In advance of the release of his new album World’s Strongest Man full band tour in May, Gaz Coombes has been doing some small solo gigs around Europe. I caught him at Rotown in Rotterdam, which is the first time I’ve been there. I enjoyed the gig (no support, just Gaz on guitar and keyboard with some minimal backing loops), but I didn’t dig the venue. It’s small (250 capacity), which I like, and the sound was fine, but the sight lines to the stage were awful. It feels like a bar first, and a music venue second.
Set list:
- Oscillate
- Hot Fruit
- White Noise
- Buffalo
- Shit (I’ve Done It Again)
- One Of These Days
- Deep Pockets
- Oxygen Mask
- Seven Walls
- The Girl Who Fell To Earth
- 20/20
- Detroit
Encore:
- The Oaks
- Matador
- Moving (Supergrass)