Opening their blistering 45 minute support slot with 'Kingdom Come' set a pace for the Ian Siegal band which didn't let up for one moment. Totally amazing guitar work, wonderful vocals and a really tight rhythm and bass section, the tumultuous applauds at the back end assured the sold out audience that their £17.50 was going to be really well spent tonight. And there was more to come.
It was 33 years ago that we last saw Wilko Johnson live. Then he was just out of Dr Feelgood and prancing about a Knebworth festival stage with his Solid Senders. Tonight, a follicley-challenged Wilko had teamed up with Norman Watt-Roy and Dylan Howe for more prancing around on this, the final leg of their sixteen-night 2011 tour. And there was no disappointment here either. Taking the (rather ancient) audience through a repertoire of classics old and new, Wilko proved beyond a doubt that he still has every bit of the energy and technique that has rightfully set him up there amongst the guitar greats.
We came away hoarse but happy. Two remarkable three-piece combos that prove beyond any shadow of a doubt that live music, particularly when there's this much talent in evidence, surpasses nothing. (And I even got to shake Ian Siegal's hand on the way out. Bonus!)
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