They are one of the few bands that in recent years have shown they are in it for the long term, successful album followed by successful album and sell out tour followed by sell out tour.
I have been a fan of theirs since their debut album was released and wowed the music scene, more so as those were the days when I was completely obsessed with indie rock music and thought boys with guitars was the best thing to exist (it's still a pretty good duo).
Nonetheless, I hadn't really listened to much of the latest release 48:13 except for the singles such as 'Eez-eh", which on 1st listen I was a bit disappointed with, but after catching it on radio play, it grew on me and now is definitely a tune that'd get me in the mood for partying.
I was also a bit dubious about seeing them at such a large venue as the MEN; except for festivals I try to avoid big venues - I once saw Florence and the Machine at the NEC Birmingham and although Florence was still amazing, even her voice seemed to get a bit lost. I was even more dubious when my friend informed me we had seated tickets, as a rule I always make sure I'm standing.
All my pessimism aside, the gig ended up being the most fun, every person in the seated seats was standing the whole way through singing and dancing and the atmosphere filled the whole of the MEN eez-eh. Each song sounded like an indie anthem and although the old stuff was still the best stuff the songs off the new album were still crowd pleasers. The best moment actually came when the band performed a cover of the great Fat Boy Slim tune 'Praise You', pure excellence.
Overall, the gig just showed to everyone in attendance (including the slight doubters like me) that Kasabian have still got it, and some.
(keeping the Manchester crowd even happier with a Corrie reference:)
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