As part of the "Another Bites" 2009 Tour, the almighty Buzzcocks, from Manchester, played in the infamous venue "Sala el Sol"(from "La Movida" days) in Madrid to a capacity crowd of punkers, rockers and old-timers. The opening act was the punk rock outfit from Seattle, Cute Lepers (formed by Briefs' guitarrist/vocalist, Steve E. Nix). They played a quite energetic show with some good rocknroll tunes with catchy choruses, accompanied by two female background vocalists. In their repertoire they did "Fall in Love" by The Vibrators.
After this good start, the pop-punk pioneers from the 77' UK Punk Class came on stage. Main vocalist, Pete Shelley, with lead guitarrist/singer, Steve Diggle, began their performance with the intro of their classic "Boredom", which they played only the music(this song was originally sang by original line-up singer, Howard Devoto, that after their first EP, Spiral Scratch, left the band). In their first set, they performed classics like "I Don't Mind" and "Ever fallen in love" along with some lesser-known songs. After a short break, they came back to play all their hits like "Orgasm Addict", "What Do I Get", "Promises" and "Oh Shit". The Buzzcocks, after 33 years playing, are one of the best pop-punk outfits ever.
Picture courtesy of MCJ Photography.
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