Maximo Park at The Forum

My second time seeing the lads and they were, again, marvellous. Energy streaming off the stage, Paul and Lukas jumping all over the place, Tom and Archis keeping the backbeat firm and Duncan going off at a tangent on his wild guitar.

The support tonight was The Long Blondes who went on rather a long time. The singer seemed to want to be a Siouxsie clone and the guitarist had 'Super Yob' written on his guitar - I didn't have the heart to tell him that Dave Hill, the original Super Yob, did that 35 years ago. There wasn't really anything there to make me stand up and listen like Art Brut did last night.

But then me lads appeared and blew me away again. The setlist was largely the same as last night but that's not the point. They were on top form again, a good tight live act, loud and proud. This was the last night of the tour so they've earned a bit of fun. Favourite songs were 'Our Velocity', 'The Coast Is Always Changing', 'Books From Boxes', 'Apply Some Pressure' and the magnificent 'Going Missing'. Well, actually, they were all magnificent!

The only downside was the general level of drunkeness at The Forum that wasn't there last night at Shepherd's Bush. Plastic glasses were thrown, idiots body surfed, other idiots barged, young people obviously out of control and still being served by the bar staff. No real evidence of security staff other than at the front of the stage.That spoiled the evening somewhat. At least at Shepherds Bush there were lots of security, all wearing gold coloured polo shirts so they were easy to see.

But the Maximos were great! When is the next tour? Sign me up now!