Friendly Fires Homecoming Gig

FRIENDLY FIRES

The Mercury-prize nominated band Friendly Fires, returned to their hometown of St Albans last night to an excited local crowd of 900, in the small sold-out venue of the Alban Arena. The gig was said to be for lead singer Ed; "definitely one of the most surreal, bizarre days of my life, but I'm loving it!". 

The trio, Ed MacFarlane, Jack Savidge and Edd Gibson met at St Albans School and formed their band from the age of 14. Their success and popularity has grown especially over the last two years with their sparkling beautiful electric/pop/percussion sounding epic party tracks, being played across all main radio stations and around the world, from them touring across festivals from the UK, to Japan and America. Their unusual percussion instruments, comprise of shaking maracas, playing cowbells and even using a hoover on a guitar! Somehow these sounds blend in perfectly with each track and make each track as individual as the last.

From their relentless touring and practice, they performed an impressively tight set with, perfect vocals and high energy, extremely-watchable dancing from lead singer Ed Macfarlane. After the gig there was a small and friendly after party (which i was lucky enough to attend) at The Horn (Musical Live Pub of the year), where the band, band friends and family were invited.

Their set-list was comprised of all their big tracks from their debut album, including my favourite "Jump In The Pool" and their latest track "Kiss of Life".

Set-List:

'Lovesick'
'Jump In The Pool'
'Skeleton Boy'
'In The Hospital'
'White Diamonds'
'Strobe'
'Kiss Of Life'
'Photobooth'
'On Board'
'Paris'

'Ex Lover''