Newcastle Gig Review from 11-12-02 by Svenn

Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros
Northumbria University
I was there at the Newcsatle Northumbria Uni show, and it rocked the whole house!!!!! I managed to see their setlist from my seat 30 minutes before they started and it looked good, but was completeley different to what they played. About 15 minutes into the show with opening bars of White Man in Hammersmith the whole front row turned into a living organism bouncing all over the place and it just continued from there. I remember Londons Burning and White Riot were defineteley not on the setlist but got played right at the end to a completey enourmous mosh centred all along the front stage. The appreciation was obvious from the band. More highlights included The stooges 1969, Rudie can't fail, Get down Moses (a new one), Shaktar FM, Johnny Appleseed, Bankrobber, Police on my Back, (Coma girl was on the list towards the end but we got White Riot or Londons Burning instead) not complaining! Bhindi Baghee, Tony Adams and more.
White riot finished it off. It was totally untamed!!! Joe was lapping it all up to the football chants of "there's only one Joe Strummer"!