A headline gig for Babyshambles. and a good chance of Pete actually turning up for this one, as he has 2 other London gigs scheduled for the following 2 days. Pulling out of 3 fairly high-profile gigs over a weekend is something even he wouldn't do - hopefully. It was also an early show at Koko, because of the club night afterwards, so less opportunity for him to get into too much trouble in the meantime.
Support band Metro Riots sounded like a typical Babyshambles support band - fairly rudimentary garage rock, which is fine if you like that sort of thing, but not so good if you're trying to distinguish one of the Doherty hanger-on bands from another. They all sound very similar.
Although this gig sold out fairly quickly, this was the first Babyshambles gig I'd been to with a significant chavvy element, there was a good showing of Burberry and Reebok Classics. Amazing what a drug habit and a relationship with Kate Moss can do for your profile - even chavs have heard of Pete now, and as a bit of a waster, I'm sure he's their hero.
Introduced by one of Pete's dubious mates, Babyshambles came on and fairly quickly tore through some of their more upbeat stuff, including Killamangiro, which of course sent everybody wild. Pipe Down, although I've not heard it many times, sounds like a good tune too, and good for the upbeat part of the gig. The middle of the set was then filled with Pete's pseudo-reggae or Specials jamming, rather than the indie/rock tunes I kind or prefer. To the end eventually, and a riotous rendition of Fuck Forever to finish the gig on a high.
Overall, I thought that this gig was pretty good, but that it didn't recapture the energy of the Garage gig back in February. I don't like the reggae karaoke songs, but some of the rockier tunes sound very promising, if they can get around to recording them properly.
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