Gig Review

Lostprophets
Kids In glass Houses
Bristol, Academy
28th February 2010
   
          
Lostprophets              Kids In Glass Houses
                    
Tonight the Lostprophets were playing their final show on their mammoth sold out UK tour to a near local crowd at the Academy in Bristol.

We got into the Academy as Kids In Glasses Houses were playing my favourite song ‘Easy Tiger’ as we walked into the main room, I noticed the venue was well over sold out as I have been too many sold out shows at the venue before but never have I seen the venue so busy, but the good thing was that everyone seemed to be loving Kids In Glass Houses, they played a really fast energetic set which came across a lot heavier live than it did on record, songs featured in their set included ‘Fisticuffs’, ‘Give Me What I Want’ and ‘Saturday’ and each song went down well with the crowd but then again that was to be expected as Kids In Glass Houses are a band with massive amounts of poppy anthems which was just right for tonight’s crowd.

It was a 30 minute break to set up the stage ready for the Lostprophets and this time moved pretty swiftly as before we knew it the lights had dimmed and the Lostprophets were making their way on stage to massive cheers from the crowd and a massive beam of lasers and lighting shining in every direction expect that of the Lostprophets as they were left in pretty much darkness for the whole show.

The Lostprophets started with ‘If It Wasn’t For Hate We’d Be Dead By Now’ in my opinion the song was the perfect song to open with as it is the opening song from their current album ‘The Betrayed’ and it’s a big aggressive song which proves that the Lostprophets are more than just five pretty boys who play radio friendly anthems.

Up next was ‘It’s Not The End Of The World But I Can See It From Here’, the song got the crowd moving more than I have ever seen a crowd move at the Academy, people from the front right to the back were moshing, jumping around and generally having a great time and the select few people who weren’t joining in in this way were singing or bopping there head along.

The best moment of the set was when they played a cover version of the classic Prodigy song ‘Omen’ I have never heard such a good cover version in my life, seriously people cover songs and they sound so to similar to the original, the Lostprophets decide to cover a dance song and they turn in proper rock and roll with big chunky guitar riffs and generally fast instrumental work that you will not be forgetting in a hurry.

Towards the middle of the set the radio friendly songs came in one after another starting with ‘Last Summer’ and following on with ‘A Town Called Hypocrisy’, ‘Last Train Home’, ‘Where We Belong’ and ‘Rooftops’, these songs came at a much needed time as the crowd was looking knackered from their heavy moshing and general movement, during these songs there was not a closed mouth in the building as everyone was singing along with pride and passion.

After ‘Rooftops’ Lostprophets took a quick break on stage which resulted in Ian Watkins insulting the crowd and pretty much anyone he set his eyes on which was basically his idea to give the crowd a 5minute breather so they could catch their breath and refresh before being launched head first again into a double whammy which consisted of ‘We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan’ and ‘Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja’ which lead to a hectic finish to a storming set.

A couple of minutes after leaving the stage the Lostprophets came back on stage to play a one song en-core which consisted of ‘The Light That Burns Twice As Bright’ which happens to be the closing song of their current album ‘The Betrayed’, the song came across as soft and mellow as it does on the album and was the perfect song to let everyone catch their breath back and leave in a mellow way.

Overall the Lostprophets were awesome tonight, they were so much better than when I watched them headline Download Festival a few years ago and it was such a bonus to see them okay in such a small venue, they defiantly ripped the Academy a new one tonight.

Kids In Glass Houses 4/5
Lostprophets 5/5

Review By Trigger

 Lostprophets


Ian Watkins
Lee Gaze
Mike Lewis
Stuart Richardson
Jamie Oliver
Luke Johnson

 Kids In Glass Houses


Dafydd Williams
Aled Llewellen
Iain Mahanty
Allan Myfanwy
Pierre Le Bouef

 Band Related Links
Lostprophets Myspace
Kids In Glass Houses Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?