Tonight K and I are off to see Deftones at Brixton Academy (despite the fact that I swore never to return after that MF Doom gig last month) - but then Deftones are no ordinary band. They've been one of my favourites since I was around 14, and indeed the first time I ever saw them live was at this very venue in June 2000, when I was only 15. They're also probably the only "metal" band I still have time for these days, especially since they were so brilliant at the Kentish Town Forum last Summer.
Another nice thing about tonight's gig is that Faye has managed to wangle us free tickets - and free VIP tickets no less. This means entrance through the stage door, and access to the VIP bar. Fancy.
I meet Faye and K in The Beehive and the place is absolutely heaving. I manage to get a pint eventually and we hang around long enough to get a table at the expense of getting to the gig in time to see Coheed and Cambria. No great loss there, but eventually we head over to venue and go up to the VIP bar. The drinks are mighty expensive in here but we do get a nice view (through glass) across the crowd and to the stage. Deftones come on and we watch a couple of songs from this strange vantage point but soon head downstairs for the better sound.
We end up leaving at around 10.15 as it's Ant's birthday drinks in Crouch End's brand spanking new Wetherspoon's, so we jump on the Victoria Line and race back to Finsbury Park to catch the bus and last orders. The pub is indeed brand spanking new, and very recognisably a Wetherspoon's. The lights are too bright but the beer is nice and cheap - and the toilets are definitely the cleanest I've ever seen in a pub (by virtue of having been installed about a week ago).
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