Regular readers will know that Spece-Rock veterans Hawkwind have recently been on tour in the UK. We sent two of our mightiest reporter fellows (Graham Inglis and Ravey Davey Curtis) along to various gigs, and we have already printed several lots of pics and video andeven a review of the opening night. Somewhere along the line there will be reviews of the Stamford and Middlesborough shows from Davey C, and of the final show in the tour from Graham, but in the meantime, check this out..
Having caught Hawkwind at various places such as on the back of a van powered by a generator on a beach, the end of a pier and various festival tents I had been meaning to see them at the very nice Picturedrome in Holmfirth for some time. The weather frankly could not have been worse, and was typically playing up in true Bank Holiday weekend spirit but it was not dampening the enthusiasm of the large line waiting patiently to get into the venue. The door staff did a quick and proficient job of getting us in and out of the rain and almost straight away it seemed as though the venue was pretty much packed out and there were probably not a huge amount of tickets left available on the door.
After 43 years on their throne that is the way it should be for these space troopers. Hawkwind have so much history behind them that you could write a book about it and indeed several people have. As I prepared to watch them talking to people in the friendly crowd around I asked one person if he had seen them before and was told he had several times. He was 13 years old and hugging the barrier at the front of the stage expectantly with his proud 50 year old dad standing next to him. This is the spirit of the age that is Hawkwind!
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