Wheatus Have Still Got It

Now, I'm not normally one for going to gigs on my own, but this is Wheatus. A band I remember growing up with from age 11. I wasn't going to miss it for anything. Boy am I glad I went.

Yup, from the day I found out they had for some unknown reason decided Bedford was a stop on their tour I was mega excited. I mean, come on, who didn't love Teenage Dirtbag growing up? What? Get off my blog, don't return until you know all the words to Truffles.

Not many can pull off the 'constipated and loving it' look

On the night, the guys rocked it, completely. I have to admit I had my doubts when a guy who looked like he was on the run from the hairdressers guild turned up holding an accordion. It's an unusual opening for a band that people have heard of. Anyway, turns out the guys name was Corn Mo, and he's got a hell of a voice. Oh, and he's funny as fuck.

Meet Corn Mo, don't stand too close

The second support act, Math the Band, didn't really connect. They had energy in abundance, to the point where they made a lot of noise and nobody had a clue what was happening. Which is fine if you're into that sort of thing. At one point the guy handed his guitar to a girl in the front row, just so he could be a little bit more mental on stage. She didn't have a clue what to do, and actually looked a bit scared, bless.

So after the tornado of noise blew itself out, we were treated to some rapper, sponsored by a fast food chain. I think his name was McLars, or something along those lines. He came to the stage with a projector and a laptop, confessing straight away that he dealt in 'laptop rap'. Didn't go down too well at first, but he soon redeemed himself with a succession of witty, well written tracks. He's well worth looking up if, like me, you don't mind a bit of the old hippety-hop, but you're prone to calling it hippety-hop.

McLars. The hat's glued on, so don't even try

Now, I realise by now that most internet people will be looking at pictures of cats with hilarious speech bubbles. So if you're still reading, congratulations, you win at life.

When Wheatus finally hit the stage they made an announcement that is pretty much any live music fans wet dream. "Hey guys, we don't have a setlist, shout out a song and we'll play it!" They ended up playing all but one of the songs off their first album, as well as a couple of newer songs and 'My Name is Jonas'. When they got round to playing Teenage Dirtbag I was there, right at the front, rocking my socks off, or something like that. I felt like I was 12 again.

Well worth the lack of sleep and subsequent hangover at work today.

You can go back to pirating films now.

~Flynny