PIXIES
Brixton Academy, London - 4th June 2004
Support: Graham Coxon
Three days before this show, MrsRobster and I got married, so this effectively was our honeymoon. How many people can say they saw one of the greatest, most influential bands in their lifetime while on their honeymoon?
This was the legendary Pixies comeback tour, taking place more than a decade after their somewhat acrimonious split. It all started with a four-night residency at Brixton Academy. It was only supposed to be two nights, but demand was so high, they expanded it to four after the first two sold out within minutes. This delighted me as I'd been too slow off the mark initially, so as soon as the extra dates were announced, I was on it. The date hadn't registered with me at the time, it was MrsRobster (of course) who joined the dots.
Graham Coxon (he of Blur) supported, but I have to confess to not remembering a lot about it. I wasn't familiar with his solo material and was perhaps a little to excited to see my heroes again to take too much notice.
Of course, Pixies were immense; they were everything I remembered bout them and more. The set was long, they rattled through song after song with barely room for breath in between and the performance was spot on. Kim was the only one to speak to the audience - which was quite typical - but even that was kept to a minimum. This was a night for reliving those amazing songs from amazing records by an amazing band.
Vamos was an obvious highlight, with Joey given a couple of minutes to fuck around and practically destroy his guitar in the process; Gigantic really lived up to its name with everyone hollering that chorus along with Kim; and Black Francis still had that blood-curdling scream - Tame still sounded terrifying.
In total, 29 songs were played, 11 of them from 'Doolittle' which made me a very happy boy. It really was a night to remember, so it seems strange that it was only the second best day of that week...
Here's the closing track from this particular show, and some footage of the following night.
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