Cutie (8.5)
Styrofoam (6)

Motor Show Music Festival at ExCel, London; 28th July 2008
Blondie (7)

X Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 4th August 2008
Kylie Minogue (6.5)

Kings of Leon at Brixton Academy, London; 14th August 2008
Kings of Leon (7.5)
Glasvegas (7)

Reading Festival at Little John’s Farm, Reading; 22nd – 24th August 2008
Day 1
Rage Against the Machine (10)
Queens of the Stone Age (8.5)
The Fratellis (5)
The Enemy (3)
Biffy Clyro (7)
Serj Tankian (5)
Dizzee Rascal (9)
Taking Back Sunday (4)
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly (5.5)
Anti-Flag (6)
Day 2
The Killers (6.5)
Bloc Party (6.5)
The Raconteurs (6.5)
Editors (7)
We Are Scientists (6.5)
Dirty Pretty Things (5.5)
Santogold (6.5)
The Subways (6)
British Sea Power (5.5)
The Automatic (5)
Day 3
Metallica (10)
Tenacious D (7.5)
Feeder (7)
Mindless Self Indulgance (5)
Dropkick Murphys (6.5)
Plain White T's (4)
Lethal Bizzle (6.5)
Yeasayer (5.5)
Adam Green (6.5)
Cajun Dance Party (6)
XX Teens (6)

Accelerate Tour at Twickenham Stadium, London; 30th August 2008
R.E.M (10)
Editors (5.5)

1977 Tour at The Roundhouse, London; 5th September 2008
Ash (7.5)

Sticky and Sweet Tour at Wembley Stadium, London; 11th September 2008
Madonna (7)
Paul Oakenfold (3)

Death Magnetic Launch Party at The O2 Arena, London; 15th September 2008
Metallica (9.5)

Ocean Rain Tour at The Royal Albert Hall, London; 16th September 2008
Echo & The Bunnymen (8.5)

Q Awards at The Forum, London; 30th September 2008
Bloc Party (8.5)
Esser (4)

Q Awards at The Forum, London; 2nd October 2008
Razorlight (5.5)

Big Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 4th October 2008
Lee Evans (8)

The Cosmos Rocks Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 13th October 2008
Queen + Paul Rodgers (6.5)

Dig Out Your Soul Tour at Wembley Arena, London; 17th October
Oasis (9)
Twisted Wheel (4)

BBC Electric Proms at Cecil Sharp House, London; 22nd October 2008
Goldfrapp (8)

Vampire Weekend at The Forum, London; 25th October 2008
Vampire Weekend (8.5)
Wild Beasts (6)
El Guincho (6)

The Age of the Understatement Tour at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 26th October 2008
The Last Shadow Puppets (9)
Ipso Facto (7)

11 Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 5th November 2008
Bryan Adams (7.5)

Glow in the Dark Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 12th November 2008
Kanye West (8.5)

Leonard Cohen at The O2 Arena, London; 13th November 2008
Leonard Cohen (10)

Narrow Stairs Tour at Brixton Academy, London; 19th November 2008
Death Cab for Cutie (7.5)
Frightened Rabbit (7.5)

Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust Tour at Alexandra Palace, London; 20th November 2008
Sigur Rós (10)
For a Minor Reflection (7)

Oracular Spectacular Tour at The Forum, London; 27th November 2008
MGMT (8)
A Place to Bury Strangers (7)

New Gold Dream Tour at Wembley Arena, London; 29th November 2008
Simple Minds (8)
Deacon Blue (7.5)

Only by the Night Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 11th December 2008
Kings of Leon (9)

The Red Piano Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 13th December 2008
Elton John (7)
Jamie Lidell (6)

The Who at The IndigO2, London; 14th December 2008
The Who (10)
Kinkane (7.5)

Viva la Vida Tour at The O2 Arena, London; 16th December 2008
Coldplay (8.5)

Frankie Boyle Live at Hammersmith Apollo, London; 17th December 2008
Frankie Boyle (9)
Tony Law (7)]]> Artists Seen Live http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/06/06/2s0xbw_artists_seen_live Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:44:49 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/06/06/2s0xbw_artists_seen_live AC/DC
The Acorn
Bryan Adams
Barry Adamson
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alice in Chains
Amadou & Mariam
Animal Collective
The Answer
The Answering Machine
Anti-Flag
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys x4
Ash
Attack! Attack!
The Automatic
Band of Horses
Bat for Lashes x2
Beck
Beyoncé
Biffy Clyro
The Big Pink x2
Björk
Bloc Party x5
Blonde Redhead
Blondie
Blur x2
Bon Jovi (+1)
Frankie Boyle (+1)
Brand New
British Sea Power
Ian Brown
Jersey Budd
Cajun Dance Party
Julian Casablancas
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds x2
Clinic
Leonard Cohen
Coldplay x2
Conditions
The Cribs x3
Crystal Castles x2
The Cure x2
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Dananananaykroyd
De La Soul
Deacon Blue
The Dead Weather
Death Cab for Cutie x2
Deftones
Depeche Mode
Dinosaur Jr.
Dirty Pretty Things x2
Dizzee Rascal
Doll & The Kicks
Doves
Dropkick Murphys
Bob Dylan
Eagles
Eagles of Death Metal x2
Echo & The Bunnymen
Editors x3
El Guincho
Elbow x3
The Enemy
Esser
Faith No More
Fall Out Boy
Feeder
Feist
Fiction Plane
Fightstar
Liam Finn
The Flaming Lips
Flash! Flash! Flash! Photography
Fleet Foxes x2
Fleetwood Mac
Florence and The Machine
Foals x3
Foo Fighters
For a Minor Reflection
Foreigner
Franz Ferdinand x2
The Fratellis x2
Friendly Fires
Frightened Rabbit (+1)
Funeral For A Friend
The Futureheads
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
Girl in a Coma
Girls Aloud
Glasvegas x2
Golden Silvers
Goldfrapp
Gomez
Dave Graney & The Lurid Yellow Mist
Adam Green
Green Day x2 (+1)
Guillemots
Ben Harper and Relentless7
A Hawk and a Hacksaw x2
Henry Fiat's Open Sore
The Hives
The Horrors
The Hours x2
In Case of Fire
Interpol
Ipso Facto
Jamie T
Jane's Addiction
Jay-Z
Elton John
Jonas Brothers
Kaiser Chiefs
Kasabian x2
Keane
Kids In Glass Houses x2
The Killers x2
Kings of Leon x3
Kinkane
KISS
Klaxons
Beverley Knight
Avril Lavigne
The Last Shadow Puppets
Tony Law
Lawrence Arabia
Le Volume Courbe
Led Zeppelin
Leila
Lethal Bizzle
Jamie Lidell
Lightspeed Champion
Little Boots
The Living End
Lostprophets
Machine Head
Madonna
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Manchester Orchestra
Manic Street Preachers x3
Mariachi El Bronx
The Mars Volta
Massive Attack x3 (+1)
Dave Matthews Band
Maxïmo Park
Paul McCartney
Metallica x3
Mew
Mindless Self Indulgence x2
Kylie Minogue
MGMT
Mobius Band
Moby
Modest Mouse
Morrissey x3
Muse (+1)
My Bloody Valentine
My Chemical Romance
The National
Natty
The New 1920
New Found Glory
New York Dolls
Nine Inch Nails
Noah and the Whale
Gary Numan (with Nine Inch Nails)
Paolo Nutini
Paul Oakenfold
Oasis x2
Oceansize
Jimmy Page And John Paul Jones (with Foo Fighters)
Pantha du Prince
Paramore
Pavement x2
Pearl Jam
P!nk
Pixies
Placebo
A Place to Bury Strangers
Plain White T's
The Police
Portishead x2
Prima Donna
The Prodigy
Prince
Queen + Paul Rodgers
Queens of the Stone Age x2
R.E.M.
The Raconteurs x2
Radiohead x3
The Rakes
Rage Against the Machine
The Rascals
Raygun
Razorlight
Lou Reed
Reverend and The Makers
Riz Mc
Paul Rodgers
Todd Rundgren
Santana
Santogold
The See See
Sigur Rós
A Silver Mt. Zion (with Patti Smith)
Simple Minds
The Smashing Pumpkins
Patti Smith
Smoke Fairies
Snow Patrol
Soap&Skin
The Soft Pack
Sonic Youth
Sons and Daughters
Spandau Ballet
The Specials
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band x3
Steely Dan
The Streets
Rod Stewart
The Stooges
Styrofoam
The Subways x2
Suicide
Supergrass
The Sword
Taking Back Sunday
Serj Tankian
Tenacious D
Them Crooked Vultures x2
TV on the Radio
Twisted Wheel
U2
Vampire Weekend x3 (+1)
The Verve
The View
The Virgins x2
Roger Waters
Jeff Wayne
We Are Scientists
Paul Weller (+1)
Kanye West
White Lies x2
The Who
Wild Beasts
Wild Light
Patrick Wolf
The Wombats
Wu-Tang Clan
Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings
Yeah Yeah Yeahs x3
Yeasayer
Kristeen Young
Neil Young x2
Pegi Young
XX Teens]]> Weekly and Monthly Top Artists http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/06/06/2s0ws7_weekly_and_monthly_top_artists Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:39:39 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2009/06/06/2s0ws7_weekly_and_monthly_top_artists AC/DC
Arcade Fire x3
Arctic Monkeys x11
At the Drive-In
Beastie Boys
The Beatles x4
Bloc Party x2
David Bowie
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds x4
The Cure x4
Death Cab for Cutie
Depeche Mode
Eminem
Fleetwood Mac
Franz Ferdinand
Green Day x2
Jimi Hendrix x2
Interpol x4
Michael Jackson
Jay-Z
Joy Division
Led Zeppelin x5
Manic Street Preachers x2
Massive Attack
Metallica x2
Morrissey
Nine Inch Nails
Pearl Jam x2
Pink Floyd
Pixies x4
The Police
Portishead x3
Prince
Public Enemy x2
Queens of the Stone Age
R.E.M. x2
Radiohead x8
Rage Against the Machine x3
Sigur Rós
The Smashing Pumpkins
Elliott Smith
The Smiths x3
Snow Patrol
U2
Bruce Springsteen x13
Paul Weller
The Who x3
Neil Young x2

Monthly Top Artists

Aug-2007
The Beatles (453 plays)
Sep-2007
Led Zeppelin (883 plays)
Oct-2007
Radiohead (522 plays)
Nov-2007
Arcade Fire (522 plays)
Dec-2007
Arctic Monkeys (316 plays)
Jan-2008
The Smiths (385 plays)
Feb-2008
Queens of the Stone Age (331 plays)
Mar-2008
Neil Young (360 plays)
Apr-2008
Portishead (401 plays)
May-2008
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (555 plays)
Jun-2008
Bruce Springsteen (1445 plays)
Jul-2008
Radiohead (577 plays)
Aug-2008
Radiohead (516 plays)
Sep-2008
Metallica (451 plays)
Oct-2008
Bruce Springsteen (474 plays)
Nov-2008
Interpol (225 plays)
Dec-2008
Bruce Springsteen (441 plays)
Jan-2009
The Beatles (859 plays)
Feb-2009
Arctic Monkeys (1017 plays)
Mar-2009
Bruce Springsteen (337 plays)
Apr-2009
Bruce Springsteen (568 plays)
May-2009
Manic Street Preachers (337 plays)
Jun-2009
Neil Young (304 plays)
Jul-2009
Bruce Springsteen (828 plays)
Aug-2009
Pearl Jam (423 plays)
Sep-2009
Radiohead (285 plays)
Oct-2009
Pixies (799 plays)
Nov-2009
Arctic Monkeys (341 plays)]]> Led Zeppelin Reunion Gig http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2007/12/12/b94bs_led_zeppelin_reunion_gig Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:55:35 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/s_libretto/journal/2007/12/12/b94bs_led_zeppelin_reunion_gig Mon 10 Dec – Led Zeppelin, Foreigner, Paolo Nutini, Pete Townshend, Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings


I arrived at the O2 Arena on Monday afternoon, brimming full of anticipation. I was actually going to see and hear the legendary Led Zep live. I hadn’t even been born when they were in their hey-day but I’m a massive fan. The place wasn't buzzing yet and I still had to collect my ticket from the box office. Just five minutes later (I had been expecting to queue for several hours) I was bestowed with the glorious key to all my dreams – a blue wristband and an entrance ticket!
The doors opened, and to my surprise I was able to get relatively close to the stage (about 13 rows of standing in front). The Progressive rock stylings of the first support act got tedious rather quickly.
Obviously, the sound checks at the Arena earlier that day hadn’t gone well because the sound was atrocious and continued throughout the night - it seemed highly unprofessional for such an important and much anticipated event. Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings came out and formed the backing band; whilst several has-beens indulged themselves with meaningless interpretations of jazz tunes in the name of Ahmet Ertegun. The mediocrity of the support was solidified as soon as Paolo Nutini took to the stage and butchered Ray Charles' classic "Mess Around." By this time I had moved myself a few rows forward. Paul Rodgers (of Free, Bad Company and to a lesser extent "Queen + Paul Rodgers" fame) took to the stage and delivered an uplifting version of "All Right Now"; this was the sole moment when support was bearable, following this he delivered a solo acoustic performance to the middle-aged audiences delight.
Foreigner soon followed delivering a soppy love ballad which Ahmet Ertegun had adored. So fair play to them, and thank God it was only one song!
I felt slightly disappointed that Pete Townsend hadn't appeared as previously stated on the bill - being a huge "The Who" fan I couldn't wait for him to burst on stage and do a couple of tunes.
Oh well, support was over, so we waited in anticipation whilst the stage was set for the concert of the decade (perhaps century) to take place. The arena slowly filled up, those with seating tickets had no obligation to get there early for the gig. Zeppelin was the only band of interest ... and quite rightly so.
The rockers took to the stage at around 9 PM for what would be a two hour set, gaining an almighty roar from the crowd. The anticipation was finally over, they were right there in front of my eyes: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Jason Bonham (a more than adequate replacement for his father John.)
The set kicked off with "Good Times Bad Times" the opener off their debut album. The sound was terrible but it was no doubt a good opening song; the members needed to get through it to build up their confidence, so short and sharp was without a doubt the best way to begin.
Next was “Ramble On” and then the crowd-pleaser “Black Dog”. Black Dog ignited the crowd into a sing-along frenzy. The rockers, clearly feeling more comfortable on stage, treated us to the first epic song off of the Physical Graffiti album, and a personal favourite of mine, "In My Time of Dying”. The connection between Jason Bonham and Jimmy Page was spellbinding; the heavy metal-esque riff filled the entire arena and we were all gripped, it was literally mesmerising.
With their first epic delivered to perfection, the pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal set about a new task: the one of performing “For Your Life” for the first time ever at a concert. They pulled it off with ease and smiles on their faces could clearly be seen; after all the preparations and rehearsals they were into the gig and it was going perfectly. The funk rock esque “Trampled Under Foot” soon followed and everyone was bobbing up and down to the music, and playing air guitar. Their second number from the Presence album “Nobody’s Fault But Mine”; never really a favourite of mine but growing on me all the time, enabled me to gain a certain amount of appreciation for the drum/guitar combination.
As Jimmy Page shone on “In My Time of Dying”, it was now time for John Paul Jones’ set-piece, the epic keyboard driven “No Quarter”. Vocals on this tune are few and far between so it was interesting to see the connection between Page and Jones after all this time. This song was immense, most certainly one of the highlights of the night – I only wished they would have played more off of “Houses of the Holy”. This dreamy set-piece was followed by the equally epic and beautiful “Since I’ve Been Loving You” which is deemed by many to be amongst Zep’s elite tunes. This slow driven ballad was perfect for the withering Plant to sing. The delivery itself wasn’t forced but he did engage with the audience, again you couldn’t have expected any better from Plant – he may have a lower voice after all these years but he can still deliver the goods and this song was a pleasure to watch.
Page needed to bring out one of his masterpieces now, the epic “Dazed and Confused” followed amidst rapturous applause from the audience, the violin bow came out and there we were watching a master craftsmen carve out his masterpiece as the bow moved across his guitar strings. Amongst the sea of distortion the O2 was silent, stunned and in awe of Page.
Where now you ask? Well if you’ve got a catalogue as good as Led Zeppelin’s then you’ve got to throw in a crowd pleaser, and they most certainly did. The one true song that EVERYBODY knows, Stairway to Heaven. The roof was ready to be lifted, but the poor sound quality caused problems, and the riff appeared to be slightly off.
Then came “The Song Remains the Same” and “Misty Mountain Hop”. Fans nodded their heads in appreciation - “there are 50 different nationalities in this arena” Robert Plant said, “... this is the 51st” before bursting into the thoroughly amazing set closer that is "Kashmir"; the riff was marvellous. Jason Bonham on drums was superb and here we are, viewing one of the best songs ever with Led Zep within touching distance. They’d done it, the set was fulfilled but no-one in the audience was budging one inch.
The crowd were hooked, insisting upon more and they weren’t disappointed – Zeppelin came out again and delivered a fantastic rendition of “Whole Lotta Love” before again going off stage. You know it’s been a long time since the rock and roll legends have taken the stage, Led Zeppelin realised this tonight but in the end it doesn’t matter. They are without a doubt one of the greatest bands to grace the earth, and a second encore of “Rock and Roll” most certainly proved this sentiment.




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