Went to see Alt J here with Banquet Records and I won't be coming back. People who had bought tickets many months beforehand were not warned that there were two different shows, as a result many arrived at 6pm (the time that was widely advertised everywhere) only to be turned away and told that their ticket was only for the 8pm session. When standing in line it started to pour and there was 0 protection from the rain. When we finally managed to get in for the second session, the band took almost 2 hours to appear and played a tiny set (well under 1 hour long). It ended so abruptly that everyone in the audience was looking around at each other completely confused.
I have no idea what happened. It honestly looked like it wasn't the bands' fault, since it's ridiculous that they would even consider playing two whole shows back to back. I'll see them live again, but never in The Hippodrome or with Banquet Records.
At least the security people and the girl at the cloak counter were nice, but they looked absolutely exhausted. They must hate that place too.
Xoxo never again.