Diamonds on a landmine

Continuing from the previous thread Billy Talent were up next. Another brilliant Canadian band! Supported by Canterbury and Cancer Bats. Cancer Bats did a great job of warming up the audience and are defiantly good at what they do but not really to my taste. Then came the main event, Billy Talent had pulled out all the stops for this show. Ben's voice was flawless and the new album sounds sooo good live! It was absolutely crushed at the front and I came out soaking wet but with a massive grin on my face! They were immense!


So onto gig number 4 and Biffy Clyro probably one of if not the best British Band at the moment! It was the release date for the new album Only Revolutions and they played an intimate show at the HMV in Birmingham unfortunately didn't go but I was there for their sold-out show at the Academy. Supported by Pulled Apart by Horse who didn't impress me and the spectacular Manchester Orchestra and band that needs to be seen live to experience the mightiness of their songs! They go from so still and quiet to rocking out in an heartbeat and their keyboard/percussionist Chris Freeman is a one man moshing machine. But it was Biffy's night tonight and a 24 song set did everything anyone could have asked for! A stripped down affair compared to their last tour which included a string section, the songs spoke for themselves a beautiful rendition of Mountains with Simon aided by the crowd and a spazztastic rendition of There's no such thing as a jaggy snake. Biffy Clyro one of the best live bands and I would have expected nothing less!