This epic night was kicked off by fantastic support by Miles Kane who continues to impress with his solo campaign promoting colour of the trap released earlier in the year. Miles melodic pop driven songs pleased the gathering crowds. Inhaler went down a treat which was probably expected after the singles success, in my opinion its one of this years top single releases with Kane reinventing his sound after the last shadow puppets album success back in April 2008.
I have to say my personal favourite he played on the night was telepathy, Kane manages to bring together every essence of cool in this track, imagine James bond playing Keith Richards telecaster and your halfway there.
Then came the act everyone had came to see the mighty Kasabian!
Now the last time I watched kasabien was way back in 2004 performing at the Manchester Apollo when the band were just breaking on to the music scene. Now a lot has changed since those days after three U.k album number ones and I was looking forward to seeing how the band had progressed and grown. Well I wasn’t disappointed as soon as the band opened with new single days are forgotten which is a glorious track rich in depth and typical kasabian drama.
The band played a great mix of tracks from all four albums in a perfect mix of favourites such as shoot the runner, where did all the love go?,Vlad the impaler, processed beats, fire and the mighty empire which lit up the crowd unlike the failing stage lights that left the guys playing in complete darkness however the true professionals turned this into an opportunity to get the crowd involved. With lead guitarist Surge shouting for everyone to get out their mobile phones lights in the air to light up the arena. It might be a little cliché but by George it sets up a great atmosphere. Apart from this slight hiccup the night was a more than amazing success. Kasabian performed brilliantly, confidently and with the swagger only truly, great bands can pull off.
I don’t believe there could have been a disappointed fan in the house at this gig maybe at the lack of change they’d be getting out of thirty pound when buying a t shirt but this isn’t about overpriced band merchandise its about epic music by the current greatest band in Britain.
Below is the official music video for the bands latest single, “Days Are Forgotten”
Written by Paul Darlington for Prince Baron Records
