Suede at The Hospital Club review: Giving it class, living it fast tonight
Published Friday, Mar 8 2013, 11:09 GMT | By Mayer Nissim
Suede play The Hospital Club in London
Some people who have already done all that growing and learning are Suede, and they saunter on to the tiny basement stage with all the confidence of a band who absolutely know that their comeback album is something of a stormer.
Five of the nine tracks played tonight are from Bloodsports and there's no greater compliment than saying that they nestle alongside the rest of the material with ease.
A couple of Suede moments that might edge towards self-parody on record ('Hit Me' and 'Filmstar') make complete sense when the band fling themselves into them unselfconsciously on stage. Brett Anderson's energy and attitude makes a complete mockery of his 45 years.
Ah yes, mockery. From their floppyhaired beginnings and ridiculous interviews, Suede have always been adamant that ridicule is nothing to be scared of - and that's their greatest virtue. When the band storm through 'So Young' you almost start to chuckle about these middle-aged men playing a song about being young, gone and smoking heroin. But their enduring energy and belief makes that impossible.
Similarly, when Brett gives a quickfire Agincourt V and single-finger bird-flip straight down the barrel of a camera when singing "now you're over 21" in 'Animal Nitrate' it'd be oh-so easy to laugh, but with that swagger you can't help but be completely won over.
The full Suede setlist was as follows:
'Barriers'
'Hit Me'
'Filmstar'
'Animal Nitrate'
'For The Strangers'
'It Starts and Ends With You'
'Sabotage'
'So Young'
'Metal Mickey'
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