Sam Sparro @ Òran Mór, Glasgow

Omg exam stress had been doing my head in all day, so as soon as i'd finished my exam for Soil, water & Atmospheric processes (yes, it is as bad as it sounds!)Fraser picked me up and off and we headed to glasgow to see sam. The traffic was shit, but when we got nearer but pretty much dissappeared after a while. We'd been once before to see Patrick Wolf there before. The worst thing about that gig was that Patrick's set list got cut short...so we were worried that, that would happen to Sam too. But i think he must have been told because his set list was only 7 songs long. (Still decent though obv)Anyway we arrived there very early do went and got a chipper then hung out next to the entrance where ever 4 mins people would go down the stairs thinking it was open already! Although the tix did say open at seven and we didn't actually get in until 7.45pm.

Ok when we got inwe just went to the stage front and center. You're so close in Oran Mor. The artist is normally just towering over you which is always good! Anyway the support band were awesome, Frankmusik. Probably the best support band i've heard in absolutely ages. The lead singer seemed nervous at times, but they said that this was their biggest gig they'd played and that they were used to bedrooms etc. Really really good anyway, wasn't one of those supports that you just wanted to hurry up and finish!

After them there was a little bit of confusion because we thought we were getting to hear some Jack Mcmanus! But it seemed like they were just setting up sam's stuff. And half an hour or more later there he came along with his band on stage! He was so close. He opened with 21st Century Life. Was awesome. Everyone in the crowd was up for it right from the start. The atmosphere was amazing! Each song seemed to get a better and better reception. Sam gave high fives to people in the crowd (I think i slapped his arm by mistake lol) and took flashing blue LED glasses from the girls to our left who were mental! He also said how artists he'd spoken to such as Kylie and Mark Ronson say that Glasgow crowds are the best! Then asked by someone in the crowd "What do you think?" Sam - "Yeah Glasgow is the best!, beats London" He mentioned that they thought they weren't going to make it there after their bus broke down in london. Yikes! Sam also performed a cover of Gypsy woman, originally by Crystal w aters. I didn't know it that well but everyone liked it. For black & gold though the crowd just exploded! People went flippin' mental! He extended it aswell and just totally went for it. Once finished sam mentioned that he wished he could play another song, but he couldn't. Damn damn oran mor and it stupid curfew crap. Anyway amazing set, absolutely awesome live.

Me and fraz both managed to grab a set list and then headed outside for a little while to see if we could catch him afterwards. While doing so we saw Jack mcmanus wandering about. Shame he never got to play, must have been because they never had enough time when they arrived! Anyway at about quarter to 11 we caught Sam and asked him for a picture he was lovely, apologising for being sweaty and so on. Lovely, lovely guy. When we got a picture with him some guy was shouting move out of the way, we need our van to go down there!! Grr... So he was kinda scared away quickly :( Anyway i'm trying to plan a way to see him and robyn together in manchester. I suggest that you go see him! Well worth it!

P.S The album is GOLD too!


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