Radio City 96.7 took over Liverpool's Echo Arena on Sunday night for their Radio City Live pop extravaganza. Playing to a 10,000 strong very excited audience who filled the arena with cheers and squeals as the acts where advertised on the big screens surrounding the stage before it had even started.
Kicking off the event we're special guests McFly who now have a more mature look and definitely rocked the arena, with “Star Girl” and “Five Colours In Her Hair” and brought their the usual energy laden exuberance to their set that we have all grown to love about this cheeky lot.
Following McFly were Dane Bowers and Gabriella Cilmi who performed her new track, “Defender” and looked like butter wouldn't melt during, “Nothing Sweet About Me”. Hot on their heels was Alesha Dixon, who showcased her dance talents from her stint on Strictly Come Dancing during, “The Boy Does Nothing” and new single “Drummer Boy”. With great crowd interaction and a massive bubbly personality, Alesha Dixon was definitely one of the favourites of the night.
Diana Vickers, who is basically another blonde pop princess who seemed a bit more bothered about facial expressions and hand movements, making you feel it was more of an audition for an amature dramatics society than a musical performance and then came The Wanted, a can of manufactured boy band who do exactly what it says on the tin, send pre pubescent girls and middle aged mum's into a squealing frenzy.
The first half closed with The Hoosiers, whose new material which has a more rock edge to it, thankfully sounds better than their old happy retro induced pop. New track, “Unlikely Hero” especially went down well with the crowd.
Opening the second half came Tinchy Stryder, who I have to admit having no idea to who he was before hand, but was definitely surprised at his talents. He not only had a great energy and vocal talents but had a great rapport with the crowd, who were on their feet, dancing and cheering along and joining in with the chorus to each song, especially during, “Number One”. Next up we had Professor Green, minus Lily Allen, but with two backing singers instead gave an extended version of, Just Be Good To Me” and new single “Monster”.
The Saturday's treated us to a superb acoustic set including “Missing You” and “Ego”, as only three of them could make it due to illness. It was one of the best performances of the night in my opinion and definitely allowed the girls to showcase their vocal talents instead of, “the usual prancing about we normally do o
n stage!” They were followed by The Script, who during “Falling To Pieces” saw lead singer, Danny O'Donoghue jump from the stage to get up close and personal with the crowd.
Next up came X Factor winner, Alexandra Burke, who turned slightly Tina Turneresque during, “All Night Long”. New single, “Start Without Me” is a fantastic pop number which is big on bass and beats and is likely to be an instant hit.
Finally came Scouting For Girls, who closed the show and Radio City could not have chosen a better act to end it on. Of all the acts that played tonight, Scouting For Girls had to be the ones who seemed to enjoy it the most. As soon as they came onto the stage, lead singer, Roy Stride, was there to enjoy himself and ensured the crowd did as well. At one point, the crowd got so noisy joining in the chorus's that he was drowned out. It may have been a short set for them but they played the most famous tracks, “She's So Lovely” and brand new track, “Famous” which saw the band and audience bounce all over the place.
Words: Alison Goggin
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