Glasgow SECC – 12th November 2009
As Kasabian fans left the SECC on Thursday night, the streets sounded more like the terraces of a football ground as they continued to chant the band’s final song, LSF. Fresh from success with third album ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’, Kasabian proved that they are one of the best live bands around, storming through a brilliant set lasting over an hour and a half.
For any doubters of the band’s indie-rock brand of music, one thing that can be said about them is that they know how to work the crowd. From the very beginning, ‘Julie and the Mothman’ and ‘Underdog’ sent the crowd into a beer-throwing frenzy as frontman Tom Meighan proved himself to be one of the best in the business, sauntering around the stage like a veteran. It was not only their music that went down well but the band provided a stage show that was unlike anything they had offered before. Guitarist Serge Pizzorno promised a stage set up with the theme of ‘seeing the world through a looking glass’, an idea heavily inspired by their most recent album. These newer tracks were followed by older hits such as ‘Cutt Off’, ‘Shoot the Runner’ and ‘Processed Beats’ with the strong set list proving just exactly how much hits they have had since they came on the scene in 2003. Slower songs ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ and ‘Thick as Thieves’ offered a moment of respite before the crowd went crazy for recent hit ‘Fire’. This was followed by ‘Fast Fuse’, ‘Club Foot’ and ‘Vlad the Impaler’, also going down a storm and keeping the crowd jumping. The sound of final song ‘LSF’ could still be heard 20 minutes after the band left the stage, showing that this live show will be hard to beat for a while yet.
Kasabian have recently been quoted as saying that they would like to take Oasis’ crown as the UK’s biggest band. After this performance, it seems that they already have.
As Kasabian fans left the SECC on Thursday night, the streets sounded more like the terraces of a football ground as they continued to chant the band’s final song, LSF. Fresh from success with third album ‘West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum’, Kasabian proved that they are one of the best live bands around, storming through a brilliant set lasting over an hour and a half.
For any doubters of the band’s indie-rock brand of music, one thing that can be said about them is that they know how to work the crowd. From the very beginning, ‘Julie and the Mothman’ and ‘Underdog’ sent the crowd into a beer-throwing frenzy as frontman Tom Meighan proved himself to be one of the best in the business, sauntering around the stage like a veteran. It was not only their music that went down well but the band provided a stage show that was unlike anything they had offered before. Guitarist Serge Pizzorno promised a stage set up with the theme of ‘seeing the world through a looking glass’, an idea heavily inspired by their most recent album. These newer tracks were followed by older hits such as ‘Cutt Off’, ‘Shoot the Runner’ and ‘Processed Beats’ with the strong set list proving just exactly how much hits they have had since they came on the scene in 2003. Slower songs ‘Ladies and Gentlemen’ and ‘Thick as Thieves’ offered a moment of respite before the crowd went crazy for recent hit ‘Fire’. This was followed by ‘Fast Fuse’, ‘Club Foot’ and ‘Vlad the Impaler’, also going down a storm and keeping the crowd jumping. The sound of final song ‘LSF’ could still be heard 20 minutes after the band left the stage, showing that this live show will be hard to beat for a while yet.
Kasabian have recently been quoted as saying that they would like to take Oasis’ crown as the UK’s biggest band. After this performance, it seems that they already have.
