Kaiser Chiefs – KB-hallen, Copenhagen – Live review
Kaiser Chiefs (UK) live at the K.B. Hallen in Copenhagen (DK)
UK indie band Kaiser Chiefs has played in Denmark many many times since they broke through the sound barrier with their first single Oh My God a few years back. Lead singer Ricky Wilson and his band have always been a great live band, but tonight in Copenhagen, it became obvious that if it wasn’t for Wilson, Kaiser Chiefs would be nothing than a mediocre band.
From the very first song Everything Is Average Nowadays, Wilson had the crowd in the palm of his hand. In recent days, Danish media has been all about athletes using EPO, and in K.B. Hallen, it seemed that Wilson was a clear EPO-candidate. Running and jumping around like a Duracell bunny, the crowd had difficulty keeping up with the Englishman. The rest of the band, though, was way too static, and seemed like they were just there to play, and not do much more – this got increasingly annoying during the concert, but Wilson kept compensating by jumping higher and running faster.
While the first KC album Employment was a worldwide success, the latest album Yours Truly, Angry Mob has not appealed to the same wide audience. Only songs like Ruby kept the audience on their feet, while only songs from the first album really sent the crowd into frenzy.
At the end of the concert, great songs like Oh My God, Na Na Na Na Na and I Predict A Riot made sure that the last energy was squeeed out of audience and leadsinger, and while one left the building, the word ‘Showman’ was one of the words that could best describe this night. It was Kaiser Chiefs on stage – But Ricky Wilson that made the real difference.
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- Watch Ricky Wilson when he hosted the fantastic rock quiz show ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’:
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