It should only seem fitting that upon venturing within ear-shot of Melbourne’s Festival Hall – a venue famous for housing the Fab Four a half century ago – the mighty guitar racket of none-other than NME indie-rock flag-bearers The Vaccines could be heard blaring through the doors at full volume; their ragged guitar anthems cosily nestling against the gritty working-class surroundings that form the landscape around the arena.

The Vaccines were here to precede the mighty Kasabian, whom they would soon no doubt be trying to dethrone as Britain’s premier rock band of the current era.

Here on their fourth visit to the country in two years, a rarity when one takes into account how far away Australia is to the rest of the world, Kasabian finally seem set on capitalizing on what they always promised: to be as big here as they are in their native homeland. Although not quite at the stadium-level that they are elsewhere, the fact that ‘Velociraptor!‘ was the group’s first album to break the top ten here, coupled with the ensuing anticipation that followed their stellar 2010 tour, the stage was set for a mighty performance to live up to swelling hype that is so often associated with them.


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