http://www.teletext.co.uk/planetsound/album-live-reviews/default.aspxen-gbTue, 14 Jul 2009 14:58:17 GMThttp://www.teletext.co.uk/images/Logo64x64.gifhttp://www.teletext.co.ukBy John Earls - <b>Nick Cave And The Bad</b><b> Seeds&#39;</b> power resided in his moustache?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/entertainment/planet-sound/album-live-reviews/~4/3Vjqb4JG8PQ" height="1" width="1"/>Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' power resided in his moustache?

Newly shaven, nobody wants to recognise Cave, judging by a pitiful crowd. To their credit, it doesn't deter the band from their usual velvet theatrics.

Either kicking several bales out of the rock songs with Cave leaping on the spot or bellowing the ballads as if trying to drown out Kings Of Leon, the few who are here are very lucky.

As ghastly as Malcolm Gladwell's media phrase The Tipping Point is, it sums up the rapid progress of Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

They always had potential behind the arty hype, and it's suddenly coalesced into one of the most entertaining, musically powerful shows since Muse.

As her bandmates work heroically to let her have free reign, Karen O is now a teasing, dramatic star, as the music matches her for glamorous glitz.

Despite the homecoming crowd, Camera Obscura are the big disappointment of the first day.

In fairness, Tracyanne Campbell's voice is so shot she can barely cough out the words, and there are other glitches.

But the band are undemonstrative and a touch clinical too, with even Ready To Be Heartbroken tepid and twee. You'd never guess they'd made one of the best albums all year.

With their own gigs having been a triumph, The Specials are proving they may be the ideal festival band too.

Whether it's a simple dance to Monkey Man or a more thoughtful sway to Niteclub you're after, their mood can suit everyone - all joyfully played.

The way the siren intro to Ghost Town cuts through the happy skank of The End is sinister genius, and it's to be hoped the reunion can now develop.

After their celebrated T debut in the King Tut tent last year, Glasvegas are canny to play it again this time.

Thousands are again locked out, and those of us inside roar the band on to the gig of their lives.

Sometimes undemonstrative live, James Allan is clearly touched, and it's a clear example of music's transforming power that songs as grim as these turn into defiant singalong celebrations.

Playing T for the first time since '99, Manic Street Preachers are all too aware they've been missing out.

From the moment the crowd out-sing them on second song Your Love Alone, band and fans egg each other on intensely.

The well-placed new songs fit in adroitly, All Surface gets a rare play and, Nicky Wire's bad back apart, their confidence seems unshakeable. Don't leave it so long next time.

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