Faith No More played their penultimate Australian date in Adelaide on 27 February. Local news site Adelaide Now were full of praise in a pun-tastic review. Sample quote: “While the classics like Midlife Crisis and Epic got an airing, the really impressive songs were those that allowed Patton to show off his vocal range – in particular the early classic Chinese Arithmetic, Stripsearch and a relentlessly brutal Gentle Art of Making Enemies.”
Photos:
Some here on Flickr and two pics in a overall festival gallery from Adelaide Now.
Set list:
- Reunited
- Land of Sunshine
- Be Aggressive
- Evidence
- Surprise! You’re Dead!
- Chinese Arithmetic
- Last Cup of Sorrow
- Cuckoo for Caca
- Easy
- Ashes to Ashes
- Midlife Crisis (Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke interlude)
- The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
- King For A Day
- Epic
- Just a Man
- Chariots Of Fire/Stripsearch
- We Care a Lot
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They were seriously good here in Adelaide. All 5 of them looked totally up for it (well, as much as Hudson ever does…) Roddy and Patton were teasing the crowd – Patton especially calling us ‘dirty skips’ to get a reaction from a city that is notoriosly sedate at these events. Patton really put in for songs like Cuckoo for Caca and Chinese Arithmetic, but his voice held strong all night. Strong set list – stoked I saw the Land of Sunshine/Stripearch combination rather than From Out of Nowhere/I Started a Joke. Pity to miss Caffeine at what will probably be their last ever show in Adelaide, but a very, very happy long time fan here. Spoke to a few FNM virgins who were really impressed too.
Adelaide Soundwave was a really great performance. Sound was clear if bass-heavy and the band all looked up for it. Roddy and Patton in particular were trying to get a reaction from Adelaide’s notoriously sleepy crowd, referring to the audience as ‘dirty skips’. I’ve spoken to a few FNM neutrals who were really impressed by it. Pity not to get Caffeine, but it was a strong set for what will probably be the last Adelaide FNM show ever.