Yorkshire Windbag

Tonight's headliner was @RichardHawley @barrowhill41 It was the usual classic set with the occasional dad joke thrown in.

Tonight's support act was @bernardbutler @barrowhill41. To be honest the sound wasn't brilliant and there was a tall annoying prick stood right in front of me. But his playing and singing were fine. Extra marks for his post set announcement about a badly parked car.

Pleased to be able to report that despite many years on the clock @TravisBand still put on a good show. Still doing new songs and not dialling it in unlike some of their contemporaries @PerfVenuesSheff

Nice to hear @HHawkOfficial 's new stuff with a full band @PerfVenuesSheff. Went down very well with the crowd

A typically chaotic Xmas gig from @hopeandsocial @Nath_Brudenell

The first gig I ever went to way back in 81 was @thedamned I was delighted to have an opportunity to see the sensible scabies vanian gray line up once more They didn't let me down @O2AcademyLeeds with a brilliant performance (Monty was good as well)

Talking of camp next support was #drandthemedics. A blast from the past. First time I saw them was playing with the damned at nostell priory back in 84. @O2AcademyLeeds

Tonight's opening act @O2AcademyLeeds are the #thefleshtones a band from NYC who debuted at cbgbs in 1976. I've heard the name but knew nowt about them. They played trashy camp garage rock. For fans of the ramones, cramps and the nuggets compilation.

@FJwords @bodyswakefield @EstablishmentWF It's bandcamp friday which means if you get it tonight you will maximise the amount of money the artist gets for it. I've already got it so I'll be buying this instead faithfuljohannes.bandcamp.com/album/the-hous…

@FJwords @bodyswakefield @EstablishmentWF Anyone wondering who Ken and Jean are should check this out. winbigrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ken-jean. A great piece of art. A spoken word novella set to music. I find that the tracks work well in their own right as well. I love fj's vocals so far from the brash style of most of this genre

Enjoyable set from @fjwords and @neocia_ @bodyswakefield tonight. Spoken word, beats, between songs chat and an ironing board. It doesn't get much more rocknroll @EstablishmentWF

Apologies that should be @neocia__

I can't think of many more natural frontmen who've played @bodyswakefield than the singer from @aboutfacesband (including james from yard act). The band were all great performers with a strong set and plenty of energy.

A great set of catchy rock numbers from @KatyJPearsonnn @LdsIrishCentre interlaced by a handful of quiet folk songs

Tonight's support @danagavanski had a structured set Starting with sad piano ballads. Then moving onto sad guitar ballads. It finished with a sad electropop song. As a big of fan of sad songs I really enjoyed it. Most of the audience also seemed to appreciate it. @LdsIrishCentre

Enjoyed #billynomates @HPBCLeeds tonight. @BrudPresents

The usual marvelous set from @AdmiralFallow @LendingRoomLDS Plenty of old classics and a couple of interesting sound new numbers. @BrudPresents

Due to traffic issues only caught the last 2 songs of #SolEdwards @LendingRoomLDS. He sounded good tho

Well done Mrs windbag getting us tickets to see @michaelkiwanuka @Nath_Brudenell. Not seen him since quidrophenia at oporto. He's moved on a bit since then. His set was strippedback & full of great tunes old and new.

@next__DAW @Fan89Footy Thanks for the feedback. The challenge of the character count was what attracted me originally. I agree about twitter's current state. I was contemplating blogging instead. I'll post a link if I go down that route. I haven't ruled out bluesky but still weighing up my options.