“So did you miss us at the V Festival?” Tom Meighan asked the sold out Civic, prompting the city’s longest composite ‘Yesss’ since Wolves won promotion.
And for anyone who suffered Oasis’ grudging and soulless set at Weston Park, this was the perfect antidote.
From the minute Meighan blustered on stage newly trimmed and looking like a slicked up Russell Crowe he grouped any doubts that a current swine flu scare had dimmed his innate likeability and raucous stage presence. “Yes, I’m alive,” he beamed.
Epic opener Underdog set the standard and, having acquired the ‘difficult third album’ syndrome with ease, Kasabian were able to cherry pick a catalogue now incomparable by any band since The Stone Roses.
And for anyone who suffered Oasis’ grudging and soulless set at Weston Park, this was the perfect antidote.
From the minute Meighan blustered on stage newly trimmed and looking like a slicked up Russell Crowe he grouped any doubts that a current swine flu scare had dimmed his innate likeability and raucous stage presence. “Yes, I’m alive,” he beamed.
Epic opener Underdog set the standard and, having acquired the ‘difficult third album’ syndrome with ease, Kasabian were able to cherry pick a catalogue now incomparable by any band since The Stone Roses.
Cue big stomping anthems, almost all of which turned into sing along, clap along fan fests with the whole venue joining in, except the security staff, who bottled their big moment, to pantomime boos from everyone else.
The set was faultless, with ‘Where did all the love go’ and ‘Fire’ raising the bar ever higher. Time, unhappily , flew past. So much so that when Club Foot kicked in, it still felt like the center order.
In fact it was the set closer, giving way to a storming repeat of Stuntman, followed by a reprise of their Glastonbury showpiece as Candi Staton’s ‘You got the love’ bled seamlessly into a memorably rousing LSF.
As the band left a sea of smiling faces in their wake, Meighan shouted above the cheers: “We need you to make us the most important band in Britain.”
The set was faultless, with ‘Where did all the love go’ and ‘Fire’ raising the bar ever higher. Time, unhappily , flew past. So much so that when Club Foot kicked in, it still felt like the center order.
In fact it was the set closer, giving way to a storming repeat of Stuntman, followed by a reprise of their Glastonbury showpiece as Candi Staton’s ‘You got the love’ bled seamlessly into a memorably rousing LSF.
As the band left a sea of smiling faces in their wake, Meighan shouted above the cheers: “We need you to make us the most important band in Britain.”
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