Words by Adrian Ball
Photo credit: Olivia Johnston
Photo credit: Olivia Johnston
Planet Rock Presents Federal Charm and The Bad Flowers show has rolled into Birmingham 02 Institute tonight with a crowd buzzing in anticipation of a glorious night of rock ‘n’ roll.
A dry autumn night for the penultimate show of the tour, with the latter closing out the nights festivities in what is practically a home town gig for the Cannock rockers.
Those Damn Crows open up the evening and their incredibly catchy brand of rock kick starts the audience into action. A musically tight outfit that are sure to rise through the ranks based on tonight's performance. Keep a look out for the album release in early Oct.
Federal Charm arrive on stage and immediately kick out Swing Sinner, setting the bar high from the outset and the crowd lap up every morsel of this rock feast. The guys are smartly dress and are delivering classy songs one after the other, they have a stunning new album on offer and the live performance takes this up by a massive scale. Tom Guyer (vocals) has a great set of pipes that blast through the rafters and with Paul Bowe on guitar, the band has the audience in the palm of their hands. Tracks from the new album make for a shining set list but they pull out a few older tracks and end on a high with Gotta Give it Up from their self-titled debut album. This is a band set for a higher plain and it’s well deserved on this performance alone.
The audience is building up the anticipation again as The Bad Flowers stroll out and prepare to rock the joint some more. The set list is built to entertain and engage from the opening Hurricane all the way through to Planet Rock favourite Thunder Child. The band is receiving rapturous applause at every interval as the audience continues to submerge themselves in the show. The band are well loved and this shows from the reaction of every person in attendance.
The show closes and both Federal Charm and The Bad Flowers make their way to the merch stands to meet the fans; surely every gig should be like this.
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