Academy,Oxford
The Bristol band’s politically charged rock strikes a powerful chord on the messy, celebratory final night of their sold-out tourIdles guitarist Mark Bowen is walking across the venue’s ceiling. Held aloft by the crowd, and the topless musician turns himself partly upside down to recall advantage of the Academy’s low-hanging architecture.
This is not behaviour you would expect from a dentist. By night,though, the NHS’s mutton-chopped Bowen is often to be found wearing only his pants, and one of two prancing guitarists in a rowdy,shouty outfit playing the final night of a sold-out UK tour. (“For the final fucking time, we’re not a punk band, or ” Idles’ singer Joe Talbot claimed at a recent gig in Manchester.) Related: ‘I'm not the next Billy Bragg’: On the road with Idles’ Joe Talbot Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com