The Enemy: Astoria, London.

The Enemy were on top form again, this time at the Astoria, London. A lively set and vocal crowd may have taken a few by surprise in what felt like "posh" London. Not as much beer throwing or crowd moshing as in Birmingham, yet it was still a memorable night.

My highlight of the evening was when Andy just put his bass guitar down and jumped into the crowd for a spot of crowd surfing, while Tom carried on belting out the lyrics to "It's Not OK". Liam gave it 100% all night on the drums as they did Coventry proud once again.

This could be the final gig many of those inside the Astoria will see at this venue as it is set to knocked down to make way for a re-development in the area. It won't be the last we see of The Enemy - they are going and growing to bigger and better things. This weekend they will be playing at Glastonbury, not once but TWICE! The new single "Had Enough"is out 25th June and the debut album "We'll Live And Die In These Towns" hits the shops on July 9th. Both songs were captured on video and can be seen at the end of this topic.

Next time the lads play in London it will be at the Brixton Academy during their next UK tour in Sept/Oct and looks like being their third sell out tour this year.

• 27 Sep 2007 OXFORD - ZODIAC
• 28 Sep 2007 LEEDS - REFECTORY
• 29 Sep 2007 CAMBRIDGE - JUNCTION
• 30 Sep 2007 CARDIFF - GREAT HALL
• 1 Oct 2007 NEWCASTLE - ACADEMY
• 3 Oct 2007 INVERNESS - IRONWORKS
• 4 Oct 2007 ABERDEEN - MUSIC HALL
• 5 Oct 2007 GLASGOW - BARROWLANDS
• 6 Oct 2007 DUNDEE - FAT SAM'S
• 8 Oct 2007 MIDDLESBOROUGH - TOWN HALL
• 9 Oct 2007 NOTTINGHAM - ROCK CITY
• 10 Oct 2007 MANCHESTER - ACADEMY
• 11 Oct 2007 NORWICH - UEA
• 13 Oct 2007 STOKE - KEELE UNIVERSITY
• 14 Oct 2007 WOLVERHAMPTON - CIVIC HALL
• 15 Oct 2007 SOUTHAMPTON - GUILD HALL
• 17 Oct 2007 LONDON - BRIXTON ACADEMY
• 20 Oct 2007 BIRMINGHAM CARLING ACADEMY
  

Here are the videos from my mobile phone taken during the Astoria performance - and yes I was drunk! (Remember to turn the sound down low so you can hear it better.)


"It's Not OK" (Andy does some crowd surfing!) in black and white.


The new single "Had Enough" filmed in colour.


"Away From Here" filmed in b&w at the Astoria, London - crowds loved it!


First song of the evening "40 Days and 40 Nights".


"Shed a Tear"


"Techno"


"Fear Killed The Youth Of The Nation"


Encore song and my final one - "We'll Live And Die In These Towns", filmed in colour.


You can read more about how I got drunk and loud - Click >>>HERE<<<