Kaiser Chiefs Live!

Who:  Kaiser Chiefs

Where:  The Forum, Kentish Town

When:  21 Oct 2008

What can I say?  It was one of the best shows I've ever been to, Top 5 definitely.

A small venue, The Kentish Town Forum, was the perfect set for the Chiefs destructive performance.  Having just released a new album "Off With Their Heads", they went on tour on smaller venues to later on tackle the bigger arenas such as Wembley.  

This third album is definitely the weakest Kaiser so far.  But that didn't stop the gig from being amazing.  Didn't even feel like I was watching a concert in England.  The crowd went wild, the band went wild and it was just a perfect night.  Charismatic frontman Ricky Wilson sure knows how to win the crowd.

After opening the show with "Everyday I Love You Less And Less", they fired "Everything Is Average Nowadays".  But the Kentish Town Forum went really crazy at the first chords of "Ruby".  A few of the new songs were played, such as "Never Miss a Beat", "Half The Truth" and "You Want History", when singer Ricky Wilson decided to do some moshes and walk on the crowd.

The second time the forum went wild was during "The Angry Mob" and my personal favorite "Oh My God".  Some more old songs were played but then, when we thought we were having a great night at one of the best concerts ever, when nothing could possibly get better and wilder, came "I Predict a Riot".  Plastic glasses of beer started flying all around, people jumping on each other, singing along with Ricky.  The best ending I could hope for to one of the top 5 concerts of my life.

I was then left with the easy task of wearing an ear-to-ear smile, while in the tube back home everyone was sharing their photos and videos while singing "I Predict a Riot".  Too bad I went on the last of their 2 concerts otherwise I would have gone again.  It was that good!