9/5/2009 Dogs D'Amour + Men & Gods @ The Bull & Gate

Subject	Dogs D'Amour + Men & Gods @ The Bull & Gate
PostedDate	5/9/2009
	An action packed night at a rather full Bull & Gate. Men & Gods get to play to a large crowd, which is as it should be. The band play excellently as usual. This is a band that thrives on having an audience to bounce off and I'm sure they make plenty of new friends tonight. Things seem to be on the up for Men & Gods as their consistantly strong performances are always winning over new fans. Dogs D'Amour are always a popular band, although these days it's as much 'Dogs D'Amour' as Mad Axl's current band is 'Guns 'N' Roses'. In spite of this being a completely new band (again) this is definitely the best version of Dogs that Tyla has had in many years. As is increasingly common these days, there was an acosutic part of the set. Rather ironically, this band (like a previous version) also contains two ex-members of the Yo-Yos. I am told that Danny McCormack himself nearly travelled down for this gig - as a member of the audience rather than the band. There is a stronger than usual geordie contingent at this show (plus an ex-Quireboy) and a couple of canny lads have come all the way from Newcastle just for this gig! Apparently they thought it was well worth it. If you think the drummer looks familiar? Yes, it's ex-Towers Of London man Snell - who seems to be turning up in all sorts of places thse days! It was certainly the best show I've seen from Tyla for a long time, and most of my favourite Dogs classics got an airing so I have no complaints.

PS: This venue is now closed.