UK based pop-punk band You Me At Six brought their tales of woe and lost-love based songs to the Olympia last week. It was quite evident from the moment I set foot into the theatre that the crowd gathered were most certainly die-hard fans and, unlike myself, this was definitely not their first time seeing the band live. Seeing as it was the band’s fifth time playing Dublin, this was not something I hadn't anticipated.
The band burst onto stage just after 9pm not wanting to keep the now thawing crowd waiting any longer. Kicking things off with Finders Keepers, the enthusiastic, and predominantly female, audience showed their appreciation by moshing along and pointing to their lyric emblazoned t-shirts as soon as the song started.
It was quite obvious that lead singer, Josh Franceschi, had this legion of adoring fans as his feet as they shrieked with excitement at his mere uttering of the word ''Dublin''.
The introduction of a You Me At Six banner to the back of the stage about 15minutes into the gig was a little bit pointless as, I can assure you that, anyone who was at the gig certainly knows quite a bit more than just the name of the band.
Taking time out in between songs to read out as many banners as he could Josh's interaction with the crowd throughout the show was definitely something he and the rest of the band should be proud of and it was definitely something that the crowd was very much appreciative of.
Not long into the band's fourth song it was hard see past Franceschi's obvious arrogance and smug behaviour. To an outsider, such as myself ,his behaviour on stage simply came across as boisterous and totally unnecessary.
During one of his many interludes during songs Franceschi admitted that Irish band, The Script, were one of his top favourite bands yet surprisingly enough he had no idea they were Irish and only found out from the crowd that night that they were in fact Irish. Much to the crowds delight the boys managed to include one of their early songs The Rumour in the set-list.
Maybe I'm getting old but I fear my sentiments at this point of the gig were much the same as the bespectacled 40-something year old mother nervously attempting to sway along to this unusual form of music.
The inclusion of the band's more popular songs (such as Liquid Confidence and Stay With Me) towards the end of the gig was quite a clever decision by the band and it managed to inject a new burst of energy into the unflagging young crowd.
Franceshi ended the gig by more or less confirming, ''but not officially'', that the band would be returning to Ireland to play Oxegen in the summer of 2011.
By Lynne Swan
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