DON BROCO // BARROWLAND BALLROOM, GLASGOW
DON BROCO PLAY A WARM-UP READING & LEEDS FESTIVAL SHOW AT GLASGOW’S LEGENDARY BARROWLAND BALLROOM.
★★★★★ (5/5)
DON BROCO PERFORMING AT GLASGOW’S BARROWLAND BALLROOM
PHOTOCREDIT: PAUL STORR
Opening proceedings tonight we have Glasgow's very own Indie upstarts Plasticine.
Set opener "Safe" kicks things off beautifully, before we get a brilliant rendition of Willy Wonka's "Pure Imagination", which sparks a lovely sing a long.
With the room ever filling, the crowd are loving what they are seeing.
Set closer "Do Bad Boys Go To Heaven" is a stand out, and hopefully we will see more from Plasticine in the near future.
Up next we have Hasting's alt rock/indie group Kid Kapichi. Having not heard of them before this evening, it's safe to say they COMPLETELY blew me away.
The energy coming from the stage was ridiculous, and this channelled across to the crowd, so much so that it felt like a riot could kick off at any given moment of their set.
If you haven't heard Kid Kapichi before, think early Arctic Monkeys have a love child with The Streets, and you won't be far off.
Highlights of their set come in "Rob The Supermarket" and the insane closer "Smash The Gaff".
When Kid Kapichi come back this way again, they could easily sell out the Barrowlands in their own right, so here's hoping it's soon!
Headliners Don Broco kick off their set with the superb "Gumshield" before launching in to the catchy "Manchester Super Reds No.1 Fan". After "Come Out To LA", frontman Rob Damiani apologises for not coming to Glasgow on their last tour, explaining how they fought their management to be here tonight to make up for it.
Rob then proceeds to borrow someone from the crowds funky shirt, which has either bananas or Minions on it for "Fingernails", which then remains on for the duration of the set.
We get Kid Kapichi back out again during "Endorphins" to take part in the 'Bad Boys Badminton Club', which consists of the crowd parting in two to enable a badminton net to be brought out, and the Kid Kapichi members having a badminton game while Don Broco continue to smash out the song. We even get a new world record of the amount of successful hits they complete!
The main set is closed off with a wild rendition of "Everybody" before an encore of "T Shirt Song" sends the full room in to a frenzy, with t shirts being taken off and swung around everyone's heads.
Don Broco are always a fun band to see live, and tonight was no different!
