The Kaiser Chiefs predicted a riot and that is exactly what fans at two special gigs in Falmouth got – a riot of fun, energy and rocking tunes.

Over two nights at Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion, yesterday and Tuesday, the Chiefs showed just why their popularity has remained during their two-year absence from the live stage and why they should be confident in the love continuing with their new album The Future is Medieval.

Both performances could be described as intimate, in so far as the pally relationship lead singer Ricky Wilson and the audience, as well as the size of the venue, which led to many people getting up and close and personal with complete strangers, particularly in the hot and messy tangle of bodies at the front of the theatre.

At times Ricky was so close, those in the front row could reach out and touch him, which only added to the intimacy – and he made full use of this, coaxing the audience into a rhythmic chant of “Chiefs, Chiefs, Chiefs, We’re Playing in Falmouth.”

Falmouth’s nights were billed as “secret gigs” – although judging by the packed venues on each night someone is not good at keep schtum, with tickets selling out in hours – and marked their first live shows in two years.

The gigs were revealed on social networking website Facebook, which could lead one to thinking the majority of the audience would be under the age of 25, or at the very least 30. And while there was certainly a large proportion of finger stabbing, moshing late teens, there was also a curiously high number of ‘oldies’ getting down and dirty to the indie pop tunes.

The Chiefs balanced their set to perfection, singing many of their new tracks – some instant hits and all of them definite growers – live for the first time but also throwing in plenty of old favourites to keep the mood quite literally bouncing.

Their finale of Oh My God had every person in the room chanting it back, with Ricky encouraging everyone to “go into work tomorrow with no voice.”

Falmouth represented two of just seven gigs by the band in England this summer, which although filled with tour dates largely focuses on Europe. One high profile exception to this is Glastonbury, when the band will no doubt make a storming return the popular music scene. Support act Frankie and the Heartstrings were also well received, putting in a high energy performance – visible in the sweat flying from the drummer by the end – and some accessible tunes.

While the lead singer, Frankie Francis, owed many of his dance moves to the lead singer of a 1960s band with a similar sounding name, Freddie and the Dreamers, when paired with the indie pop tunes being played they seemed contemporary and cool, in a preppy kind of way.

For those who thought they sounded familiar, their album Hunger debuted at 32 in the UK chart and their single That Postcard has been played on Radio 1.

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