I've just spotted that The Decemberists are playing the 02 Academy in Leeds on 11th March. Leeds is finally getting a decent run of quality bands through the various venues.
For years I've been driving over to Manchester to see the types of bands you never see in Leeds, mainly Americana / Alt Country bands. All of a sudden they are over here in force, what's going on? Maybe there's a resurgence in gig attendance in Leeds, there certainly seems to be a change in the types of bands being booked in the city. Anyway, other than the hole in the bank account though buying all these tickets, it's great news.
With the Leeds Arena funding in place and building underway, we'll also have a 13,500 venue in the city for the arena circuit pretty soon. Where will it end? Maybe Rounday Park will get dusted down for some enormo-gigs in the summer, mind you who could fill that at the moment? The Leeds gig weekend in late summer has also being getting some traction over the last couple of years. This is similar the the Camden Crawl in London, where you buy a wristband and can duck into as many venues around Leeds as you want during the weekend.
2011 looks like it might be the year when I come close to topping 1998's gig total.
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