Two Bears in a Record Store

Kings of Leon sauntered on stage, with a swagger and a confidence that I have never seen in them the few times I’ve seen them on stage. This truly marked the reign of the new Kings. Cruising into ‘Crawl’, the Entertainment Centre in Sydney’s CBD lit up and the crowd exploded. It was a new crowd too – younger, with many, many, many more ladies in the crowd and they were all genuinely excited, which is totally refreshing.  

How do you follow up a heavy bass driven tune like “Crawl”? You throw in a classic from the back catalogue. ‘ Taper Jean Girl’ got the mosh heaving up and down and the crowd on its feet, which really wasn’t too hard - the crowd was out of their seats all night! The Kings pushed through the tracks efficiently and the 90 minutes seemed to just disappear, leaving myself and CB wanting more. Sadly for CB, they didn’t play his favourite tune ‘Soft’ which left him a little devastated but the encore was worth the wait, with the band we were treating us to ‘Charmer’, ‘Knocked Up’ and 'Manhattan'.

The Kings were a new band last night, with a whole new attitude. They played their best bits of their best songs to the best crowd.  The boys treated us to a greatest hits collection and its something they should be proud of. In fact, if I wasn’t so poor I’d go running back to see them tonight. From the class of 2003, which featured The Strokes & Franz Ferdinand, these guys were the first to sell out stadiums and headline Glastonbury. Based upon last night’s performance, its easy to see why. 

VB

Pic Source: Triple M