Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:26:00 +1100
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From:         "Lawrence, Marty [IBM GSA]" 
Subject:      HW: Studio 22 & The Metro
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Well,what can I add except a fine time was had by all.

Studio 22

It was like Hawkwind in your living room,after the intro's from the presenter the
band was introduced to huge applause,and dave & harvey seemed quite taken aback.
Seeing the band in a circle was a bit strange ,but I guess they are used to it
with rehearsals,with them as follows :-

        Harvey  Richard Dave
        Jerry   Simon   Steve

The set list was as Paul/Anthony have said ,but there was abit from Interstellar
Chaos before Freefall.
Harvey and Dave had a few laughs together and it was funny to see dave get the
lyric book out for Love in Space and Silver Machine.
There were a couple of problems and Dave mentioned there had been a few mistakes.
Richard then stood up and admitted he had the wrong speed for the drum pattern or
whatever.
They played really well,and sitting on the floor next to jerry,watching him play
he is a fine guitarist and a fantastic addition to the band.
Couldn't quite hear what simon was playing,and harvey was using lots of dats with
each song.
Steve seemed to be enjoying himself,but was very focused.
Dave disappeared for freefall and then came back for the shortened version of
Brainstorm.
I will be interesting to see if the aired version and the for sale version of the
shows will be different.

The Metro

To see Hawkwind play to a decent crowd is a joy to see,and lets hope that they
will return next year,the promoter indicated that they intend to come back next
year and definitely play Melbourne.
They came on to pleny of applause and went straight into Right Stuff,Coded was
next but there were a few problems,one being steve had left the stage and his bass
was feeding back.
Harvey was obviously having problems and when dave asked replied my Midi is playing
up.
Motorway city was next but with repeated verses so a bit longer I guess.
A&B/Golden Void was next this ended and then they went into the new"techno ending"
Memory of the set abit amiss,but Forge of vulcan was there,and Assasins was
fantastic,for the first time ,someone realised that the violin needs to be turned up
for this song,after a lengthy bit of playing by simon they went into the track,sung
by HARVEY this led into Space etc.
They announced "we going to utopia,but this broke into the highlight of the show for
me Spirit of the Age, dave's vocals really worked , very different to Live 79.
Utopia was then played,with a bit of levitation in there.
Freefall was next with a bit from  "interstellar chaos" before the track,and Jerry
sung/chanted something over this, Brainstorm was as hectic as ever with Sonic attack
in between,then it was goodnight.
They came back on stage and went straight into ejection,which followed into gremlin
and then welcome,and that was it.
I think most of the audience was stunned,they had actually seen Hawkwind play in
Australia
Having seen the band for the first time in 8 years,it was a wondefull experience,and
I envy you all in the UK,that can see them 3 or 4 times in a tour.

Marty