Frank Turner

First up tonight is 18-year-old Dan Ottewell from Ashbourne and his electric guitar. To say he is delighted to be here and playing to a sold-out Rock City is the understatement of the year. He bounced onto the stage like an overexcited puppy where he tells us of his nights’ crowd surfing here and when he broke his nose in the mosh pit. Clearly this is his first time the other side of the crowd barrier. After performing his entire, excellent, set as high as a kite he gets his girlfriend up on stage to take a photo of him in front of the crowd. Then he departs for a well deserved lie down.  

Next up after Dan is the not much calmer Danny Kiranos, otherwise known as Amigo the Devil, who is based in San Francisco. His band start with a promise of lies, some weird shit and a cry of ‘happy birthday’. He describes their music as Dark Country and he has a great collection of love songs. One is called 'I hope your Husband dies', an ode to said Husband's wife. Then there's another belter entitled 'Crying at the Orgy' and then there's 'Hungover in Jonestown' where he gets everyone singing along to the chorus... this life is a joke and death is the punchline. 

I'm already getting into Dark Country and Frank Turner has yet again found not one but two great support bands. 

And so, onto the man himself, with the Sleeping Souls of course, and his new album Undefeated. He tells us that this is his 31st show in Nottingham and his 3016th in total. 

There's not much to say about his set as it's as brilliant as ever. He opens with two from the new album 'No Thank You for the Music' and the 'Girl From the Record Shop' and plays another five from that record including the excellent 'Letters'. 

There is of course plenty of old favourites too with the crowd singing back the words to him of every one of them, old or new. And yes, he ends up in the crowd at the end.