From: David Rundle, rundle@tpgi.com.au
Subject: Newcastle Show
Date: 5/2/2002 9:12:10 AM
To: seance@lists.no-fi.com


Have just awoken following the show and only have enough time for a few comments.

The show and setlist was standard for the tour.The church put on an absolutely brilliant show.(could not think of a better way to spend my birthday)

The venue was amazing,perfect setting to see the band-lovely theatre however the crowd size was small (but enthusiastic). The band got incredible press coverage in several papers which should have helped crowd numbers however unfortunately  the papers all came out on the day of the show-many of those papers probably would not have been read until last night or today-may help album sales though?. I also think the crowd was down because of the cost and being a midweek show rather than weekend. I new alot of peope who are sought of fringe fans or even curious about the band,balked at the ticket price.If the tickets were half price  they probably would have sold twice as many tickets but you would have got some more yobbos.
as it turned out the small crowd was really in to what they were performing, the theatre was curtained of to make a really intimate setting which was perfect and the band were flawless-truly superb.

Cheers
dave