Pure Love
are up first, the lights stay up and the band walk onto the stage and Frank
announces “We’re here to play some songs that you won’t have heard before, but
we hope you’ll enjoy it” and they blast into an 8 song set which includes their
singles, Bury My Bones and Handsome Devils Club. The first song is performed as a normal band
would, on stage with everyone in their position playing well and rocking out,
then we hit the second and half way through guitarist Jim Carroll decides he’s
had enough of the stage and jumps down into the photo pit and plays on the
barrier in front of the crowd. He gets back up on stage and then Frank gets
down into the pit and takes his mic and stand with him, as the song ends he’s
half way over the barrier and is asking people to take the mic stand so he can
sing in the middle of the crowd. He
climbs over into a crowd of bemused LP fans and sings a few songs in the crowd,
he eventually realises that people can’t see him and climbs on a fans shoulders.
He beckons Jim to join him in the crowd, and after a bit of persuasion, he
comes in and sits on a fan shoulders playing guitar whilst frank bellows down
the mic. It’s a sight to be seen as they play some great rock songs in the
middle of a crowd, whilst the rest of the band blends into the background on
stage. Eventually they go back on stage and finish their set to great applause.
They performed really well, both sounding great and doing something different,
they’ve made some new fans tonight that’s for sure. 4.5/5
We Are The
Ocean are up next, and after the last time I saw this 4 piece from Essex, I
gave them a poor write up, they were lacklustre and missing something without
their departed second vocalist Dan Brown, but tonight they were different, they
were much better. They play a nice set
list of 9 songs which sounds great, the levels are near perfect and they’re
performance is full of energy and bang which comes out in the members moving
about the stage and jumping about whilst singer Liam Cromby powerfully roars
“come on” to get the crowd moving. They
play singles from their last 2 albums including; The Road, Overtime Is A Crime,
Young Heart, What It Feels Like, Waiting Room and end of their latest single
Bleed, which all go down well. Waiting Room works well without the back and
forth between the two singers; it’s still powerful and gets the crowd singing
along. The band do a great job, and have
definitely won over some new fans, with the band asking people to come see them
at the merch desk later, and as I left it was full of people waiting to say
hello. 4/5
Lost
Prophets are up now and everyone knows they are a 6 piece from Pontypridd (but
I thought I’d tell you again anyway), they play rock/pop/punk music and they
have 5 critically acclaimed albums, so with all this under their belts you’d
expect them to be a decent live act with a great show and great performance,
and you’d be correct. The stage is dark
and as the lights come up Ian Watkins walks out onto the stage alone to huge
screams from the crowd, he stands there in his military coat for a few seconds
in silence as slowly the rest of the band emerge and take their places on
stage. They all stay silent and soak up
the applause, and then start a great setlist by playing a track off album The
Betrayed; A Better Nothing before going back to the great album Liberation
Transmission and play tracks New Transmission and Can’t Catch Tomorrow which
shake the room with the pure power and energy! They sound amazing, with the banging
drums, vibrant keyboards, thumping bass, heavy guitars and gravelly vocals
along with some beautiful harmonies.
They look amazing too, with the stage being well lit and the band
themselves looking smartly dressed and cool.
Ian Watkins doesn’t really say too much in-between songs, with just the
casual “Thanks for coming and for your continued support”, “We love
Wolverhampton, we should have a residency here” and “We decided to play some
songs we haven’t played in a while, as we’ve been playing the same songs for
years, we don’t know if it’s good or bad as tonight’s the first night, but
we’ll let you decided” and with that they blast into old school classic
Kobrakai with the haunting opening guitar notes and bass drop bringing the room
to its knees. They continue this flux of old school songs by playing The Fake
Sound Of Progress and Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja, which causes an eruption of
circle pits around the venue as the fans get into the music. They set list is
great and is mixed up very evenly with 4 songs from each album with a few
extra’s thrown in for good measure. Other songs played are We Bring An Arsenal,
Last Summer, Jesus Walks, Rooftops, Burn Burn, Last Train Home and then going
into an unusual end of set with little known heavy song from their first album
A Thousand Apologies, going into Can’t Get Enough with its heavy scratching and
ending on a secret heavy track Weapon from Weapons. It’s the first time I’ve
seen a band end on a secret track but it goes down great, with everyone now
knackered from all the dancing and moshing as this has been a heavy set.
Overall Lost
Prophets where amazing, with a great setlist and great sound. I’m upset I had never seen them before
tonight, as I know I would have loved it, but I’m glad I’ve finally seen them,
as I know not to miss the next time there back in town and I hope you won’t
either!
5/5
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