REVIEW: Kasabian, Sheffield Arena - PICTURES
IF pint throwing was to become an Olympic sport Kasabian could well be part of the official coaching staff.
About now they and their tour are probably responsible for more Carlsberg being given flying lessons than any other band. Or rather their music is.
For while third album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum has displayed a more pensive and intriguing side, it is the frenetic, sonic genius of the bouncy Shoot The Runner, Processed Beats and others that the sweaty faithful truly crave. Then it was that album's lead single, Fire, that created surely the most turbulent mosh pit of this venue's year.
The likes of Thick As Thieves present a more graceful side to a band reared on the Manchester swagger, recreated via Leicester, but it is the latter, LSF (Lost Souls Forever) and the like, the masses feed on in this cauldron-like atmosphere.
As 'sane' crew in white coats busied stage left, a raised inner stage contained within a picture frame comprised of screens had the band further from the baying crowd than usual. But mouthy singer Tom Meighan – made-up and here resembling Will Young from afar – is naturally adept at pulling the energy from his followers, much like Jon McClure whose Reverend And The Makers played their biggest hometown show yet as support.
As both bands follow their summer stadium dates with the ill-fated Oasis, here was at least one ready to fill the lad-rock shoes of the Gallaghers, but arguably with more diversity and kinetic finesse than Manchester's spent force.
Paupers and lunatics united, Kasabian's third phase has certainly created a new breed of asylum seeker. And on this evidence, they are going to need a bigger asylum.
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