 Shaun Ryder and Co open with Kinky afro which
is then followed by electric Scales and Loose
Fit,the whole thing smacks of hat unmistakeable
90s sound, it does sound a tad dated but it was
from a good time! so I'll let it slide, seeing
people doing that dance, you know the one, was
quite funny too. Name of the father and Rev black
grape, Temazi Party songs by his former band black
grape, this gets the room really bouncing along
even more so than it already is, there's a real
good vibe in here tonight, the bass is really
heavy probably just a tad too much and the vocals
could be a tad cleaner and higher in the mix.
Shaun spends pretty much the entire set rooted
to the spot and hand in pocket,normally for most
people it would project nervousness but i doubt
that's the case, he's just too laid back to give
a smeg, he let's the female singer on stage fill
the stage presence hole. Step on is a song that
I remember when I was growing up and is by far
probably one of the most famous songs from the
time,good classic tune!!
The Charlatans come on to great applause and going
into Then which aint a bad opening song which
is followed by Weirdo, Tim (vocals) is wearing
the worse sweater I've ever seen, thankfully it
is discarded Cant get out of bed, a song that
I know and like, it must have been dead sweaty
in there! I really like smash the system off there
new album it's pretty laid back and sounds great
live its got good guitar work, strike that, the
whole band are playing well! they know how to
write some good catchy songs and now with time
they have got a wealth of material to draw from.
 The band seem really up for it tonight, the front
man Tim is playing up for the camera and crowd.
It's a band I've never really listened to much
if at all, there's a few that I know, I can see
where Liam Gallagher may have got an influence
from in the way he sings. I don't want to sound
old and I'm not but it is either my hearing is
getting better or there playing the music really
loud here these days! For a band that's been around
since what seems forever(you know the late 80's),
they still do what they do really well. Its is
the end of the UK leg of the tour so they really
are in the groove right now, a lot of the tunes
played here tonight I think I'm a fan of, The
7th song, one to another, has a really good opening,
great sound to the guitar lots of wah wah pedal(I
think), good sound through out too! Your pure
soul is a really great song, first time I've beard
it, great chorus, love this song! After a few
so so songs, oh takes the pace and mood down a
notch. The set picks up with this is the end and
black and blue eyes, its a top song. After the
encore of Love is Ending and Jesus Hairdo, Jon
there current drummer who's sick at the moment
gets on the drums for the last song of the night,Sproston
Green top top song and good to see Jon on the
drums, its a good way to close the set and UK
leg of the tour, I may be buying a few tunes online.
The Charlatans - 5/5
Shaun Ryder - 4/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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