Best gig so far this year
by Milkdrop75 on 31/03/2025O2 Forum Kentish Town - LondonRating: 5 out of 5Easy to book tickets/no hidden charges/easy to access tickets on the day and enter the venue/great venue/good sound system/amazing performance.
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Words are not to be taken for granted. Especially when they’re being bellowed, full blast, by a broad-shouldered poet with the brimstone fire of a preacher and the honesty and wisdom of a layman, over ground-shaking live beats and between anthemic blasts of melody and rousing riffage.
Words matter. History matters. People matter. And Big Special matter.
A duo who are louder than bombs, Big Special write about desperation and struggle, about a Britain in decline, about finding pride in your darkest moments, about how the real class war in the UK is always punching downwards. Theirs are songs of hope, and despair, and more hope, because, ultimately, good people win. Songs that channel that voice you hear when you look in the mirror and see your true self – fight songs for a world gone wrong.
Easy to book tickets/no hidden charges/easy to access tickets on the day and enter the venue/great venue/good sound system/amazing performance.
Great band, great venue and that rarest of things a band that are even better live than recorded! Great to energy and every track was superb!
Big Special were fantastic. But the usual over priced drinks etc really spoilt the nigh