The Welcome Home Tour

Heavens Basement, Glamour of the Kill and Dirty Youth

Academy 2, Manchester

March 22nd, 2013

Tonight took us to Manchester for the Heavens Basement Welcome Home Tour.

Kicking things off were Dirty Youth, a five piece, female fronted band from South Wales.  These guys played a good upbeat set including songs called 'Fight' and 'Alive'. 

The Dirty Youth have a rock sound to them but with a hint of punk here and there, which gave them an extra edge.  These guys sounded great and had the crowd joining in.

Next up were Glamour of the Kill, a band I have seen a couple of times before but always in a festival setting.  Glamour of the Kill hail from York and are a four man outfit. 

Glamour of the Kill played a full on rock/metal set including songs 'A Freak Like Me' and 'The Only One' from their new album  'Savages' and 'If Only She Knew' from their previous album 'The Summoning'. We were also treated to a great cover of Kiss' 'Lovegun'

Finishing with my personal favourite, 'Feeling Alive', Glamour of the Kill left the stage to a barrage of cheers and applause.  If you like your rock with a lot of great guitar riffs and catchy lyrics then these are the guys to see.  It was great to finally hear them play a full rather than an abridged set that you get at the festivals.

Headlining tonight are Heavens Basement, a British four man group, consisting of Aaron on Vocals, Sid on guitar, Rob on Bass and Chris on drums.

These guys played a very high energy set consisting of songs such as 'Jump Back', 'Fire, Fire' and 'Heartbreaking Son of a Bitch' from their 2013 album 'Filthy Empire'.

Midway through the set they slowed things down a little  with 'Price We Pay', which sounded great. Sid then took over with a rendition of 'Paranoia'.  The last song before encore was 'Reign on my Parade' and saw Aaron jump down from the stage and walk across the top of the crowd.

Heavens Basement are high in energy and volume and really put on a good show.  Front man Aaron's moves are very theatrical  (almost reminiscent of a mime artist at times) and all in all they put on a fantastic show.

I would recommend all of the bands on tonight's bill and will definitely be checking them out again the next time they hit town.