 Wheatus Ticket |
Recently a friend and I went to see Wheatus at Manchester Academy 3.
The warm-up bands varied in quality. The Hipstones were terrible. Gabrielle Sterbenz as a three piece girlband had charisma and a good stage presence. Mike Doughty I just remember being rather annoying, tall and bald. After about an hour of warm-up bands, it was time for the main event. |
 Warm Up Act 1 – Gabrielle Sterbenz. |
 Warm Up Act 2 – Mike Doughty |
Brendan B. Brown was superb. He hit all of the high notes in the songs with precision, despite a chest cold that he’d apparently caught in Ireland. Rather than a setlist Brown encouraged the audience to shout out the tracks that they wanted to hear.
The audience were not shy, shouted out and Wheatus played. The audience started out with head nodding as the band played. The alcohol flowed, more familiar tracks were played and the audience responded by properly rocking out.
Here are some Wheatus photos from the gig:
 Time For Wheatus! |
 Wheatus – Taking song requests from the audience. |
 Wheatus – Singing one of their classics (1). |
 Wheatus – Singing one of their classics (2). |
Wheatus played all of their tracks on their self titled album, including: A Little Respect, Sunshine, Truffles, Hump ‘Em N Dump ‘Em, Hey, Mr. Brown, Leroy, Punk Ass Bitch, Love Is a Mutt from Hell and Wannabe Gangstar.
 Wheatus about to sing the finale – Teenage Dirtbag (1). |
 Wheatus about to sing the finale – Teenage Dirtbag (2). |
 Wheatus about to sing the finale – Teenage Dirtbag (3). |
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The finale was of course being their iconic song Teenage Dirtbag. Teenage Dirtbag was released in 2000 and quickly a number one in most of the charts across the world. Since then it has been covered many times, but you can’t beat seeing Brown play it live. My friend and I had a great night. Wheatus are well worth seeing, hearing and enjoying live.
Blog soon,
Antony
