Review: The Streets @ 53 Degrees, Preston

3:44pm Thursday 16th October 2008

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THE Streets frontman Mike Skinner has said that his latest album could be his last one before he moves on to some other musical enterprise.

But if the response from his hardcore fans at the 53 Degree gig is anything to go by, there’s still some mileage in his current band.

The Streets make boys dance when sober. That is a bad thing.

During some of the more punchy songs, the crowd seemed to be full of boys jerking around like an alien was about to explode from their chests.

Skinner encouraged this frenzied shuddering by telling the crowd he wouldn’t dance unless they did.

Cue even more violent twitching, usually completely out of sync with the rhythm of the song.

Classics such as Dry Your Eyes and the encore of Fit, But Don’t You Know It went down a storm but lesser known songs didn’t prove quite so popular with those students who had come along because the tickets were fairly cheap.

The twitching boys still loved it though.