 First
up tonight are tek one, they are a 3 piece with
a MC, DJ and a live drummer, the bass is unbelievable,
as it's rattling the windows outside of the venue,
as they play remixes of metal songs, with the
MC offering words of encouragement to get the
crowd in a frenzy, with the drummer being drowned
out at times by the bass. It's an interesting
mix with the live drummer element, not all that
interesting to watch but wildly entertains if
you’re a member of the crowd.
 Main
support are rockers Young Guns, at first I wasn't
too sure if they were any good but surprisingly
they are a very lively band, and they play some
rather catchy tunes, such as set openers elements,
bones, DOA. They got some good guitar riffs, the
last song way of the world is my high light of
set, and it’s probably the best song of
the set, with lots of singing from the crowd.
There an entertaining band to watch, all bouncing
around the stage with buckets of energy, which
also gets the crowd going along with the music
other sofa that featured are towers, stitches,
daughters of the sea which made for fast paced
set. Overall a highly entertaining band of your
into alt rock.
 Now
playing on an even bigger stage, Enter Shikari
are a band that are slowly but surely on the rise,
another year or two and they could be hitting
arenas as headliners. They open their set with
a blast, system which is followed by meltdown,
and from the heat coming from the ravenous crowd,
it could well happen. The light show they have
on this tour is superb, easily beating the last
tour, there was even warnings handed out about
it as the crowd streamed into the venue. Next
up is the feast/jester and then into the excellent
Gandhi mate Gandhi, in which Rou climbs a speaker
stack and bests on one a little. The middle of
the set consists of songs such as hello tyrannosaurus,
havoc B Destabilize, motherstep/ship, search party,
stalemate.
 I'm
pretty sure they did a remix of stay young by
oasis, or at least sampled the chorus.
From start to finish the band show boundless levels
of energy, they do slow down when they break out
the acoustic guitars but soon pick it again, I
can't Imagine how they manage to do it night after
night! Arguing with thermometers is by far my
favourite track of the night which is followed
by stand your ground and Enter Shikari which closes
out the main set.
They come back on with return to energizer which
is one of the set highlights, which is followed
by the excellent ssssssnakepit, a superb and obvious
choice to close out the night. When you hear this
band on CD and live there very different experiences,
live it’s just so much more vivid and alive
than any CD could offer. A great live band they
are. 5/5
Tek One 3/5
Young Guns 4/5
Enter Shikari 5/5
Review By Robert Lawrence
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