BLACKPOOL EMPRESS BALLROOMFRIDAY 27th APRIL 2012.
Bombay Bicycle Club are an English Indie Rock Band from Crouch
End London . Consisting of Jack Steadman . Jamie Mac Coll , Suren
De Sarum Drums & Ed Nash . They are Guitar Fronted & have
experimented with different Genres including Folk / Electronica /
World Music & Indie Rock . The band were given the opening slot on
2006’s V Festival after winning a competition . Since then the band
have released Five Studio Albums . Debut Studio Album I Had The
Blues But I Shook Them Loose ( 2009 ) Including their Fourth Studio
Album So Long See You Tomorrow ( 2014 ) . Which topped the Album
Charts in February 2014 . The Band have Toured Worldwide as a Head
Line Act Playing North America / Australia / Europe & Asia . In January
2016 the four members announced that they would pursue Solo
Projects . In January 2019 Bombay Bicycle Club announced their return
to making new music & Performing Live after a Three Year Hiatus. More
than anything it just felt great being in the same room & playing again .
It made us realise what a good thing we have & has given us renewed
energy & enthusiasm for the future . Label Island Years Active 2005 –
2016 – 2019 – 2023 . Line Up Suren De Sarum Drums ex. ex. ex. Jamie
Mac Coll Lead Guitar ex. ex. ex. Ed Nash Bass Guitar ex. ex. ex. Jack
Steadman Lead Vocals / Guitar & Piano Outstanding Talented Musicians .
Latest Studio Album My Big Day ( 2023 ) Check Them Out So Good.
SONG 1. How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep ex. ” Can I wake you up ”
” Can I wake you up ” ” Is it late enough ” ” Is it late enough ” There’s a
story in which my eyes shut ” Amazing arrangement & playing & Vocals .
SONG 2. Your Eyes ex. ” Nod my head so dumb with love ” ” There’s
something else I’m dreaming of ” ” Shut my eyes pretend it’s there ”
” Keep me here , unaware ” Some amazing guitar work / Vocals & Drums.
SONG 3. Dust On The Ground ex. ” It’s that ancient Love ” ” That you won’t
outgrow ” ” It’s the fee you pay ” ” It’s the debt you owe ” ” Is this subtle
way ” ” That you throw me down ” ” I am inches above ” ” The dust on the
ground ” Amazing arrangement & Song-writing with so much energy ”
SONG 4. Bad Timing ex. ” Can I have your wayward stare ? ” ” Never mind
him calling you , just keep them there ” ” Why do you keep them there ”
” Why do you keep me back ? ” ” With all your powers I am pushing at ”
” No never can it be ” ” These are the words that once said to me ” Magic.
SONG 5. Open House ex. ” So you think you had a walk in the dark ” ” You
don’t think you’ve been working too hard ” ” It looks like he’s been opening
up ” ” He don’t want to but he can’t stop , can’t stop ” Outstanding Sounds.
SONG 6. Leave It ex. ” Don’t think it’s what you’re afraid of ” ” Come in you
know what’s been made up ” ” Hold you tight , words have a new sound ”
” Reading the sounds that just seep out ” Another amazing arrangement .
SONG 7. What You Want ex. ” If I gotta ride like you want ” ” Eating up what
ever you’ve got ” ” Keep my lies up , you know ” ” Oh you force it all , Oh you
need it all ” Some of the guitar work is out of this world & Drums & Vocals .
SONG 8. Lights Out , Words Gone ex. ” Keep your old & wasted words ” ” My
heart is breaking like you heard ” ” But the Town has always turned ” Magic.
SONG 9. Rinse Me Down ex. ” Chasing the night ” ” To make it right ” ” Oh &
you had it ” ” Caught like a rabbit ” Another amazing arrangement & Vocals.
SONG 10. Ivy & Gold ex. ” Waking , sitting up right ” ” Can’t explain the
sunlight ” ” Wondering why you’re not home ” ” The lighted beside you left”
” Before you tried to work out all the unknowns ” Amazing Song-writing .
SONG 11. Evening / Morning ex. ” Always adrift , there are trips to make ”
” The night won’t break , If the day won’t break ” ” When I was out , did you
get it ? ” ” Did you draw the right stamp on your skin ? , say ” Just Love It .
SONG 12 . Cancel On Me ex. ” Cancel on me again ” ” Cancel on me again ”
” & It’s not your fault & again ” ” No it’s not your fault you said ” ” Oh ” Magic.
SONG 13. Lamplight ex. ” These scattered flashes are Devine ” ” They can’t
help but sway your mind ” Another amazing arrangement & playing. Love It.
SONG 14. Beggars ex. Riding a fleet of Beggars & Cons ” ” Taking it back , It
wont be long ” Amazing Vocals / Lead / Bass / Drums outstanding sounds .
SONG 15. Still ex. ” Hold your standards close to your heart ” ” But late one
night you threw them down ” ” Simple promises you said ” ” You’d never
break ” ” But now you have ” This band is on fire tonight really Rocking. Magic.
SONG 16. Beg . ” Feeling heart beats , steal all other sounds ” ” When I thought
my soul burnt out ” ” Oh , I beg you come ” ” I beg you come ” ” Make it out of
there & say you feel it now ” There is so much magic in there playing & Vocals.
SONG 17. Always Like This ex. ” Oh she can wait for what I can give ” ” She
knows what I am , but she won’t believe me ” ” Is it all OK ? ” ” Will I come off
the lightest ” ” I can’t believe it , it’s always like this ” Amazing arrangement .
SONG 18. The Giantess ex. / Emergency Contraception Blues ex. ( Two Songs)
One The Giantess ex. ” Once is better than a life time ” ” Once is better than
the whole one side ” ” When you catch it in the humble lie ” ” He can’t get it
in the after ” ” He can hold it in the molar while ” ” When the back of her get
so damn worked over ” Two. Emergency Contraception ex. Instrumental
Amazing arrangement & out of this world playing & Vocals. Pure Magic.
ENCORE.
SONG 19. Shuffle ex. ” Weight is coming off ” ” Soaring High ” ” Pleading
you to say ” ” Come alive ” Another amazing arrangement & playing .
SONG 20 . What If ex. ” I could go & ask her first ” ” You could try , but it
won’t work ” ” I don’t want my cover blown ” ” I should do this own my
own ” This has been a wonderful Set from this amazing Talented Band
of Musicians at the Amazing Empress Ballroom Blackpool. Magic.
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