Just days after Jeremy Hunt announced an Autumn Budget that rocked the nation, Jamie Webster took to the stage to deliver a poignant message to the people of Liverpool.
Special guests The Snuts have never been a band to shy away from social issues, with politically inspired songs such as Burn the Empire and anti-social media song Zuckerpunch. With groups of fans singing along to the impressive warm-up, Webster was welcomed with screams and applause.
It would go on to be a night marred by reports of overcrowding and problems with tickets, that frustrated many - but despite the issues, Webster went on play the biggest show of his career.
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He walked out to a sold out M&S Bank Arena primed and ready for the Liverpudlian to whip up the crowd. The notoriously outspoken act stuck to the script when he called out the Conservative Party, as well as conveying the mood across Liverpool when he chanted "F*** the Tories" along with thousands of similar minded people.
As he began to chant "f*** the Tories" between songs, 11,000 voices joined in unison in between songs that portrayed a similar message. The likes of Days Unknown, Grinding the Gears and Common People all take aim at the Government and the current chaos the country is in, while he took a step away from his political and social issue-centric songs when he sang Something in the Air, a song he wrote about his now fiancée.
She asked him to write a song for her on the second album, Moments. A promise that he stuck to.
Although Webster has played across Europe, performing at both the Madrid fan park and Paris fan park ahead of Liverpool's Champions League finals in 2019 and 2022 respectively, this was his biggest foray on tour, and his support acts definitely didn't fail to warm up the crowd.
But even as the thousands sang along, the experience was dogged by reports of long queues and congestion as fans waited to be served at the bar. Webster even stopped his show three times asking fans to look after each other.
At one point the police were called to the venue over a 'concern for safety', and fans reported getting into the arena even though their etickets scanned 'no entry'. The arena has launched a full investigation.
The likes of We Get By, This Place and Weekend in Paradise had people singing till their voices croaked meant that the vast majority left loving every second of the show.
Despite the issues that marred Webster's show it was one of the best live shows I have ever watched and is a testament to the commitment he has to the people of Liverpool that 11,000 people can all come together in such a way.
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