Leeds Festival 2007
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August 2007Bramham Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS23 6ND, England MAP
£145 for weekend (including camping), £62.50 for any day each day - Sat & Sun tix only
Daily capacity: 55,000
Razorlight or more suitably Johnny Borrell and his associates, came to Leeds with Johnny's ego being well fed. Firstly there were the huge screens scattered around the stage to broadcast the egomaniacs frail frame, which could do with a bit of colour on it. Then there was the huge band name in lights - just in case you were standing near the main stage by accident and wasnt quite sure who was actually playing.
So the ego maniac known as Johnny Borrell started warbling out songs such as In The Morning and countless other songs which just seemed to sound exactly the same. After each song the crowd were diminishing to such a small number that Im sure the lighting operator deliberately turned the spotlight that was aiming at Mr Borrell onto full power to blind him so that he wouldnt have his ego battered by the fact he was making people leave early.
After about the fourth song Johnny in his traditional white stage costume removed his top to try and impress the girls, there's something just so sad about watching a grown man trying to impress girls in that manner.
After what seemed like an eternity Razorlight then eventually belted out their stadium anthem America which was well received by the audience. As soon as the dying notes of that had faded, there were hundreds of people leaving the arena, which just goes to show that any band can get lucky with one superb hit.
A poor performance from a band who should have never made it from the cabaret circuit.
review by: Luke Seagrave
photos by: Luke Seagrave