WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall - 18 Feb 98
WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall - 18 Feb 98
opening act: Rialto and Libido

From Phillip Homer

Anyway we arrived early and had to sit through Libido and Rialto who i think were shite. But Sleeper came on at about 9:30 and they totaly blew sed walm up band to hell. Sleepers bad reptation for live performances is total bollacks in my opinion the were f*****g great. I cant remember the order of the play list but this was what they played
Inbetweener
Delicious
Vegas
Romeo Me
She's a Good Girl
Firecracker
Traffic Accident
Superclean
Rollarcoaster
Lie Detector
Nice Guy Eddie
Dress Like Your Mother
Statuesque
What Do I Do Know?
Please Please Please
i dont know if there was an encore because me and my friends had to leg it for the train but others who we spoke to said there wasnt one.
From Andrew Bez
Yeah, it wasn't full at Wolverhampton either. I got tickets on the night. I was too late to see Libido, where they any good? I saw Rialto and didn't think they were that good, untouchables was quite good though (I think thats what its called). Rialto made Sleeper seem even better and Sleeper were quite late appearing, I wasn't expecting them to go on stage at that point (the curtains went up). Yep it sounds like they played the same songs, I can't remember the order either. I thought all the songs were good live, especially she's a good girl, inbetweener and lie detector.

Your right the new album is definatley no disappointment, I've been listening to it constantly and think it's the best album that's been released recently. I probably prefer it to ok computer (which is also good). Louise always looks gorgeous so nothing changed and I was hoping they'd play please please please, I think it's one of the best songs of the album. She didn't talk very much, but threw some stuff from her glass into the crowd. She said you've been fucking brilliant and your luverly. She also said fuck all the critics over the past year and she definately played guitar at wolverhampton. Sounds similar to your gig, doesn't it. I think sleeper are brilliant and i'd probably do something i might regret if they decided to call it a day! They're writing some of their best stuff and I'm trying to raise a bit of support for them over the internet and at college. If people actually listened to them they might actually realise how good they are, instead of just reading newspaper articles saying they're crap. I can't wait for another tour if they have one.