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by Modlife on 2024-09-16The Opera House - TorontoRating: 4 out of 5The Buzzcocks did a great show with lots of energy and really had the crowd moving. The Opera House is a great venue with great sound and ambiance
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The Buzzcocks did a great show with lots of energy and really had the crowd moving. The Opera House is a great venue with great sound and ambiance
The venue is clean, the energy was high, and the show was amazing. One of the best shows I've seen in a long time. Great job done by staff and security.
I always looked at the Buzzcocks as a kind of punk-pop band (as opposed to the many punk/hard rock bands who started around the same time ie: Sex Pistols, Damned, Stranglers) and Friday's show led credence to my assumptions. It was high energy fun....a mix of older and new tunes, blended together into a good humoured stew. No filler....all killer ! Pete Shelley's voice sounds the same as it did 40 years ago....Steve Diggle sounded great, as well. Hardly any breaks between songs....................the show had a great positive flow ! If you haven't heard the Buzzcocks newest album, The Way, do yourself a favour and pick it up..................there are some great tunes on it (People Are Strange Machines, Third Dimension, Keep On Believing) and the songs sounded terrific in a live setting.
The band was great but from where we were on the floor the sound was awful, all I could hear was the drums and the guitar amps off the stage, vocals were basically inaudible.
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! been in Calgary for 6 years and this was the best gig so far.
Well, it took more than 30 years of being a fan, but I finally got to see the Buzzcocks play live. And the lads (actually "gents" is probably more appropriate these days) did not disappoint. Quite the opposite, in fact, as they roared through 28 songs, including every track from their first two full-length albums, and an encore consisting of five songs that only saw album release on the iconic Singles Going Steady collection. From the opening moment it was clear the Buzzcocks were here to rock. Pete Shelley, the de facto "leader" by virtue of writing most of the group's songs and singing lead on a majority as well, is in fine voice these days. Only his somewhat grandfatherly appearance belies his 55 years; his rather stolid stage presence is the same as it was in decades past, as can be seen in early performance footage. The other founding member still in the band is the wonderful Steve Diggle, His songwriting and vocal contributions have gained tremendous strength in recent years, but in this "oldies" show he only got a few moments in the spotlight. But his boundless, youthful energy, rock 'n' roll spirit and rough-and-tumble stage presence really made him the star of this night. Newer members Danny Farrant (drums) and Chris Remmington (bass) served the songs well, with Farrant especially adding charisma and energy. Remmington, the most recent addition to the band, served the songs to perfection, but is clearly still working out how he fits into the onstage dynamic. All in all, a wonderful, entertaining, thrilling, ear-blasting night of rock that proved once again how truly great the Buzzcocks' back catalogue is.
punk pop at it's best by the orginators. The muscianship was top notch as usual but the enthusiasim was infectious.
The show they put on was amazing, turning a mediocre venue into something it could never be without the influence of such a seasoned band. The talent of the opening band just proved that the buzzcocks know they will blow you away when they take the stage, they still got it!!
I only knew one song going to this gig however my boyfriend knew them very well and we were front row the whole concert and the music was amazing!!! They still have an amazing sound that people can enjoy today!!! Ending drum solo was wicked!!! The last song in general ROCKED!