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Going to a gig, there’s nothing better than seeing a band who enjoy what they do, and the crowd for The Loyal Few thought the same. These boys certainly were having fun as they rocked their way through their set, not only entertaining the crowd with their music, attitude, and dancing around the stage, but engaging with them with an excellent rapport. The tech was done extremely well – all instruments and vocals balanced and all worked well together, which is not often found with local bands. Pumping out a Brit-rock sound, with vocal quality on par with Razorlight, the band were harmonising brilliantly. The riffs were occasionally on par with rock legend Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, and the lead singer had a voice not unlike Matt Belamy of Muse. Within their genre, these lads have a very unique sound that wouldn’t sound out of place on national radio.


When Ed Sheeran appeared in front of a full venue wearing a hoody and scruffy bed hair, it gave him the look of a young lad fresh out of adolescence. However, he played the guitar like Newton Faulkner or Jack Johnson, and had a voice like a lighter Michael Bublé. The singer is more likely to break hearts than break his voice. There’s no wonder the girls were screaming and reaching for the stage, and the guys were waving their arms in the air the entire night. Ed even had a lot of people singing along. He started off with a supporting band, and occasionally sent them off so he could perform a solo track. This incredible musician must have enjoyed himself, because the big grin on his face hardly seemed to fade at all! He showed off some talent at one point when he started layering his own voice, and harmonising with himself beautifully. If that wasn’t enough, he outdid himself by then breaking out into rap, with skill on par with some world renowned vocal artists. He really did have liquid style, moving from indie-pop like tunes that you couldn’t be unhappy listening to, to slow acoustic love songs that tug at your heart strings while at the same time giving you a little chuckle. In between each song, you could see how chuffed he was to headline a place that’s sold out, and he thanks the crowd and his loyal followers. The cheers were immense – as loud as usually only heard at festivals or chart topping bands. Once he’d left the stage, the audience demanded an encore, and they appeared to worship him when he reappeared wielding a beaten up looking acoustic guitar. He told a story of how this guitar had been with him from the start, and how he will play one last song on it. He came out into the crowd, parting the red sea, and standing tall in the centre of the room, and got every single person to go dead silent before strumming a beautiful and humorous love song. The pile of thrown knickers alone were an indication of how huge this young man brimmed full of talent will become.