Arrived at the venue very early (thanks to the M6 being trouble free for once). Seems there was another show sold out alongside Grinderman in Academy 2. Place was full of teeny boopers and pissed 14 year olds getting through out of Kro (across the road).
Got into the venue early as planned to catch the support for once. Quite entertaining they were. No idea of their name, but they 'played' (loose term) for 45 minutes. Just one long segue from different pieces of improvisation. Band consisted of a saxophonist, a drummer (cymbal crasher mainly) and another guy playing heavy distortion and feedback through a guitar and some other string instruments that I could quite place. good crowd very respectful of listening to something wholly different to the usual wannabe's playing support.
First time I've seen Grinderman / Nick Cave. Crowd really die hard I thought (confirmed by the 1,500+ views of my YouTube clips in the 3 days after the show)
