Belle & Sebastian
Brixton Academy
3 April 2002

I don't have much time to write a review, but for the benefit of people going
to see their US dates, I thought I'd post the setlist (I kept track during the
show) from last night's performance. They played for nearly 2 hours(!), had a
steel drum band join them onstage, and Stuart et al. were in incredibly high
spirits. There was much fey indie dancing all over the stage, storytelling,
guitar theatrics, and mic swinging... :)

Sleep the Clock Around
Dirty Dream No 2 [mic went to a girl in the front row to do the spoken word
bit]
Magic of a Kind Word
Waking Up to Us
String Bean Jean
Seymour Stein
Wandering Alone  [audience participation Spanish clapping!]
Don't Leave the Light on Baby
The Model
[steel drum band interlude of Bob Marley covers]
[instrumental harmonica jam w/ steel drums]
The State I Am In
Boy with the Arab Strap
You Made Me Forget My Dreams
Is It Wicked Not to Care?
Lazy Line Painter Jane [just not the same w/o Monica Queen, though!]
Judy and the Dream of Horses
The Wrong Girl
There's Too Much Love
Legal Man
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[? new song]

melissa, very pleased with the gig last night. and the crowd. and meeting Bevan
and his mates. :)