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South Korea Tour Blog – Freebird – Seoul

  • December 18, 2014
  • by stuartoconnor
  • · On The Road

This night was nearly the grand finale to being out here touring. The Korean adventure had educated me quickly on the nature of place so removed from the UK. I had only just begun to understand how things worked and I was due to fly home. My final night was back in Seoul and sharing the billing was Nick Aka GT Arp who had worked to make wonderful things happen to allow me to come and perform. I had played 8 shows in 8 days and this was the penultimate leg.

Nick Anzivino - AKA - GT Arp
Nick Anzivino – AKA – GT Arp

I was asked for an interview which I happily accepted. You can listen to it here:

http://www.seoulitup.com/2013/12/english-touring-musician-stuart-oconnor.html 

The Staff at Freebird were awesome and friendly. I had spent the day in Seoul baby sitting my equipment and taking my time over coffee whilst alone. So to be socialising with others was refreshing.

Hanging with the Free Bird Management :)
Hanging with the Free Bird Management 🙂

There were quite a few other bands on the billing. But playing last gave me time to read the vibe of the room.

Onstage @ Free Bird
Onstage @ Free Bird

Footage of this show was recorded by an audience member and uploaded to Youtube and can be seen here:


Song: As Stubborn as a Sandfly  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN_HJ9RO4T0

Around about the middle of the set 2 drunk Korean businessman came into the venue and were loudly shouting at each other during a quiet song. I asked then to respect the atmosphere of the concert from the stage but out made little difference. Later the venue staff and the audience began to more bluntly demand that they shut up or leave. This caused nearly a physical fight as one audience member begun to usher them out the door. The older and drunker of the two men in suits began shouting abuse at the venue staff. Eventually they did depart but it caused 10 mins of the set to be put on hold until the situation was resolved. What really warmed my heart was how apologetic the Korean audience were and supportive they were to ensure the concert was not disturbed any further by these alcohol fuelled morons. I assured them the same thing happens in the UK from time to time and it is a world wide epidemic of cultural ignorance. Still to this day even at concerts of hugely popular bands such as Radiohead and Wilco I have seem the performers stop to request people not to talk over the more mellow or acoustic numbers. It amazes me how some folks cannot be aware of the situation.

Photo on 19-12-2013 at 18.54

Default: Escape

Sleep Tight

As Stubborn as a Sandfly

Headlights

Distance From Ear to Ear

Before Your Very Eyes (Atoms for Peace Cover Version)

 Reality & Pretence

Modern Life

3 Tunes from the set were taken from 3 different albums released as a part of the Go Forth Bright Scenic project which came out in 2012.

As Stubborn as a Sandfly – Go

Default: Escape – Forth

Modern Life – Bright

Songs from the Scenic album are often unrepresented in a live capacity due to the nature of the recordings being difficult to recreate in a live setting. Even with the use of loop stations available.

The rest of the tunes were from my first 3 albums and one cover of current obsessions ‘Atoms for Peace’.

I have 1 more show of the 8 show tour left lined up before I begin the return flight to blighty.

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