It’s a sold out show tonight and it’s a real mixture of ages in the audience. We are very much in the minority tonight being new to Frank and not be able to sing back the lyrics to every song like most of the crowd.
With no new album to promote it’s a whistle-stop blast throughout his whole back catalogue, but to be fair our small group didn’t know most of the songs.
It’s a highly energetic show and it’s clear that Turner has a strong connection with his fans who embrace the band’s enthusiasm and energy on stage. Whilst Turner dons an acoustic guitar for most of the songs it gets a little lost in the overall sound of the band that rattles down the musical track like a noisy train. There’s little dither between songs and they come thick and fast.
There’s a brief interlude when Turner invites his best friend to crowd surf around the venue, high fiving, drinking beer and having selfies with random audience members. But then we’re back on the train with ‘Photosynthesis’ and a four song encore.
It’s a breathless night and that that’s just watching. As a newbie the fast songs do sound a bit samey with the familiar crowd pleasing and singalong friendly ‘wo wo wo’ choruses. I would have liked a bit of light and shade with perhaps a proper acoustic segment but it’s a small gripe.
On the whole an entertaining evening, great light show and a genuine warmth between band and fans.
Keep on rockin y’all