Just fantastic
Awesome night. Awesome venue. Had a great view. Band was exceptional! Best time I’ve seen them.
Posted by Linda T on 12/12/2024
Helmet - Betty 30th Anniversary Tour, Electric Ballroom, London - 10th December 2024
Absolutely fantastic, and so worth the wait!
FINALLY!!!
I was 15 when I first heard and became a massive fan of Helmet. I used to gorge on the Meantime album at full volume when walking to my first proper girlfriend's house, stealing the odd rose for her from gardens along the way.
In the intervening more than thirty years, I've had a ticket to see them FOUR TIMES...and yet for (when I think of it, incredibly) varying reasons...I never actually made it to those gigs. I was starting to think it would never happen.
But then last night, it did. And my WORD were they worth the wait.
From the opening bars here, right to the very end they were absolutely on point, furiously blasting through what felt like a hundred songs (so maybe five gigs' worth...) over two sets, only briefly pausing to slag off Trump and champion Camden. One of the very best gigs I've ever been to.
Life, and certain people in it, has/have been particularly unkind to me lately. This brilliant band, in this wonderful venue, with this bonkers but beautiful crowd, was a fantastic experience - at just the right time. A night I'll never forget.
(Unlike "where I parked my car". Another story.)
Posted by StuFromSaturday on 11/12/2024
Helmet - Betty 30th Anniversary Tour, Electric Ballroom, London - 10th December 2024
