travis @ mean fiddler, 14.10.04
Last Thursday was Travis's gig at the Mean Fiddler - the last show of a UK tour to promote their forthcoming greatest hits LP.What can I say except Travis are always such fun in gigs (I've seen them four times now), very sweet lads really, and they are still as down-to-earth now as they were before they got famous. I was stood in front of the bass speakers, in the front row and smack in front of the stage, which probably explains why my ears are still ringing.
They played 21 songs in total - all 16 singles and a five-song encore that was brilliant, consisting of the cover 'Baby One More Time'; Dougie and Andy on David Bowie's classic 'All the Young Dudes'; Fran's stunning microphone-free acoustic version of '20' (you could hear a pin drop in that room); the lovely 'The Weight' sung by Travis and joined by their opening act, The Magic Numbers; and to close, the crowd favourite - the hidden track from The Man Who. Other memorable songs included 'U16 Girls', 'Tied to the 90s', 'Happy', and 'Writing to Reach You'.
"See you next year," Fran called out at the end of the show. Right now, next year seems quite far away, and we shall miss Travis very much in the meantime.
L'Esthete @ 11:00
