opening the main stage at the atp festival. other bands performing included slint, matmos, spoon and faun fables.

live debut of 'glasgow mega-snake' and 'we're no here'. last known live performance of 'christmas song'

aidan moffat also played drums briefly at the end of 'like herod'.

reviews/comments

from alastair hadden:

aidan moffat played 'star wars' and 'd to e' as part of his djing on sunday night, i recall, as well as some part chimp.

great show, though. set list wasn't hugely to my liking, but some of the best versions of songs i've ever seen, and i really liked 'glower of a cat', while 'we're no here' is a strong enough 'classic-sounding' mogwai track in the vein of 'you don't know jesus'

from 'flack captain:

mogwai were allocated the unusually early afternoon time slot of 4:45pm. surely i am not alone in believing this was one of the most awesome performances this band have ever produced. a varied mixture of old and new songs including a terrific sounding opening track "glower of a cat" which indicated a new sound for the band. aidan moffat came out to whine his vocals for "r u still in 2 it?". the highlight was the screeching "i know you are but what am i?" which was the finest rendition i have ever heard of the song. "2 rights make 1 wrong" and a rejuvenated "like herod" were also stand out tunes and once again reinstated mogwai as the greatest live band around.

from 'the independent' newspaper:

despite being perhaps the biggest name on the bill besides slint, mogwai found themselves relegated to saturday's opening slot - which, fortunately didn't stop the glasgow quintet delivering what many considered the set of the weekend, a monstrous, beautiful symphony of elegiac tenderness and clashing guitars that frightened the hangovers from the crowd.

photos

photos by 'stuk002'
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