 | | Kula Shaker |
Times have changed, but huge beats and huge vocals get the crowd going and while the rest of the Kula Shaker are dressed somewhere between Sgt Pepper and Frank Zappa, Crispian Mills still looks about 20. They were never a band frightened of a bit of politics, as Dictator Of The Free World, a critical missive from The Revenge Of The King EP to George W Bush, shows in its lyrics; "I have God on my side, who cares if a few coloured people die" and "I wanna make love in Guantanamo" anyone? Immediately following it with one of their biggest hits, 303, perhaps overshadows the seriousness, but then it's the hits that the majority of the audience are here for. Sure enough, they come thick and fast with Tattva segueing into the Happy Mondays’ Hallelujah, Hush bringing back memories of indie dancefloors and the closing anthem Govinda coming complete with Bollywood dancing from Mills. For those that saw the band first time round, it was great to have them back, and their mix of new material, taken from the forthcoming Strangefolk, and the old hits it made it worthwhile, but with a set lasting less than an hour and boos as they left the stage, you cant help but feel much of the audience felt short-changed. | 
