Brixton Kings

Small venue and big Kings Of Leon wow crowd in London for warm-up show

15 August 2008 - The Kings of Leon kicked things off with their new single Crawl, which sent fans crazy.

Hundreds of fans were treated to a one-off show at the Brixton Academy on Thursday night.

Which by the looks of things went down well, especially straight after the first note was strummed on leadman Caleb's guitar, there was jumping and moshing like crazy.

The band mixed things up with old and new material. Tunes such as Knocked Up and Charmer were the crowd's favourites.

"The energy was fantastic, clearly the best gig I've ever been to," was just the tip of the iceberg when it came to fan's personal reviews.

28 year old James loved every second of it.

"The background was amazing. That was the best gig I've ever seen at Brixton. It was brilliant".

His girlfriend Lisa agreed with him. "Kings of Leon are amazing anyway. And we've seen them at a festival and that was quite small (Brixton Academy) for the Kings of Leon. They're brilliant."

Simon was really pleased he managed to get his hands on a pair of the sold out tickets. "They were amazing. They were so good. They played all the best tunes. It was just worth it. We paid about 90 quid for the tickets on the black market and it was worth it 10 times over."

"Spectacular. best night out this year so far." Juliana

The track that sent the crowd wild

But which track was the one that got the whole crowd jumoping in mass unison? 33 year old Simon reckons he knows.

"Milk definitely, from Aha Shake. It was just, the whole place went crazy when it was on, and it was just brilliant. It was so good. Best night I've had in a long, long time."

His mate Joe, wasn't too sure.

"Milk was great. But I've got to say I was harking for a bit of Soft going on there, but everything was great." "They're not gonna play another small venue like this I don't think anymore.

So it was worth going to this kind of place tonight to check out this gig because from now on, they're gonna be playing some massive venues. So, pretty pleased we got involved on this one."

The show was opened by newcomers Glasvegas, who did a 5 song set, ending with Daddy's Gone, which is out on 25 August.

Kings of Leon's new album Only By The Night , hits stores on 22 September.

Chi Chi Izundu