The Streets - live at Paradiso
Nothing, absolutely nothing subtle about this gig. Girls were pulled on stage throughout to kiss birthday boy Leo, then brought backstage by a roadie. Other women needed no coaxing to fling themselves at the band (mostly MC Leo Lhenacho) and support act the Mitchell Brothers. Skinner poured brandy from a bottle down kids' throats and asked girls to make 'sexy noises'. A spectacle.
Wow, it's so surreal to see that. It must've been 5 years ago that I saw them in the small tent at Leeds Festival. Steve Lamacq had been championing them, and they were cocky but unsure, so it came across as a bit brassy.
Who'd have thought I'd get my own "I saw them when they were little" story!