Live Review: The Subways @ MMC, Bratislava, Slovakia

The Computers

Last Friday (October 28), I got to see one of my most favorite bands - british The Subways.

These indie rockers are well known for their crazy concerts full of wildness and energy. This concert was their third ever gig in Slovakia (they previously appeared at two outdoor festivals in 2008 and 2010). The demand for this venue was huge. It was sold out one month ahead.

Support band - The Computers did a great support band for the main act. They warmed up the crowd by doing a great show. However, everybody was waiting for the main band.  It would be really good if they did they own concert and show everything they can really do.

Something around 10 pm lights went off and everybody was expecting The Subways to come on stage. They kicked off the show with their classic hit "Oh Yeah" from their first album Young for Eternity. Everybody from the crowd went crazy right away after hearing starting drum beat. They continued playing songs from their first and second album called All or Nothing. They played "Young for Eternity", "Obsession", "Alright" and "Mary".

Sixth song from the setlist was first from their newest album Money and Celebrity - "We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time". Probably everybody was singing along the chorus of this kick-ass with singer Billy Lunn.

They continued to play mixture of songs from all their three albums such as "Popdeath", "Turnaround", "Kiss Kiss Band Bang", "Rock & Roll Queen" or "I Want to Hear What You Got to Say".

They finished the main set with "With You" during which everybody was singing along.

Of course, the band came back after huge applause and played three more songs - "Friday", "At 1 AM" and "It's a Party" which perfectly captured the atmosphere of this gig. It was the best song to end the show with. Billy went absolutely nuts during this one. He went stage diving and then he jumped off the balcony from roughly 3 meters.

This gig was great. It was fun, wild and most importantly, everybody was enjoying it. Even the band was surprised by the great atmosphere, which those 1,000 people at Bratislava's Majestic Music Club created.

The trio later after show went to give some autographs and take photos.

Billy driving crazy

Full setlist:

Oh Yeah
Young for Eternity
Obsession 

Alright
Mary
We Don't Need Money to Have a Good Time
Popdeath
Shake! Shake!
I Want to Hear What You Have Got to Say
Rock & Roll Queen
Celebrity
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Turnaround
With You

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Friday
At 1 AM
It's a Party