The Kooks at Sunset Sounds

Earlier last year The Kooks played a show at The Zoo in Brisbane. Now I really wanted to see The Kooks but I didn't even know they were playing and tickets sold out in like five minutes. The Zoo is a really cool venue but The Kooks should have been playing The Tivoli. So I was a little devastated I didn't get to see them play then.

A couple of days ago was a new festival called Sunset Sounds at Riverstage. It's run by the guys who do the Falls Festival and it has the same lineup. Kooks were on that lineup so I got myself a ticket as soon as they went on sale. Now as cool as festivals can be, when I really want to see a band I much prefer to see their headline show because at festivals they play a shorter set, there are people there who might not really want to see the band and well it's a more casual experience. But The Kooks came on stage and literally tore it up. It was one of the best shows at a festival I had ever seen and I hadn't touched a drop of liquor that night so that's saying a lot. And even though they only played for about 45 minutes it was a killer 45.

Sometimes there really is nothing better than going to see a band you really want to see and having them blow your mind.