ENTER SHIKARI, a band I've seen a ridiculous amount of times from festivals to following their tour around Scarborough, Lincoln and Scunthorpe, I've seen them play a range of different venues, some big, some small and I'm never ever disappointed.
Tonight's gig was in Manchester at the Victoria Warehouse, somewhere I'd never heard of before so I was intrigued to explore.
Unfortunately we missed both support acts due to having one bathroom in the hotel with three girls and wanting some pre-show beverages! Nevertheless, we entered the warehouse and hit the bar before wriggling our way through the crowd to the front of the stage.
Prior to the band coming out on the stage there was a sea of anticipation in the crowd and with chants of 'and still we will be here, standing like statues', the atmosphere picked up rather quickly. Opening up with 'Enter Shikari' got the crowd instantly moving before they dived in with one of my personal favourite, 'Solidarity'.
From there on in, tracks were played from their fantastic range of albums which made me incredibly happy - I love their older music!
I feel too old and fragile to be fully involved in the pits nowadays but I'll happily stand, dancing away on the edge and just feel the atmosphere!
Overall conclusion of this gig is nothing less than overwhelmed and I could just replay it over and over and over again.
Here's to hoping there's a 10 year anniversary tour of Take To The Skies next year!
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