Del Amitri at the 1990
Glastonbury Festival, 23rd June 1990.
Set-list:
1.
Opposite
View
2.
Hatful
Of Rain
3.
When
I Want You
4.
As
Soon As The Tide Comes In
5.
Don't
Cry No Tears
6.
Nothing
Ever Happens
7.
You're
Gone
8.
Stone
Cold Sober
9.
Spit
In The Rain
10.
The
Ones That You Love Lead You Nowhere
11.
The
Return Of Maggie Brown
12.
Kiss
This Thing Goodbye
Approximately 55 minutes
Notes:
Complete show: Yes
This show was broadcast on radio. The quality is
Very Good. No commercials or Station ID's.
Remarks:
One of my favourite bands from the moment I first
saw them play at the Students Union of Warwick University (February 10th
1990). It must have helped that they looked cool, “Nothing Ever happens” was a
minor radio hit and I was invariably drunk (*sigh*, to be 21 again). But they
played a nice little gig and set me off; what I remember clearly was the purity
of Justin Currie’s voice, something that could never be captured on digital.
The band took a break from touring to record the
follow-up to Waking hours. My second show was at the Cambridge Corn
Exchange (May 19 1992) as they toured in support of the soon to be released Change Everything. I remember this show quite
clearly as it was right in the middle of my finals exams and I had had enough
of Hobbes and Rousseau; so I dragged 2 non-fan friends all across from
Coventry. A lengthy journey was rewarded with a fantastic show where we were
treated to a sampling of new material. Iain in particular was quite on fire on
lead.
By the time I last saw them (8th December
1992) at the Oxford Apollo, when again I dragged another non-fan friend, the dels
were already pretty much well-known – Change Everything entered the
album charts at number 2 – and tickets were scarce. So we were foisted onto the
upper deck of the all-seater Apollo. Sitting at a del gig was never going to be
fun, but the din of teenage girls screaming, a la crazed Beatles fans, at
Justin made this a less than memorable gig. Funnily enough, I recall a solo Matthew
Sweet opening for them.