20 October 2024

Maxïmo Park - Leeds Beckett University Student's Union - 15th October 2024

Maxïmo Park in full flow, singer centrally waving a microphone stand over his head, drummer to the left and keyboard player to right. In the foreground the crowd are waving their arms in the air.
Rocking it

Had an unusual Tuesday night where the eldest teen and I went to see Maxïmo Park at Leeds Beckett Students Union. It was a bit of a rush to get there as I hadn't realised that the A58 was in part closed and so was City Square (still!) so we ended up parked at the Q-Park by Bibi's Italian.

Maxïmo Park in full flow, singer centrally waving a microphone stand, 2nd guitar to the right, drummer to the left and keyboard player to right. In the foreground the crowd are waving their arms in the air. This differs from the previous picture in that the microphone stand almost looks like lights are coming from it, and you can see the keyboard player properly.
Maxïmo Park

The venue was great; we still managed to arrive early enough to get a drink and raid the merchandise store before the gig kicked off. Support was provided by The Research, a Wakefield band that I'd never heard of before, but were great fun and self-deprecating, getting a great response when one of the band member's teenage child came up to play as part of one of the tracks. As a band they'd disbanded a long time ago, but have recently done a few festivals; there wasn't any ego on show.

Picture of the band through the crowd. Lead Guitarist in the left with yellow green spotlight, singer in the middle, and drummer and second guitar blurred into the background. A mobile phone is held aloft taking picture on the right.
Through the crowd.

This was the eldest's first time on the floor like this; usually, we've ended up with tickets on the balcony or seated areas. He seemed to enjoy being in the crowd.

Maxïmo Park delivered, as they always do, and Paul Smith remains really open in his views with the usual white T-Shirt with a slogan on. Of course, if you've ever listened to his lyrics, you'll know where his politics are. Unusually, they did an acoustic song "Armchair View", from the new album, which went down well

Great set list that spanned their career as well as the new album. 

Main Performance:
Your Own Worst Enemy
Postcard of a Painting
Dormant ’til Explosion
Questing, Not Coasting
The End Can Be as Good as the Start
Armchair View
The National Health
I Knew That You’d Say That
Partly of My Making
No Such Thing as a Society
Drinking Martinis
Our Velocity
What Did We Do to You to Deserve This?
Favourite Songs
Books From Boxes
Apply Some Pressure

Encore:
Nosebleed
Going Missing

Post concert, we went to McDonalds for dinner (the eldest's choice) and then managed to be home before midnight (always good on a school-night, especially when I had to be up by 5:30am to get to Peterborough).

20 October 2024
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