Gig Report: Lancashire Hotpots

Date: Saturday 2 April 2011
Venue: The Witchwood, Ashton-Under-Lyne
Face Value: £12 (or thereabouts)
Support Act: Darren Poyzer
Gig Buddy: The Husband

You might be getting deja-vu right about now. Surely I went to see The Lancashire Hotpots recently, right? Which means I should just copy and paste the last gig report and no one would be any the wiser. Except that this isn't the same gig. I really did go to see them again. The first time around I had just been introduced (quite literally) to the band by The Rock Goddess, a trustworthy source of good music recommendations (ToTo and John Farnham notwithstanding). And now, well, I'm a bona fide fan of T'Hotpots. I am a Hotpotter. And you know that seeing a band that you're actually really fond of is loads better. So when I heard they were playing again, I risked life and limb (I went to Ashton-Under-Lyne, 'nuff said) to hear them again.

And they rocked.

Every favourite played, the boys made us laugh till we choked on our perry and real ale. If you don't know their stuff, I urge you to check out the folk parody on youtube.

I didn't get the full set list on account of enjoying myself far too much to be diligent enough to write anything down, but they played for a full hour and a half, easy - excellent value for the 12 quid entry fee. For this we got Chippy Tea, eBay 'eck, I Fear IKEA, He's Turned Emo, The Beer Olympics and the classic Bitter Lager Cider Ale Stout. Plus so many more. The boys are delighting the crowds with their piss-take on just about everything all through the summer, so please check them out and take a listen to their new stuff including 'Hard Core Quornography' which is about the trials of dating a vegetarian...

Nice one, cockers!