Biffy Clyro performed their second album ‘The Vertigo Of Bliss’ in its entirety at a particular London present final evening (October 21), in addition to numerous rarities. Take a look at footage and the complete setlist under.
The gig was held at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, and marked the midway level of the Scottish band’s three-night, retrospective residency on the venue.
The residency known as ‘A Celebration Of Beginnings’, and can see Simon Neil and co. play their first three studio data of their entirety. After the ultimate present in London wraps up tonight (22), after they play ‘Infinity Land’, they’ll head over to Glasgow to do the identical on the iconic Barrowland Ballroom.
After enjoying ‘Blackened Sky’ in full on Sunday’s present (20), final evening’s gig was centred round Biffy’s 2003 album ‘The Vertigo Of Bliss’.
The primary half of the hefty, 26-song setlist noticed the complete tracklist of the LP performed in full, chronological order. Opening with ‘Our bodies In Flight’, the present within the capital marked the primary time the music was carried out since 2014. The identical goes for ‘The Excellent Peak’, ‘With Aplomb’, ‘Liberate the Illiterate/A Mong Amongst Mingers’, ‘Eradicate The Doubt’ and ‘Now The Motion Is On Fireplace’.
Different songs on the tracklist that had been aired out for the primary time shortly included ‘A Day Of’, which hadn’t been performed since 2013, ‘When The Faction’s Fractioned'(first time since 2008) and ‘A Man Of His Appalling Posture’ (first time since 2005).
I can’t put into phrases what it means to have seen The Vertigo of Bliss in full tonight. Tomorrow evening, Infinity Land! Biffy Clyro are untouchable 🤯 pic.twitter.com/qRau8WzjEI
— Ben Rogers (@BenRogers223) October 21, 2024
The second half of the set noticed Biffy get away some rarities for London followers, in addition to some extra regularly performed hits.
‘Get Fucked Stud’ and ‘Now I’m Everybody’ from the ‘Puzzle’ album had been performed stay for the primary time since 2014 and 2009, respectively, whereas ‘Similarities’ tracks ‘The Rain’ and ‘A Tragic World Report’ hadn’t been in a Biffy setlist since 2018 and 2014.
Take a look at the complete setlist under, in addition to extra footage from the evening.
Biffy’s setlist in London was:
‘The Vertigo Of Bliss’
‘Our bodies in Flight’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘The Excellent Peak’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘With Aplomb’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘A Day of…’ (First time stay since 2013)
‘Liberate the Illiterate/A Mong Amongst Mingers’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘Diary of At all times’ (First time stay since 2017)
‘Questions and Solutions’
‘Eradicate the Doubt’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘When the Faction’s Fractioned'(First time stay since 2008)
‘Toys, Toys, Toys, Choke, Toys, Toys, Toys’ (First time stay since 2017)
‘All of the Approach Down: Prologue Chapter 1’ (First time stay since 2017)
‘A Man of His Appalling Posture'(First time stay since 2005)
‘Now the Motion Is on Fireplace!’ (First time stay since 2014)
Half Two
‘The Captain’
‘Sounds Like Balloons’ (First time stay since 2017)
‘The Champ’
‘A Tragic World Report’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘Get Fucked Stud’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘Opaque’
‘…And With the Scissorkick Is Victorious’ (First time stay since 2014)
‘Prompt Historical past
‘Within the Title of the Wee Man’ (First time stay since 2018)
‘Now I’m Everybody’ (First time stay since 2009)
‘Biblical’
‘The Rain’ (Simon solo acoustic; first time stay since 2018)
‘Mountains’
Biffy Clyro’s newest studio album is 2021’s ‘The Delusion Of The Fortunately Ever After’, their ninth LP. After they introduced the Glasgow and London residencies in March, the members additionally teased that “Biffy X” [album 10] would observe.
Talking to NME across the time of the 2021 report, frontman Neil defined: “There are some songs the place I’m singing about forgiveness, some are about hope for the long run, and on others I’m being a complete nihilist and a misanthrope – pondering, ‘We’re the micro organism consuming up the world’.
“I wasn’t afraid of that. Nobody can course of the influence that the final 12 months has had on us mentally, bodily and on our behaviours. It’ll be one other 5 or 10 years earlier than we realise that.”
Discover the remaining residency exhibits under, and discover any remaining tickets right here.
Biffy Clyro’s remaining ‘A Celebration Of Beginnings’ tour dates are:
OCTOBER
22 – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London (‘Infinity Land’)
24 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (‘Blackened Sky’)
25 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (‘Vertigo Of Bliss’)
26 – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow (‘Infinity Land’)
In more moderen Biffy information, final week it was confirmed that the group can be reissuing their first three LPs on restricted version vinyl.
Biffy Clyro performed their first stay present collectively since 2022 this summer season when they headlined The Piece Corridor in Halifax. Shortly afterwards, they topped the invoice at Victorious Competition 2024 in Portsmouth. They’re at the moment scheduled to seem at Rock Am Ring, Rock Im Park, Hurricane Competition and Southside Competition in Germany subsequent summer season.
In recent times, Neil has been busy along with his long-mooted grindcore side-project Empire State Bastard with Oceansize‘s Mike Vennart, Slayer‘s Dave Lombardo and Bitch Falcon‘s Naomi Macleod – releasing debut album ‘Rivers Of Heresy’ final 12 months.
