18 April: 4Scott - A Celebration of the life of Scott Piering, The Scala, London

Set List: Babies, Something Changed, Bad Cover Version, Underwear, Sunrise

The gig was put together by David Steele (boss of V2 records) and Danny O'Connor (Radio 1's senior music journalist). As Danny explains, "The idea is simple. Take a host of artists you wouldn't dream of putting in such a small club. Ask them to do stuff that you wouldn't dream of asking them and create a total one-off. Scott was full of music, dry wit and laughter. This is a great way of raising a glass to him. This night is to celebrate his success and leave a lasting memorial to a truly unique man." 

 

 

Pulp were ace of course, playing to a packed and sweaty Scala, coming on at midnight after the grim spectacle of the Stereophonics covering Beatles songs (just be glad you weren't there). They were given a glowing introduction by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records, and played just 5 songs: . Don't know how many of you were there but there was definitely a group of hardcore (or very drunk) fans getting down to it in the middle. If you were there, let me know what you thought.  There's a review in Saturday's Times and on nme.com

 

    

 

 

 

www.4scott.co.uk