Ministry
19/08/2016 Manchester O2 Ritz Set List:
This Ministry concert was something that I had been looking forward to, through various clashes and circumstances in the past, this was me losing my Ministry virginity. It was an extremely wet night in Manchester (isn’t it always?) and therefore, I wasn’t in the best of moods, my jacket and jeans were thoroughly saturated. But, it didn’t take long to warm up and dry, The Ritz is a great venue, although their prices are a little to be desired. Tonight, The Ritz was a full house and one of the hottest concerts that I have been to in a good few years. I’ll keep it short and sweet, Ministry were supported by Californian groovers/nu-metal chancers DevilDriver, never liked them on record and they’re even more dire live. Plenty of people in the audience were obviously only there for DevilDriver and seemed to really enjoy, but as for me, I didn’t get it and I doubt I ever will. The concert got much better once DevilDriver finished their set and Ministry came on. Opening with Hail to His Majesty (Peasants), the first song from their latest album From Beer to Eternity began with a tribute to Lemmy and continued at full throttle through Punch in the Face, N.W.O., Just One Fix and Stigmata. Al Jourgensen is relentless as ever, always moving, never still and looking like he was having the time of his life. Jourgensen never says a word to the audience, but has them in his thrall throughout, commanding and communicating without directly addressing, which is an exceptional talent to have. The set finished with Thieves from The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste, one of my favourite Ministry albums and after coming back on for the encore of Psalm 69, Ministry launched into one of the most nihilistic songs that I’ve ever heard in So What? After leaving the stage again, Ministry returned for a second encore to perform a cover of DEVO’s Gates of Steel from Jourgensen’s other project, Surgical Meth Machine before saying good night for the final time. Coming home, I began to think, it’s a wonder sometimes how the hell Al Jourgensen is still alive, yet, my God, he has still got it. Long live Ministry. Adam
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