Twitter to the rescue

Sometimes things work out nicely. As you may have gathered from my previous post, I was not happy with the Frightened Rabbit gig at all. A couple of things go wrong and it ruins the whole thing. Of course, if one of those things is "not being able to hear" then that's fairly fundamental for a gig, but there it is.

While sat with an irritable headache and feeling very annoyed, I tweeted my disgust with the state of the gig while lurking in the chillout room. This was picked up by whoever runs the Leadmill twitter account, who replied to me and explained that it was actually the agents who decided the running times of the two acts. When I had a crappy time at the Doves gig last April it turned out to be a similar issue; the venue complying with the agent's instructions and it going a bit pear shaped.

We sent a couple of messages back and forth and I feel much happier. I shared my thoughts directly with the venue, and they responded in a positive way and helped explain the issue. I've learned a few things just from that short exchange:

• The ridiculous waiting times were not the Leadmill's fault
• Twitter is a good way to make your opinions known
• The big sofas in the chillout room are great

Thanks to the positive way the Leadmill responded to my frustrated, somewhat sweary criticism, my faith is somewhat restored in the venue. I'll get some earplugs next time I go though!