The Raconteurs

Ok, so it's not a great photo, but that's what happens when you're confined to the seated balcony of Brixton Academy with a camera phone and a marginal case of the DT's... Went along last Friday (20th), when Jack White, Brendan Benson and the rest of their merry men gave the Academy a serious ass-kicking. Is Jack White the only young man left who can play guitar like that? Absolutely amazing, unsurprisingly, with 'Hands' and 'Steady As She Goes' getting the crowds going absolutely nuts (even up in the cheap seats). And their cover version of Nancy Sinatra's 'Bang Bang' went on for an epic 20 minutes or so, with Jack White's scream getting increasingly desperate. They've been playing it as a cover for a few months now, and it knocks the Audiobully's version into a cocked Burberry baseball cap.