"If we never make another record, this will our last gig ever..."
Partially true.
This was, as Tom rightly conveys, the show that officially snuffed out the candle that was the In This Light and on This Evening campaign. They would return to action for the Teenage Cancer Trust gig on the 26th March 2011 with two new songs, and all the omens were that the next record was being recorded. The reality, from what can be pieced together from the seemingly endless round of post-Chris interrogations they underwent, was that it was being attempted at this time rather than completed. So while the obviously sarcastic statement that this might be their last gig ever wasn't entirely correct, this tour was in support of the final album from this lineup. They never made another record together.
This show really was a Black Gold Greatest Hits Tour setlist...before Black Gold was even a thing. There's some songs here that would not be at all out of place if they played them in 2020. You Don't Know Love is something of a rarity these days, as is A Life as a Ghost.
I don't know if it was actually the case but to these ears there appear to be some audio issues with Ed's drums from time to time. They sound a little subdued in places where they would normally be the full, chugging engine beneath the guitars and electronics. I don't know if it's a drum pad that's malfunctioning but there just appears to be minute audio gaps during some of the numbers (ERM=BD, for example). It's like looking at a painting you're extremely familiar with and realising that one of the colours isn't there. I could be wrong, but repeated exposure to their music has made me attuned to any differences.
Anyway, enjoy the end of the ITLAOTE tour live from Tempelhof Airport, which is I believe where the campaign actually started in January the year before (Hannah?). Life's a circle. Enjoy the music ;)
Video - stream it here
MP3s
1. ITLAOTE - download here
2. AEHAS - download here
3. Bones - download here
4. Bullets - download here
5. Escape the Nest - download here
6. Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool - download here
7. A Life as a Ghost - download here
8. All Sparks - download here
9. Blood - download here
10. Munich - download here
11. You Don't Know Love - download here
12. The Racing Rats - download here
13. Smokers - download here
14. No Sound but the Wind - download here
15. Bricks and Mortar - download here
16. Papillon - download here
17. Fingers in the Factories - download here
All in a Zip - download here
brought to you with lots and lots of lemming-love ;) x
