Weather Report: City Hall, Newcastle

IF YOU spent an evening in the company of some guys and the only word they uttered was 'Goodbye' you might well think they were a little on the aloof side. As far as I can gather that's what Weather Report do to every audience and it's not exactly a come-on. Worse, last time they played the City Hall their music matched their manner. It was as frustrating as a packed deep freeze to a starving man; it's full of goodies but if he takes a bite he doesn't get nourishment, he gets a broken jaw.