Making his way on stage via the crowd with a Las Vegas fight night-esque introduction, from first glimpse King Khan could have been Tina Turner.
His shimmering gold top was vaguely distinguishable but the headdress of tall feathers stood above the crowd swaying like the bouffant of the ageing power-rock songstress.
Once on stage, Khan was more like an Indian James Brown. Despite the rawness of his voice, he punctuated the set with screams, guttural sounds and wild gesticulations The Godfather of Soul would have been proud of.
Khan’s “sensational” Shrines were not relegated to the background, though. The seven-piece band, including a three-strong horn section, did more than just provide a decent soundtrack to their leader’s antics. With incredible energy they climbed speaker stacks, invaded the crowd and went through the repertoire of instrument showmanship.
Thankfully this posturing didn’t detract from what the band was able to produce through the speakers.
Bristling through their set in little over an hour, they played mostly from their What Is?! catalogue collection plus a couple of tracks from the new album.
Their 1970s funk and soul style was played with garage rock ferocity. Great music from pure entertainers for £8? Teen Creeps have put on a bargain.
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