wanted to see this but couldn't justify the cash. As you say, it's a classic and having seen them plenty of times and never been disappointed, I'm sure you'll be glad you went. Choosing the tragically overlooked Art Brut as support bodes well - go and listen to "Formed a Band' on Spotify - great tune and lyrics worthy of Jarvis or Morrissey at their funniest.

Not seen them live but the albums are great. And they sound like they could be majestic live.

Im off to the Glasgow show and will be sorely dissapointed if I dont get, at the very least, Where is My Mind and Broken Face as well as the Doolittle classics.

Bit of a worry as one of my 40th birthday gifts was the David Byrne debacle at Edinburgh Playhouse, ruined by poor choice of material (as well as horrendous sound) and this Pixies gig is my gift for Goatgirls 40th.

I'm rather hoping lightening doesen't strike twice.

Some fans are saying you're just getting 'what it says on the tin' - Doolittle played live - so like it or lump it, but the album's obviously only 45 minutes long so in terms of value for money I do feel a little bit short-changed. Other bands have done this sort of thing but have found a way to fill out the show.

The Dublin set list is here.

Looks like the 15 tracks off Doolittle plus the 6 B-sides from the 3 singles = 65 minutes and that's yer lot...

They're a heritage act these days. We're not watching them for b-sides.

I'll reserve judgement till after Sunday night but if this is true I'm thinking arrogant-has-been-ex-rock-star-arseholes.

Gigantic or die, fuckers!

Let us know how it goes on Sunday, goatboy, will be interested to hear your thoughts. The SECC not the greatest venue either ... sorry to pile on the misery! I'm actually looking forward to hearing some of the b-sides, as a lot of them won't have been played live much before ... but still, you would expect a longer set ... hard to imagine a Pixies gig without Vamos, Where Is My Mind, etc. Tickets weren't cheap!

in 1989.

by ripping me arse off on a fence, and got a free T-shirt an' all, but the Cure were better

.....I guess this is what happens when you no longer read the NME for gig news. Only ever saw them once backin '91. Does sound a poor deal tho, but a classic album. Its in my all time top 10, Surfer Rosa is too.

I didn't get a ticket because I assumed that what they would only play what they said they would. I'm a little surprised that you would feel short changed by that. Do you feel the same when you get home from Sainsburys and find they haven't slipped a few extras in the bag?
On the other hand, Art Brut are really good check out Nag Nag Nag.

It's the Pixies! Most shows these days are too long and sag somewhere in the set. I think it's fine if they play 65 minutes. It's £30. If you want 2 and a half hours and go and see U2 and pay £100 for it.

I'd rather see them come on, play a blinding set for 65 minutes and go home than come on and try and drag it out for two hours. I haven't seen them since they reformed, but I can't recall the times I did see them as being particularly lengthy gigs.

once in'91 on the Bossanova Tour. They were phenomenal. No fancy lights . They just stood there and played back to back, chronologically, most of Come On Pilgrim ep, Surfer Rosa, and all of Doolittle and Bossanova. The best live bass sound I have ever heard.
If they're half as good these days, you'll get your value alright. Have a great night.

Best way to sum them up is to imagine Wire covering songs by Pulp or The Long Blondes.

The following review is how I discovered them, and it says everything way better than anything I can possibly say:
http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/artbrut06jun.asp

Pixies sets never seem that long, because they rattle through the stuff at breakneck speed without really pausing for breath, and so many of their songs - Isla de Encanta, Something About You, etc - are just short, fast demos rather than fully-formed tracks. In that respect I could probably happily sit/stand through a four-hour Pixies gig and not get bored in the same way you might during U2!
I take the point, though, that many acts play for too long and it might be good to come out wanting more rather than the opposite. I have gone to a fair amount of expense to go to this gig so am just keen to get my money's worth. Of course, length of set does not necessarily equate to the quality of your experience. Will be a great night I am sure. Doolittle is a great album.

Going Tuesday when support act are Big Pink, possibly the most unimaginative name for a band ever, unless there's a group called The White Album.

An hour will do me fine although, and call me old fashioned, an encore would be nice. Haven't been to Brixton in about 15 years, hope the venue has improved since then.

...to Brixton on Wednesday to see them and i can't wait. I can understand why you would be disappointed they're not playing all their big hits if you have never seen them before but they've been on a sort of greatest hits tour doing all those tunes since 2004. As they haven't recorded any new material these current gigs,playing "Doolittle" start to finish, are i suppose a valid excuse to keep touring without "selling out".
Anyway,you will love it!
I just wish i was going to more than one night.

I wish they would make more of an effort with their stage set.

I don't mind the set being 65 minutes and I'm looking forward to songs like Manta Ray and Bailey's Walk that I've never seen them do live before.

They always sound great live but don't do a whole lot other than play their songs. They have all this great album artwork by Vaughan Oliver et al and I would love to see what they could come up with in terms of backdrops/lighting. It is a major tour after all and other bands selling out places like Glasgow SECC (Radiohead for example) really try hard to make it visually as well as aurally entertaining.

I spotted some of the Dublin footage on YouTube and it looks like it's bog standard lights and a black sheet, shame...

Was at the Dublin show. Not a disciple, but Her Indoors likes them and God knows I've dragged her to enough down the years. And they were good, the sound was better than I've ever heard at a loud rock show.

But... 61 euro (roughly 55 pounds) for 68 minutes on stage, excluding the time spent between main set and encore. Would it have killed them to play a few of the well-known ones in a second encore?

I was fascinated to watch how they were interacting, given how acrimonious things seemed when they first split. On stage, they all seemed to get on really well with a bit of nice banter and so on. But we then saw Kim fleeing the venue with minder 90 seconds after the show finished, so presumably any big after-show party was short at least 25% of the band

When they were touring "Doolittle" the first time round, and they had a screen at the back with various pieces of film projected onto it during songs. Sounds a bit shit, but was actually rather effective.

Saw them in 1990 supporting "Bossanova" when they played the first song ("Cecilia Ann") from behind a curtain. Curtain dropped at the end, as they hove into "Rock Music" - stunning!

I take it all back, saw them last night and they were just awesome!!

As 'Masked Tortilla' said they did infact have the back screen with the movie clips which tied in with all the songs, it made a huge difference.

And by way of apology for 1991 when they played the SECC (and the stage collapsed on a punter at the front causing them to walk off after 2 songs and not to come back on) they played a second encore which was almost 30 minutes and comprised of just about the whole Surfer Rosa album finishing with 'Where is my mind?'.

They were really tight too, probably the best I've seen them, and seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Hurrah for the Pixies!!

Pixies were just awesome at Brixton last night. The sound was excellent, the set list great and the crowd were nothing short of ecstatic. There seemed to be a collective feeling of "oh my God, look, there's the Pixies, I can't believe it" as though the indie Madonna and Michael Jackson has just appeared on stage together, which I suppose they had. There were encores and Kim Deal was quite chatty and had a huge smile on her face the whole gig.

On the downside, the place was utterly rammed and I happened to be standing behind the only couple in the entire room doing the Stupid Studenty Swaying Dance. With about a centimetre personal space for each audience member, there is no room to do the Stupid Studenty Swaying Dance; if you go side to side then you are going to be blocking someone's line of sight aren't you, i.e. mine. Why can't you pogo like everyone else? If there's no room to go side to side, you go up and down, simple. I don't care if "La La Love You" is "your song", keep the swaying thing for your next student disco. And mind your elbows as you reach for your f**king Blackberry for the nth time to make a shitty video of the band you'll never watch again.

Also, if you're pissed, please try and resist the urge to Go Down The Front when they play Monkey Gone to Heaven. Brixton Academy is not that big, you're not in Wembley Arena, you can see fine from where you are. The whole f**king room is going mental anyway so just stay there. There is no room for you to Go Down The Front when they play Monkey Gone to Heaven, unless you barge your way through the crowd like a bunch of c**ts, spoiling the moment for everyone that you push past.

So apart from that, and a one and half hour journey home that became a three and a half hour odyssey involving cancelled trains and sick spattered rail replacement bus services because someone decided to end it all in the Haywards Heath area (haven't they ever heard of an overdose?), it was a great night.

..hasn't done anything interesting since? Does nobody like his first solo effort? Personally I love it just as much as the Pixies albums. Admittedly things went downhill somewhat thereafter.

I saw them last Friday in Dublin's Olympia Thetare and was knocked out by how good the show was. Clearly everybody else was too as the place went batshit from the moment they took the stage. We even managed to drag a non-album encore from them (Where is my mind)and everyone went home happy.

My bottom line is, if you really enjoy a show you will instantly forget about how much it cost or how long it was. I paid a vast wodge of cash to see Uncle Lenny last Summer but came away convinced that I had seen the greatest gig of my life. That, to me is more important.