Pixies' Black Francis treats Galway gig like it's no big deal
The Pixies performing at The Heineken Big top for The Galway International Arts Festival. Photos: Andrew Downes
There has always been something cartoonish about the Pixies. No matter how serious their collective demeanour, the suspicion lingers that they are taking the mickey.
At the Big Top in Galway, they turn in a perfectly competent show, but one that seems to follow the quiet-loud-quiet dynamic of their best-loved songs. They no sooner have the crowd leaping around to one of their classic tunes than they follow up with a mellower number, and the mood becomes more subdued again.
