#Wilko johnson tour cancelled full

#Wilko johnson tour cancelled full

The Dr Feelgood classic Roxette was the first song that I got to watch completely and give my full attention to and it had lost none of its charm tonight with the Glasgow audience lapping it up.

I had been worried that the atmosphere might have been a bit subdued due to the recent announcement about Wilko having untreatable pancreatic cancer but I needn’t have worried as Wilko was providing us with a high energy set of his blues based classics. The start of the show was a bit hectic for me as I was in the photo pit with twice the normal number of photographers and a video crew recording his last tour, but picture taking duties done I was able to watch the rest of his set. The lights dimmed and without any preamble or introduction Wilko launched into his set. With their punk inspired lyrics and delivery you would expect some movement but that is left up to guitarist Simon Johnson and the driving bass work of Jules Cooper which I particularly enjoyed.īy the time that Eight Rounds Rapid was finishing their set with “My Mate” the ABC was full to bursting for the arrival of Wilko Johnson to the stage. Who made a striking appearance with them all being suited and booted, but with very little interaction with the audience even to the extent that their vocalist David Alexander would walk off stage during guitar breaks or stand completely motionless I found them quite strange truth be told. Touring support band with Wilko Johnson was Eight Rounds Rapid from Southend-On-Sea. A cold Saturday night sees me standing outside the sold out O2 ABC venue in Glasgow to witness what was originally the last date on Wilko Johnson’s Farewell tour, but due to demand to see the Canvey Island bluesman one final time extra dates had been added to the tour.įirst band on tonight were the 45’s from Glasgow who made this photographer feel very old as they all looked like they should be in school and not on the main stage of the ABC! They played a mixture of blues and skiffle music very well for their tender years even surviving string breakages and the guitarist being handed Wilko Johnson’s very own Telecaster to finish their set! In fact tonight could be called the “Night of the Telecaster” as this was the preferred weapon of choice by all the guitarists on stage, Leo Fender would have been very proud indeed.īy the time the 45’s had finished their quite well received set the ABC was still filling up due to the early start to tonight’s gig as there is a nightclub on straight afterwards.