Glasgow five piece act Logan made their second return to Birmingham to headline tonight’s gig and by the time they took to the stage the room had filled dramatically. 2008 appears to be the year for Logan to triumphantly descend from the struggling depths of unsigned band anonymity to the dizzy heights of success. With supporting the likes of Alterbridge and Bon Jovi amongst their accolades, Logan’s biggest achievement to date is their dazzling track The Great Unknown featuring on forthcoming movie soundtrack The Jump Off. To add extra cherries to the cake, Logan’s Kenny delightedly told the crowd “We’re having Slash play on our ****ing record! How ****ing amazing is that”! Subsequently adding gleefully, “Ha, but what the Americans might not know is that in Scotland Slash means Pish”, which was met with a raucous escalating cheer from the crowd.

What was immediately impressive about Logan’s show was the interaction and mutual respect between the band on stage and their fans. A particularly nice touch was when Kenny asked if there were any party animals in the crowd and before storming into New Way, requesting everyone to strut their stuff so he could pick out the best dancer and arm them with band freebies. Congratulations to the couple in the middle of the room that won an armful of goodies after being spotted amidst the sweaty sea of bodies proliferating to the tiny barrier.


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Kenny on vocals is a paragon with lorry loads of charisma and stage presence and pure conviction and sincerity in every note he sings, with a solid, musically tight band behind him. The gorgeous texture of Kenny’s vocals along with his impressive range merit him worthy of the same respect bestowed on the likes of Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and Creed’s Scott Stapp. Kenny’s performance exudes passion, conviction, which adds to the intensity of the power ballads in the set. Logan’s hour long set comprised mainly tracks from their first two albums, which were all crowd pleasers and well known to the fans including the magnificent Hey Mary, which could be deemed as eternally significant to the band as Jeremy is to Pearl Jam.

Logan’s sound is chiefly a cross between Pearl Jam, Creed and Alterbridge, with a real American quality to it, mainly down to its out and out rock and roll feel and powerful epic quality. Tracks such as Tell Me, Mean Mission and New Way prove that musical arrangement and melodic structure is like a form of wizardry to the band, and their magical concoction of razor sharp guitar riffs on a hotbed of delicious musical layers makes the listening experience an enchanting and spellbinding event.


With new management on board and their new mission statement “to become the biggest band in the world”, it seems for Logan this is no pipedream. Commercial success for this exceptional ensemble is inevitable. The question is not if but when.

Full set list

Gone
Stand to Reason
Grounded
Something Else
Tell Me
Mean Machine
Be Strong
Hey Mary
With Me
Lost and Found
New Way
Hallowed Ground
The Great Unknown
When I Get Down

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Mel Jones