Turin Brakes in concert (Turin Brakes in General)

Member Name: suewan

Product:	Turin Brakes in General
Date:	10/05/03 (31 review reads)
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Advantages: great music, great and

Disadvantages: none

A few months ago Turin Brakes came to perform in Birmingham at the Academy and I went along to see them. The Academy is quite a small venue, so the perfomances there can feel really personal. I already really liked the bands last album (The Optimist) and the day after the concert their new album was launched. Therefore the band played alot of old an new stuff.

Music wise i really loved it, they played all my favourites from the Optimist and the new songs were even better. However, the reason why I wanted to write a review on this concert was not mainly because their music and songs were brilliant (which they were). What i wanted to say is that a few days before this concert the whole band had got a bug and it was quite nasty. Olly (the lead singer) said that they had been puking all day because of the bug, and it was so bad for the keyboard player that he just couldn't make the concert. Apparently their manager asked the band if they wanted to cancel the show the day before but they decided not to let their fans down and to let the show go on!

On the night they were brilliant, their performance wasn't at all marred by them being ill, Olly and the band were still full of energy and chatting to the crowd in between performing. I really think that they should be applauded for carrying on despite being ill. I think many bands would have cancelled at the last minute and disappointed hundreds of fans, but Turin Brakes made the right decision. The venue was great, the whole performance felt really personal and I think it was good value for money too, it only cost £13. So not only is the music great but the band are too, I think they've got the right attitude and really admire them.

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