An incredible party!

So, after the trip to see Wolf Alice resulted in not actually seeing Wolf Alice (think, the designated driver being too sick to drive and all trains being cancelled due to something daft like the wrong leaves on the line, or snow.. maybe just rain or a butterfly taking off in Madagascar) I was lucky enough to get tickets to see the wonderful Bellowhead on one of their last shows before their singer, Jon Boden, bows out of the spotlight. Without him, the others decided to call it a day which is as sad as much as it is a compliment to their great, charismatic singer.

Apologies for the ropey picture but phone cameras are lousy and there were so many of them onstage, it had to be a widescreen shot.

Widescreen... the only way to get the entire band in shot!

Bittersweet waffle aside, these guys have been ripping up stages for over 10 years with really fun, energetic folk songs. Tales of drinking, unrequited love, trysts, more drinking, dark humour, some more drinking and beer.

Sadly and unless you have tickets to see them in the next few weeks, you'll probably never get to see these guys which is a real shame but I'd totally recommend getting any of their albums - Hedonism or their most recent, Revival being great to make yourself a fan. CAMRA membership and weird beard optional, despite the prevalence in the audience.