Black Flag - The First Four Years June 19th Opium

[mickO)))]

Haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet and not even sure if it has been officially announced. The show in the Academy 2 years ago was brilliant. Tickets €33

[BobbyAxelrod]

Isn't it just the original guitarist at this point? I was hoping for like Henry Rollins on vocals or something.

[mickO)))]

If Rollins got back with Black Flag it would be worldwide news and they would be playing a much bigger venue. He doesn't get on with Greg and said years ago he will never perform live music with any band ever again.

The current vocalist Mike Vallely is great. They were great here in 2023. Just look up the reviews of the shows over the last few years online.

[Halo]

It is also being billed as "The first four years" but looking at recent sets on setlist.fm it looks like they do a few tracks from the Rollins era (over two sets?).

However according to wikipedia, Black Flag is now just Greg:

vocalist Mike Vallely left the band, along with drummer Charles Wiley and bassist Matt Baxter

So who we will see onstage is a mystery

[mickO)))]

Just looked that up he apparently only left 2 or 3 weeks ago. I wonder now will the shows even go ahead.

[Blankety Blank]

Pitchfork do a deep dive review of a classic or landmark album every Sunday. They did "My War" yesterday.

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/black-flag-my-war/