As one night stands go, there’s unlikely to be another bigger, or messier, evening than Electric Callboy’s only UK date on their Tanzneid World Tour. The irreverent electro-pop-metallers set the bar incredibly high at this year’s Slam Dunk Festival – so we’ve slathered ourselves in glitter, donned our finest shell suits and thrown together as much neon as a Primark budget will allow, all to see whether they can top their summer appearance. Spoiler: the sheer awesome power of silliness has been taken up to eleven, with a side order of serious craftsmanship.
“It’s gonna get hairy in here!” – screams a guy from near the side of the stage just before ‘Tanzneid’ kicks off the show, an omen of just how rowdy the night will become. The result: the best turbocharged boyband euro clubnight this side of the eighties. Exhibiting self-aware ridiculousness while precisely tapping into a nostalgic zeitgeist, Electric Callboy thunder from their cover of Sum 41’s ‘Still Waiting’ into…
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