Kevin Drew

So copious reviews have been written about the gig so I'm just going to give my tuppenceworth and lob up a few photos.

The gig was absolutely brilliant - myself and my 2 friends came out literally beaming from it and how often do you say that about a gig?!

So reasons why the gig was one of the highlights of the musical year so far

• Drew's a bit of a hippy but he's completely sincere in what he says to the crowd
• He has a completely infectious enthusiasm that the entire crowd buy into and get carried away on
• His own album is *good* with a couple of stand out tracks but it is a bit ponderous lets be honest - thankfully he knows better than to concentrate solely on his own stuff and with 2 of the best albums of the last few years behind him (You Forgot It in People and Broken Social Scene) he has a lucky bag full of songs to treat he crowd to .... Which he did with gusto
• He fucked up on one song and completely carried it off
• They had issues with the sound but it didn't affect their performance - I could compare this with the Arcade Fire gig in the Olympia where there were serious sound issues and you could see Win Butler getting more and more worked up as the gig went on - understandable reaction but I felt that both Drew and Canning dealt with it much better
• Jack Daniels for the kids at the front
• U2 Karaoke - anyone who didn't realise he was just having a bit of fun needs to relax just a little bit - 2 lads at the front stormed out when they started playing it - lads seriously have a bit of craic - ye might enjoy yourselves if ye're not careful!

"look we're teenagers again!"

• Stars and Sons and all of Tripod bursting into clapping the chorus without any need for encouragement
• No nonsense about encores - 2 hours of sheer musical fun - this is our last song - thank you

Happy Days


One of the best gigs of the year? ..... Chalk it down!

Here's some photos people