Tonight the Lostprophets were playing their final
show on their mammoth sold out UK tour to a near
local crowd at the Academy in Bristol.
We got into the Academy as Kids In Glasses Houses
were playing my favourite song ‘Easy Tiger’
as we walked into the main room, I noticed the
venue was well over sold out as I have been too
many sold out shows at the venue before but never
have I seen the venue so busy, but the good thing
was that everyone seemed to be loving Kids In
Glass Houses, they played a really fast energetic
set which came across a lot heavier live than
it did on record, songs featured in their set
included ‘Fisticuffs’, ‘Give
Me What I Want’ and ‘Saturday’
and each song went down well with the crowd but
then again that was to be expected as Kids In
Glass Houses are a band with massive amounts of
poppy anthems which was just right for tonight’s
crowd.
It was a 30 minute break to set up the stage
ready for the Lostprophets and this time moved
pretty swiftly as before we knew it the lights
had dimmed and the Lostprophets were making their
way on stage to massive cheers from the crowd
and a massive beam of lasers and lighting shining
in every direction expect that of the Lostprophets
as they were left in pretty much darkness for
the whole show.
The Lostprophets started with ‘If It Wasn’t
For Hate We’d Be Dead By Now’ in my
opinion the song was the perfect song to open
with as it is the opening song from their current
album ‘The Betrayed’ and it’s
a big aggressive song which proves that the Lostprophets
are more than just five pretty boys who play radio
friendly anthems.
Up next was ‘It’s Not The End Of
The World But I Can See It From Here’, the
song got the crowd moving more than I have ever
seen a crowd move at the Academy, people from
the front right to the back were moshing, jumping
around and generally having a great time and the
select few people who weren’t joining in
in this way were singing or bopping there head
along.
The best moment of the set was when they played
a cover version of the classic Prodigy song ‘Omen’
I have never heard such a good cover version in
my life, seriously people cover songs and they
sound so to similar to the original, the Lostprophets
decide to cover a dance song and they turn in
proper rock and roll with big chunky guitar riffs
and generally fast instrumental work that you
will not be forgetting in a hurry.
Towards the middle of the set the radio friendly
songs came in one after another starting with
‘Last Summer’ and following on with
‘A Town Called Hypocrisy’, ‘Last
Train Home’, ‘Where We Belong’
and ‘Rooftops’, these songs came at
a much needed time as the crowd was looking knackered
from their heavy moshing and general movement,
during these songs there was not a closed mouth
in the building as everyone was singing along
with pride and passion.
After ‘Rooftops’ Lostprophets took
a quick break on stage which resulted in Ian Watkins
insulting the crowd and pretty much anyone he
set his eyes on which was basically his idea to
give the crowd a 5minute breather so they could
catch their breath and refresh before being launched
head first again into a double whammy which consisted
of ‘We Are Godzilla, You Are Japan’
and ‘Shinobi Vs Dragon Ninja’ which
lead to a hectic finish to a storming set.
A couple of minutes after leaving the stage the
Lostprophets came back on stage to play a one
song en-core which consisted of ‘The Light
That Burns Twice As Bright’ which happens
to be the closing song of their current album
‘The Betrayed’, the song came across
as soft and mellow as it does on the album and
was the perfect song to let everyone catch their
breath back and leave in a mellow way.
Overall the Lostprophets were awesome tonight,
they were so much better than when I watched them
headline Download Festival a few years ago and
it was such a bonus to see them okay in such a
small venue, they defiantly ripped the Academy
a new one tonight.
Kids In Glass Houses 4/5
Lostprophets 5/5
Review By Trigger
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