Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam (31st January 2015)
You know what makes us grumpy? Not getting tickets to a gig we want to see. You know what makes us even more grumpy?! A band or artist we want to see not coming to London as part of their tour. Now that may sound a bit spoilt (and we are – we’re usually spoilt for choice!), but we like to be able to take in all those events we want to without having to worry about complications. The Kooks were kindly the most recent band to challenge us but, fear not, we simply made a short trip to Amsterdam to make sure we saw them in person as they showcased their most recent comeback.
Having not been a huge fan of Listen when it was released last year, we were only cautiously optimistic that this was going to be a sound decision… We’re glad we made the effort though – putting on an adept show, complemented by one of the best stage sets we’ve seen in a while, along with wholesome acoustics in a great venue, the boys had us fully tuned in from the get-go.

