Face Of Cheam

Quo doing a gig at a venue I perofrmed at when i was 11. Always good to visit a local venue and the Quo have been doing Croydon for the last five years or so on their traditional end of year tours. This was probably the best I have seen them for a couple of years. Previous shows I felt they were just going through the motions, however here it seemed the band were enjoying it, highlighted by the fact Rossi went into 'Shake Baby Shake' in the ender 'Bye Bye Johnny'. Some changes to their set from last year (not enough in my opinion). A medley starting with 'What Your Proposing' was put in the middle of the set which includeed 'Red Sky' which sounds really good. 'In The Army Now' was used to start the encore and played live and a surprise return to 'Bellavista Man' which showed that Rick Parfitt has or is making a good recovery from his throat scare. One slightly disappointing thing was that it was an early start (8.30) unknown to us meaning we missed the first three songs having got there at 8.45!!! Still made it fresher as the first three are the three they've been opening with for many years.
Obviously did a couple of pubs before hand, Beer Circus is a bar which specilises in foreign beer. A few pints of Verhagen were sunk here although the bar area is very light and Ikea-esque, and the first half of Celtic - United was seen in the Crown & Pepper an okish place, although the Carlsberg had to be returned as it was off! Fortuanately replaced with a good pint without question.