Having interviewed the Stone Gods before the show started (quite possibly the nicest men in rock today) photographer James and I loitered at the back of the Academy watching the warm up act, Sound and Fury, erm, warming up. Airbourne’s Joel came over and introduced himself to us, and although slightly star struck, we had to giggle as he was asked to show his back stage pass to security before disappearing into the dressing area. The crowds spilled in, the beer began to flow...

Stone Gods entered the stage to an enthusiastic response, and if I am not mistaken, the Indiana Jones theme tune. Straight into Burn the Witch, the room began to bounce. Dan and Toby were in perfect sync during harmonies whilst playing like they were born to hold a guitar. Richie kept the crowd’s momentum with his energy and charismatic antics, and Robin held strong beat to gel the finished product.


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Throughout the set the audience fed off their passion and responded with claps and vocals when told and singing the lyrics back word perfect. I’m with the Band prompted plenty of jigging about on and off stage and the closing bars were teased out to a big ending. The Stone Gods gave an exhilarating performance and displayed an obvious passion for putting it out there and playing it live and loud. After such a fantastic stage show with an outstanding sound track they were sure to have won over many new fans that night, and I should imagine their new album Silver Spoons and Broken Bones enjoyed a rise in sales soon afterwards.

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