This was a complete surprise. I stumbled up to HMV in Oxford Street, on my way home from work, to buy the week's singles releases. When I got there, the shop looked pretty full - then Feeder unexpectedly walked on stage and started playing songs. I have seen Feeder before, at festivals and as the support band for other acts - and always enjoyed the experience, although I would probably never pay to go to a Feeder headline gig. So, this freebie was definitely one worth staying for. Feeder were playing the gig to promote their new album, so all of the songs they played were from that. The good news was that it is a Greatest Hits album, so the band in fact spent 40 minutes playing their best material, which was a complete extra bonus.
One of the more amusing sights I have seen recently was the reaction of some of the people in HMV, when a noisy rock band arrived and started, well, being noisy. Old people, and people that are possibly best described as "urban music fans" (easily identifiable by their baseball caps and sportswear), were far from impressed. Some covered their ears for effect, others pulled pained faces. It was a pleasure to witness a rock band upsetting them so much!
Highlight of the set, predictably, was the last song, Just A Day - the video for this features lots of teenagers jumping around to it in their bedrooms. Today, there were just lots of teenagers jumping around in a record shop.
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