We always enjoy the music venues in Birmingham, they’re always easy to park near and easy to get to, the O2 academy is no different, although it is in a venue a little out of the centre. The building hosts 3 separate venue rooms, but you always have to figure out which you’ll be going into by talking to other people waiting if there’s multiple concerts on at the same time.
Doors opened at 7pm and we got in after queuing for maybe 10 mins. We headed into the standing area where there were multiple bars and a merchandise store along the perimeter, obviously we had to check out the merch and grab a beer before getting ourselves a prime spot just before the support act came on.
The Molotov’s were the support for this show, as well as the Nottingham show, but not for any others. Frank Carter and The Sex Pistols began this tour with only two dates in London to raise money for the historic Bush hall Venue. We thought they were a great band and we are glad they joined the tour, but we don’t think they were quite at the mark the sex pistols support should be, you could definitely hear the inspiration from The Jam in thier music. Unfortunately they don’t have any recorded songs yet, but we look forward to seeing what they do in the future!
Holiday in the Sun – The Sex Pistols (All Rights Retained By The Sex Pistols)
The Molotov’s played ‘Johnny Don’t Be Scared’ and ‘More More More’ both very classic punk style, the bassist definitely had the old skool punk personality despite all the band being in their 20’s. The band performed well and were great to watch but the crowd were not giving much energy. During the set a crowd member shoved himself into Rex and tried to start a fight with St. Jimmy, this was just the start of what made the night awful! We enjoyed watching them play but we were way more on edge and unable to enjoy it as much at this point.
Almost as soon as the Molotov’s set had finished the rowdy crowd gain to shuffle, this resulted in someone being punched by someone trying to move forward, the victim instantly hit the floor unconscious, as we were right next to him we helped push the crowd back to clear some space for the paramedics and security team to help.
While the paramedics and staff were trying to control the bleeding and help the man regain consciousness, we were chatting to a few of the nicer crowd members, we all agreed that this is the worst gig we had all been to due to the crowd. After 20 minutes the victim was taken out of the venue on a stretcher and the venue staff cleaned the floor, but Rex began to have a panic attack due to being crammed in with too many people for so long so we had to leave our good spot for quick exit.
When we got back inside Frank Carter and The Sex Pistols had just come on stage and performed ‘Holiday In The Sun’ . We saw Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes briefly at Download Festival and were pleasantly surprised by Frank then, so we were optimistic for this performance. Although we were now really quite far back where the crowd are usually more chilled, that was not the case here. Within the first couple of songs two people were dragged out of the crowd, continuing to keep us on edge for the remainder of the show.
Anarchy in the U.K. – The Sex Pistols (All Rights Retained By The Sex Pistols)
Frank Carter and The Sex Pistols were to perform the whole Never Mind The Bollocks album, and to our surprise they actually managed it with the delay at the beginning as well as Frank having to stop the show once because of another fight.
The Sex Pistols performed well and you could tell they were happy to be touring for the first time since 2008, although Johnny Rotten was replaced by Frank Carter the enthusiasm of Glenn Matlock, Steve Jones, and Paul Cook was really great to see.We were especially impressed by their performance of ‘God Save the Queen’and as always Frank put on a great show, showing all the enthusiasm and energy, jumping into the crowd for a mosh pit and crowd surfing back to the stage is always a fun addition the front mans performance.
Towards the end of the set the crowd seemed to get less rowdy and almost become respectable humans, which meant we were a little less on edge, that didn’t stop us from leaving the venue as soon as possible straight after their encore where they played ‘My Way’ and ‘Anarchy in the U.K.’ with the latter being our favourite of the night.
We are glad we got to go see the Sex Pistols on this mini sold out tour, however it will not be on our agenda to see them live again. The band, Frank, and the support act all played incredibly well, but the fans of the Sex Pistols are a crowd we never want to be with again. We enjoy live music as we like to support the bands we enjoy, see them perform and feel the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd as well as the bands, it’s an incredible experience most of the time, but unfortunately the crowd can ruin a whole night, especially as the ticket prices are so high and for many it is an occasional treat. It’s a shame for a handful of self centred people to ruin it for everyone.
St.Jimmy & Rex 🖤☠️
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