So for AM everyone was well up for it, seemed like everyone wanted a party. We were in between the two sound desks so a decent way forward and it was packed so couldn't go any further.
The first half hour was quite good, despite opening with a really slow new number they followed it up with some hits.
But as the show went on, the excitement just dipped- he sings the old songs so slow that you can't sing along to them (not illness related - apparently he did it the whole tour). Loads of people started drifting past us to leave the crowd, our quite packed area became very spacious.
Songs I'd have been happy to hear sounded awful, Mardy Bum, Fluorescent Adolescent etc. He sang them slowly and almost sarcastically. His persona is really annoying too
They murdered 505, historically the big moment and nobody was singing along near me because it was some weird new version, that doesnt kick in at all. By the time they played the two big ones at the end (slowly, again), the atmosphere by us was forced and we weren't into it either.
I heard loads of people saying it was amazing and that Alex Turner is a genius/god so I think I must just be stuck in the past. They're two bands playing to two audiences, so it's probably right they choose the new one and let those of us living in the past stay there. I certainly won't be seeing them again