One of our favourite bands of recent years , in one our favourite  venues, Toronto’s Metric brought their Pagans In Vegas tour to Manchester’s Ritz Ballroom and demonstrated that after over 15 years they remain at the top of their game whilst Emily Haines remains one of the most compelling frontwomen in music. One of our gigs of the year without a doubt replete with a spectacular light show that certainly dazzled, but not as much as the music which genuinely seemed to fill the audience with …   joy? hope ? Call it what you will but for an hour and a half Metric gave it their all and got it back from a hugely receptive, appreciative audience and for a time our own day to day problems seemed somehow diminished.  The album itself is arguably the band at their most life -affirming and positive, and those vibes certainly resonated as we left the venue feeling uplifted, with our faith in the power of live music fully restored.

Set List

Lie Lie Lie
Fortunes
Youth Without Youth
Too Bad, So Sad
Help I’m Alive
Cascades
Black Sheep
Collect Call
Other Side
Monster Hospital
Synthetica
Gold Guns Girls
The Shade
Encore:
Empty
Celebrate
Breathing Underwater