Anyway, to the review. A gig on a Sunday night is a bit of an odd proposition. my expectations of energy levels from the crowd and me were a tad on the pessimistic side. As always the optimist makes me look like a fool.
Doors were 7.30 ( you get there for about 8.30) and I was enthusiastically early (on time) only to find that the queue length was proportional to Mumford & Sons brilliance. When I had eventually got over the in-queue weather, I witnessed one of the best gigs i have ever seen (Still trying to place this, above or below Blur at Glastonbury?). Before I start on the ceaseless praise of Mumford & Sons I should first congratulate the support acts Andrew Davey and the brilliant Fanfarlo who did the most difficult job in music with ease, and had the crowd singing their praises and buying their merchandise before the end of the night.Although they were great the support acts were great they were pale in comparison to the main attraction. Mumford & Sons played an incredible gig, they made the crowd sing, dance, laugh, shout Geordie words and just generally fall in love with their music all over again. One of the most impressive things about the gig was how much depth the set list had despite their one album release. They mixed in their lively tracks with slower ones and old songs with some brand new songs that left me cruising YouTube just to hear grainy badly shot live versions. The sheer energy of the band turned even the obliged partners in the crowd into avid fans and left the atmosphere buzzing with an admiration of the bands skill and live prowess. I think the fact that three out of the four members of the band played drums at some point says something about the talent that Mumford & Sons have within those banjo plucking fingers. The gig left all that attended with a new lease of Mumford & Sons life and many a whistled 'Little Lion Man' could be heard a long time after they left the stage. All that leaves me to say is well done Mumford & Sons and well done to the person who bought me the tickets.
