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The English Beat
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Review 1 for The English Beat
The Beat Goes On...LOL
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Mirror in the Bathroom @
Posted 02/01/2013
by ConcertJunkee
Location:Auckland
Top 25 Contributor
Loved every minute, waited 30 years to see these guys live and it was brilliant. Played all my favourites and a few I had forgotten but the refresh was awesome...a great night!
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Favourite moment: Mirror in the Bathroom @
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Review 2 for The English Beat
Forgetable
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Favourite moment: Leaving @
Posted 04/09/2012
by hugy
Location:auckland
Top 500 Contributor
Best part was leaving early .To many old coggers thought the were back in the 80 s barging through the crowd.
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Favourite moment: Leaving @
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Review 3 for The English Beat
the flatliners
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: last song @
Posted 28/08/2012
by 0001234
Location:auckland
Having been a fan of the Beat for over 30 years i unfortunately was disappointed !
Dave hammed it up far to often and found himself in lala land more than wankin wodger would have permitted.
The Beat were always one of my favorites live but they made me twist and crawl to the door.
I fully understand that things do fade over time but if the Specials and Bad manners can still perform at their best ... well say no more
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: last song @
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Review 4 for The English Beat
Gutted
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Favourite moment: leaving @
Posted 26/08/2012
by Anonymous
Was really looking forward to see The Beat, it had been over 30 years since the last time.
I thought they sounded awful and had lost all the magic and ska they had back in the day.
I thought they sounded awful and had lost all the magic and ska they had back in the day.
Maybe I was expecting too much after all these years, but having recently seeing the Specials, who were excellent, I was hoping for so much more.
I used to think Dave Wakeling was just about the coolest man on the planet. Now he comes across as a club singer, with an air of Keith Chegwin about him.
We left before the the end.
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: leaving @
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Review 5 for The English Beat
go old guys
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Screaming stand down margaret with 300 other people and dancing to that tune again with my gorgeous wife @
Posted 26/08/2012
by funfun
Thanks dave wakeling and all the replacements, took me back to the good old days of ska reggae fun. Stand down margaret!!!!!
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Screaming stand down margaret with 300 other people and dancing to that tune again with my gorgeous wife @
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Review 6 for The English Beat
Th English Beat was worth the 30yr wait!
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Posted 25/08/2012
by Basilsmum
Location:Clarks Beach Auckland
What an amazing Show. Powerstation venue rocked....last time I was there i saw Herbs and Joe Walsh!! Sad but true, but what a night it was listening to The English Beat. Been great year, The Specials, The Beat...who's next?
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Review 7 for The English Beat
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Posted 25/08/2012
by Anonymous
Most excellent display with all that you would expect from a top band
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Review 8 for The English Beat
The English Beat where amazing!!!!!!!
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: the whole thing @
Opening act(s): Held there own @
Posted 24/08/2012
by 4Stu
Location:watakere
The show was unforgettable, The venue was perfect even the sound was great.
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: the whole thing @
Opening act(s): Held there own @
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Review 9 for The English Beat
The Beat
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Mirror in the Bathroom. @
Posted 24/08/2012
by stephhay
Location:auckland
Top 500 Contributor
great night had by all , good venue , great staff especially Amanda !!
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Favourite moment: Mirror in the Bathroom. @
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Review 10 for The English Beat
The Beat were OK
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: When they played Twist and Crawl. @
Setlist: No idea @
Opening act(s): The Skitz @
Posted 24/08/2012
by Anonymous
The support band The Skitz were excellent, playing ''Gangsters'' made everyone rush to the dance floor. The Beat came on and were good, but the sound was a bit poor and too quiet. there was more noise from bottles clinking behind the bar. All members of the band gave it their all and the well known songs went down well, but there was a 20 minute period towards the end where 4 or 5 songs all sounded the same and were not fast enough or loud enough to keep everyones interest, apart from the die hard fans down the front who were still going mad for it.
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: When they played Twist and Crawl. @
Setlist: No idea @
Opening act(s): The Skitz @
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Review 11 for The English Beat
The Beat
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Anything with Antoine First Class interacting with the crowd, Mirror in the bathroom, Hands off she's mine etc of course. @
Opening act(s): Generic ska support band were good. @
Posted 24/08/2012
by AdrianK
Location:Auckland
Top 10 Contributor
I'm a bit torn when reviewing this gig. The crowd was certainly buoyant and energetic and the band were tight. Stand out toaster Antonie First Class kept the flow going and the band certainly delivered a great sound. If the Beat were your favourite band you would have been well entertained. For those of us who enjoyed their back catalogue but leaned more towards the hits, the gig was a bit lumpy. They started well, lost their way through the middle of the gig and finished strongly. When they were true to their ska roots they were brilliant. When they strayed into cruise liner pap they lost me. Glad I went but won't last in the memory as well as The Specials recent gig at Shed 10 (woeful venue) or the Stiff Little Fingers Powerstation gig of a few years ago. I give them a 7 out of 10.
The Powerstation @
- MT Eden @
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Anything with Antoine First Class interacting with the crowd, Mirror in the bathroom, Hands off she's mine etc of course. @
Opening act(s): Generic ska support band were good. @
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Review 12 for The English Beat
The English Beat was awesome!
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- MT Eden @
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Raging up the front! @
Opening act(s): The Skits. @
Posted 24/08/2012
by Brenz
Location:Hamilton
Top 250 Contributor
Fab night with great friends, awesome music and the best venue ever!
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Raging up the front! @
Opening act(s): The Skits. @
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Review 13 for The English Beat
English beat enjoyable
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- MT Eden @
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Antonee First Classes scat was amazing. @
Posted 24/08/2012
by Kiwi607
When I first heard the English Beat it was an ear opening experience and having seen the Special Beat I was interested in the comparison.
It took a while, the mix was not too my liking. It started of with too much echo on the sax,[Matt Morrish] indistinct bass and muddy guitar and Dave's vocals sufferred that muddiness through the night.. About 20% through the gig the sax came right but it did take a lot longer before some technician put a mike in front of the bass stack to correct that. Wayne Lothian certainly laid it down.
In my opinion the guitar in ska should be crisp and clean, this never happened.
Now the good stuff,
Antonee First class started slowly, in deference to Dave, one felt, but picked it up and man he was so fast with his vocals Could hear every word and he filled in the tuning gaps and related with the crowd well. The drummer [Rythym Epkins}was an animal no wonder they had him in a cage! The keyboard player [Kevin Lum} from up high did a great job. And the stage crasher was great, don't know who she was but marks for not freeking out and kicking her off . I hope she was treated well.
Overall a grat gig really tied together in the second half. The comparison? Special Beat by a head
It took a while, the mix was not too my liking. It started of with too much echo on the sax,[Matt Morrish] indistinct bass and muddy guitar and Dave's vocals sufferred that muddiness through the night.. About 20% through the gig the sax came right but it did take a lot longer before some technician put a mike in front of the bass stack to correct that. Wayne Lothian certainly laid it down.
In my opinion the guitar in ska should be crisp and clean, this never happened.
Now the good stuff,
Antonee First class started slowly, in deference to Dave, one felt, but picked it up and man he was so fast with his vocals Could hear every word and he filled in the tuning gaps and related with the crowd well. The drummer [Rythym Epkins}was an animal no wonder they had him in a cage! The keyboard player [Kevin Lum} from up high did a great job. And the stage crasher was great, don't know who she was but marks for not freeking out and kicking her off . I hope she was treated well.
Overall a grat gig really tied together in the second half. The comparison? Special Beat by a head
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- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Antonee First Classes scat was amazing. @
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Review 14 for The English Beat
The English Beat
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- MT Eden @
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Going home! @
Posted 24/08/2012
by Diablo
A musical mish mash, some sounding like Van Morrison, some a bit punkish with a bit of ska, delivered by what appeared to be 'the wiggles'. The sound was poor, but best (as usual) just behinds the desk. But even there it wasn't great.
The audience were mostly beer swilling, aged blokes. Although the mood was happy, it was difficult and intimidating, getting through the crowd, due to the physicality of the audience. I had glasses of beer spilt all over me twice by 'happy customers'. For the first 45 minutes we couldn't even see the band. It was too crowded to dance, other than a pogo or a jiggle on the spot.
My friend attempted to have a glass of wine from the bar, that was so bad, that we after all tasted it struggled to identify that was wine, let alone what grape it might be! No wonder they all drank beer!
The audience were mostly beer swilling, aged blokes. Although the mood was happy, it was difficult and intimidating, getting through the crowd, due to the physicality of the audience. I had glasses of beer spilt all over me twice by 'happy customers'. For the first 45 minutes we couldn't even see the band. It was too crowded to dance, other than a pogo or a jiggle on the spot.
My friend attempted to have a glass of wine from the bar, that was so bad, that we after all tasted it struggled to identify that was wine, let alone what grape it might be! No wonder they all drank beer!
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- MT Eden @
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: Going home! @
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Review 15 for The English Beat
The English Beat
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- MT Eden @
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: The end @
Opening act(s): The Skitz @
Posted 24/08/2012
by rpeachy
Location:Auckalnd
Having been a Beat fan since inception I was looking forward to a trip down memory lane and seeing Dave Wakeling perform for the first time. However the night fell flat quite soon into the show, which wasn't helped by Dave's delivery on the night. Musically Dave & the band didn't lack for much, playing a solid 2hr set (no encore & no Too Nice To Talk to) but Dave's stagecraft & audience engagement was cabaret at best, naff at worst.....came away feeling I should have left the Beat in my memory bank.
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- MT Eden @
- Thu 23 Aug 2012 @
Favourite moment: The end @
Opening act(s): The Skitz @
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