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Just got back from seeing Kaiser Chiefs at the Opera House, and it was a fucking brilliant gig. I've never seen a KC show that wasn't brilliant, but this one was even more awesome than usual. We managed to get two rows from the front--forgot my camera though, dammit--and I pogoed to every song in the set. (Apparently the Tae Kwan Do is doing it's job, 'cause I couldn't have done that a year ago.) Ricky was his usual awesome self and whipped the crowd into a frenzy from the start. He stood on the barrier right in front of us to sing one song--man, do I wish I'd had my camera for that moment--and did his usual journey to the bar for a pint in the middle of a show. (I was relieved he didn't crowd surf to the bar like he did that last time he was in town, because my friend and I were in a direct line between him and the bar.)

There was a good mix of old songs and new, but the biggest thing for me was that they did Love's Not a Competition as the first song of the encore. I adore that song, and I've never seen them do it live before, so I was ecstatic. (Shall have to get my Pros vid to that song up on my YouTube channel ASAP.)

Here's the video of their latest single, which they also did tonight and was pretty darn fun live.


In short, YAY!!!!!!

Just got back from seeing Kaiser Chiefs, and oh my god were they amazing. I screamed my way into near laryngitis, and it was totally worth it. (It was all for Ricky. During Oh My God he kept encouraging the crowd to scream louder and louder, finally topping it with "I don't want any of you to have a voice tomorrow." Well, yep, I reckon I won't.)

Ricky is a totally maniac. He jumped into the crowd multiple times, both crowd surfing and strolling around and once, near the end, to walk across the bar of the Mod Club and pour himself a pint. He's also a complete genius at stirring up the crowd. (Anyone who can bully a Toronto crowd into going as beserk as they did tonight is a miracle worker.)

On a personal aside, it was awesome that they started and ended with the two songs I want to hear the most: Spanish Metal from the new album started them off, and Oh My God was the big rousing finish. In between there wasn't an ounce of fat in the whole set; it was all fast, rocking numbers, no ballads allowed.

Next up, Franz Ferdinand in just over two weeks. Yay!