Pre 2014, the last shows Jamie T played were way back in 2010. He took some time out with throat problems but he certainly hasn’t been sat back all that time, finally making a return with his new album ‘Carry on The Grudge’.
Despite his popularity and sold out crowd there were no diva antics here. Jamie came on stage at bang on 9pm rocking his signature ‘flat peak’ cap and kicking off the set with new album opener ‘Limits lie’. It was clear he is back and ready to give it his all.
He then played comeback single ‘Don’t You Find’, followed by a number of others from the new album such as ‘The Prophet and ‘They Told me it Rained’.
Working in chunks from each album, he seemed to know exactly what the crowd wanted. Old and new fans alike will have been pleased with the mix amongst this 21 song set.
At most gigs there are the extra loud screams when you hear the intro to a particular song, but you literally couldn’t differentiate between new and old songs. The singing was equally as loud and despite doubts about his music being too different, they all got a great reception.
Despite his new songs undeniably including more singing than rapping, it is not to say he has ditched his old songs, with fan favourites in the set such as ‘Back in the Game’ and ‘So Lonely was the Ballad’.
He ended the main set on ‘If you got the Money’, and the crowd certainly weren’t holding back. Being stood towards the side meant that we could narrowly avoid the mosh pits and possibility of a kick in the face from crowd surfers – but it was certainly making the security at the front increasingly on edge.
Jamie then shocked the audience with a performance of Sheila for the encore, a definite highlight of the night as he hadn’t played it at any of the previous shows. Followed by latest single ‘Zombie’ and ending on ‘Sticks ‘n’ Stones’, it was safe to say that the audience were impressed.
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