 Having missed most of The funeral party, due to
being taken in very late by security only to be
told can only shoot from the sound desk and missed
90 percent of the gig anyway there wasn't much
to watch of the band, sorry guys.
Enter Shikari a band that to me just seems to
pop up and down on the music radar only ever hear
from them when they’re supporting big acts
such as 30 seconds to mars. Anyway, the music
seems to sway between electro/techno rock with
it being heavy on one side then the other, as
I guess it matched them playing either older or
newer material that I’m not really familiar
with, I have to say a lot of their material sound
pretty much the same, really bass heavy! I have
to say they put on a pretty good visual show bounding
around the stage, and like the torches on the
end of guitars and mics, wasn't much of a fan
of the strobes though, pain in the arse trying
to shoot while that's going on, the vocals were
pretty so so, average, looking at the crowd they
hardly seemed geared up or warmed up for that
matter, just one of those nights I guess.
 Now I have to say, shooting from the sound desk
while everything on stage is back lit, is pretty
much a waste of time, and no idea why we were
shooting from that far back!! I wish I hadn’t
bothered bringing a camera. I’m also not
a fan of people cussing out there fans when they’re
not doing what the front man wants, even stopping
a song to prove a point! These grumbles aside,
It was an alright show which the crowd finally
came to life in They opened there set with the
excellent Escape, which was swiftly followed by
Night of the Hunter. A beautiful Lie and Attack
followed and I sang along as I really like these
tracks, really catchy and anthemic. They even
broke out the acoustic guitars for a few tracks
which included Capricorn and From yesterday, which
I have to say were really decent and great to
hear live. They went electric again with The Kill
and The fantasy which closed the set. They had
2 encores the fantastic Hurricane and then another
encore to finish the night with Kings and Queens,
not my choice but awesome none the less! without
the gripes id have given this a 5 but too much
ego knocks this down to a 4.
Enter Shikari 3/5
30 Seconds To Mars 4/5
Review Robert Lawrence
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