Massive nights

One of my work colleagues just asked me about The Hold Steady, who are playing a warm up gig in late August before some festival headline slots.

The Hold Steady are an absolutely fabulous live band - saw them at Glastonbury where they ripped the tent roof off, and in Portsmouth a few weeks later, where this somewhat abashed nearly-50-year-old clambered to the front and revelled at the feet of the band like the teenager still trapped somewhere within the portly folds.

This is a pretty good review of a live gig. And here is a video:


A rock band, some well-noted Springsteen elements, with a slightly punk-ier aesthetic.

I suggest you move fast, as they are likely to sell out gigs very quickly at the moment. I also suggest you move fast because there is a feeling that The Hold Steady are just on the cusp - either they are peaking and will never be this good again, or they will be massive.

We had some massive nights
We got the songs just right