Finally the mighty Drive By Truckers are playing a Leeds gig on the 11th May 2011 at the Leeds Metropolitan University. Tickets on sale on the 21/01/11, pre sale on the 20/01/11.
I emailed DBT a few weeks back teasing them about having never played Leeds and reminding them about the greatest live rock 'n' roll album of all time; The Who - Live At Leeds. I guess my message got through and for once I won't have to drive over the hill to manc land to see one of my very favourite bands.
This isn't the first time DBT have played gods own county, I saw them in Sheffield with my good mate Shaun many years ago on the Southern Rock Opera tour. Shaun knows an amusing story about my behaviour that night, which I'll leave to him, either way the punch line was Cooley shouting from the stage "shut the **** up!". It was also the loudest gig I've ever been too and resulted in buzzing ears for three days.
The news about this gig really has made my day. The other great news is hopefully loads of new tracks being played from the new 'Go Go Boots' album which is out next month. There's also new DVD, 'The Secret To A Happy Ending - A Documentary About DBT' out at the same time.
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As I recall, you spent half the night shouting "Play some Neil Young", even though you're well aware they're not particularly keen on Neil because of "Southern Man". Your drunkenness notwithstanding, it was a cracking gig and I can't wait to see them again.
Here's the setlist from that show:
Date: 2003-12-05
Venue: The Fez Club
City: Sheffield
State/Country: UK
1. Hell No, I Ain't Happy
2. Marry Me
3. Your Daddy Hates Me
4. Decoration Day
5. (Something's Got To) Give Pretty Soon
6. One Of These Days
7. Careless
8. Dead, Drunk, and Naked
9. Guitar Man Upstairs
10. Sink Hole
11. My Sweet Annette
12. Danko/Manuel
13. Lookout Mountain
14. When The Pin Hits The Shell
15. Do It Yourself
16. Where The Devil Don't Stay
17. Road Cases
18. Zip City
19. Let There Be Rock
20. Heathens
21. Outfit
22. Carl Perkins' Cadillac
23. Shut Up and Get On The Plane
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