Another visit to the Glasgow Barrowlands on Thursday night to see The Wombats, the weird and wonderful three piece from Liverpool. They were the main attraction anyway but there were three other bands on as part of the NME tour. Unfortunately I have no idea what the other band were called, only that they consisted of a small Scottish indie band, a shouting all female band complete with hippy keyboard player and a rather dull three piece Duran Duran wannabe trio. The Wombats were worth waiting for, playing not only the favourites but also a selection of new songs which all sounded as fun and energetic and the rest of their material. As with all Barrowland crowds we jumped, danced, perspired and quaked under the flying lager and diesel. At one point I even suffered a direct hit of vodka and coke to the side of the head. The only reason I know it was vodka and coke is because I accidentally got a small mouthful as the plastic cup spun off the side of my face. My white T-shirt with the nice blue stripe left the Barras an off white colour covered in brown and purple splatters stinking of blackcurrent and coke. It does not matter where you stand in the Barras, there is no escape from the flying beverages. Even the stage was not safe as Matthew Murphy, the Wombats singer, suffered at least two direct hits with pints. He took it as a compliment though and carried on playing barely beating an eyelid. The crowd was great, as it usually is in the Barras, and gave the band as good as night as they gave us. Excellent fun!
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