The Music's Last Dance

Hello everyone,

on Saturday the 6th August 2011, I happened to experienece on of the best gigs I have ever been to and this will be saved in memory forever. below is a review of the gig.

The Music’s

Last dance.

6^th August 2011 is day that the O2 academy in Leeds will never forget. This is the day that The Music ended their career after just over a decade of being together. So how could a sad day be as epic and as mind blowing as it was?

Well for a start the crowd were certainly up for it, gearing up to give a band that have given them so much in the past back and to five them the farewell that they deserve. Rob Harvey and the gang stormed on stage to a sell out crowd that were ready to dance. Getting straight into it without a second to spare, the band were as intertwined as they have ever been.

Next they went into “take the long road and walk it” perfectly formed and Harvey at his vocally best, the crowd went crazy and singing along like troupers, not letting the fact that this would be the last time they would see them perform this song live put them off. The band rave through all the amazing and delightful songs, they have given to their fans, with crowd pleasers such as “Drugs, Freedom fighters and Bleed from within” the band don’t fail in giving the crowd something to remember.

“The Spike” is dedicated to all the people behind the scenes that have allowed this band to progress and become what they have, and that is one of the best and finest Leeds’s bands to come around in a very long time.

The final and fitting song is one that is personnel to the band itself. With Harvey dedicating it to the fans saying “you are the people and this is for you, Thank you for fucking everything, without you, the people, we would not here.” The crowd goes wild, but there is an air of sadness that this is in fact the last dance. The band, the fans give it their all, giving them the send off they deserve and partying and dancing like they will never do again, because in fact they won’t.

Once the song has ended, an emotional Rob, and co all say thank you to the crowd. While the crowd still cheering away clearly wanting more, they all embrace each other with a hug. You could sense from the filthy warm crowd that they were emotional, and also somewhat grateful for the audience and reception that they have received, not only from this final gig but from there entire fan base throughout the years.

The atmosphere of the venue was scarily electrifying. Everyone was up for this gig and people had certainly traveled to apart of the history that was being created at the academy with hearing accents from Manchester, Liverpool and even Newcastle. You could feel the vibes bouncing off the walls, the ceilings and off of each other whilst dancing and showing our appreciation to this magical and wonderful band. This is a band that makes you feel every beat and every melodic rhythm in your heart as it is being played. A band that makes people dance and move like they have never moved before with just the opening chords of a song. All of these atmospheric attributes all created what was a wonderfully flawless performance from the boys. They were spot on note for note and did not let slip once, with Harvey having one of the best formed voice’s that I have seen in a long while, and working the stage like the demons of Leeds that they are.

This is going to be a night that will never be forgotten. The music world has lost one of the great bands of our generation. A band that may have had its up’s and down but certainly came back from them, to astound the fans even further. Yes something else may come out, but it will never be what The Music was. That night we waved off a band that was silently huge and influential to so many people and other artists in the industry. So thank you The Music for giving us that one last dance and a night that will certainly never be forgotten to your people. I am certainly proud that I was there that fine evening, to witness the end as sad as it may have been, it was extraordinary. Viva The Music.