The Heavy, The Black Reds and me at the Rainbow

So getting asked to support the Heavy once was amazing, getting asked a second time is just awesome. It was so much fun the first time round so I was really looking forward to this especially considering how well The Heavy are doing. They’re on the way home after a world tour, they absolutely killed it in America, they played The Late Show with David Letterman and got asked to do an encore…thats unheard of!!!

I played first, I played essentially the same set but made two changes I threw in the cover of Jump Around by House of Pain to get people warmed up and finished with a new song called From Grace, It’s a singer songwriter style tune with guitar beatbox and string synths and I’ve been itching to give it its first live outing so I did and it worked.

Next up were the Black Reds. I had never seen or heard of them before but I was truly amazed by the sheer energy they expelled whilst playing. This two piece is made up of a guitarist and a drummer, the drummer plays stood up and is also the lead singer. They stand up front together and they play a truly admirable show, I tried to take a picture but every attempt was blurry as they play that fast. Their last number saw the guitarist playing the guitar and the bass drum whilst the drummer/singer took his floor tom into the crowd and seek out 3 people (myself included) to beat the drum. I loved it, I absolutely loved it. Basically imagine the White Stripes but actually really f@£$ing good. Find them see them and love them!

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