During more than 15 years playing and touring together, The Cat Empire have built up a reputation for their bold mix of genres.
And their lively show at Concorde 2 was a bold offering of reggae, Cuban salsa and pop.
The most enjoyable songs came from their latest album, including the upbeat Creature and emotive Bataclan, a moving tribute to the victims of November terror attack on Paris’ Bataclan Theatre.
Some of their older numbers, while great to dance too, have lost something of their innovation over the years - not that this bothered the crowd, who sung as loudly as the band themselves.
If some of their older songs have lost their lustre, none of the musicians have.
During various brilliantly inventive and exciting solos their talent was displayed.
Jamshid Khadiwala, aka DJ Jumps, entranced the crowd so much that most were still and slack-jawed at his solo, and keyboard player Ollie McGill also gave a brilliant performance; so impressive, in fact, that the rest of the band couldn’t look away.
For their encore McGill returned to the stage alone and played a second accomplished solo introduction, before the rest of the band re-joined him for their popular Wine Song.
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