The Kaiser Chiefs are a blur.

Well not really but it was a hell of a weekend! Saturday night Kaiser Chiefs played the first of two nights. Man do these Leeds boys know how to put on a show! They put on a blistering set with tracks from their excellent debut 'Employment' album.

What was certainly a surprise to everyone in the audience was the appearance of Damon Albarn (blur) and producer/dj extraordinaire Danger Mouse who together make up 2/5ths of Gorillaz. They stood off to the wings for most of the show but Ricky Wilson invited Damon out on stage for 'I Predict a Riot'. Needless to say the kids love it, well except for those who were caught under his Heineken shower.

After the show but before we kicked off The Mod Club I took the boys (Damon, Danger and Ricky) to Bruyea Brothers for a little din-din. It's always interesting when we take rock stars to Bruyea as it was when Mike Skinner of the streets had his first taste of elk. We all ate well, drank even better and had some lively conversation. Mark got into a spirited conversation with Damon about music et al. It was fun to watch!

The rest of the evening was a typical Saturday night; drinking, dancing, rockin 'n' rollin (ha ha!).

Sunday night was The Kaiser Chiefs finale. Opening the show were the very worthy OK Go out of New York. They put on a great show and ended it with one of THE best choreographed dance routines I've ever seen. They would put any boy band to shame. The crowd of 550 or so went mad! Even the hipsters loved it. You can read all about it on their blog.

The crowd was now well ready for The Kaiser Chiefs who seemed to feed of the energy from the crowd. This band knows what is meant by 'stage presence'. It's difficult to keep Ricky's feet on the crowd. He's got some of the best rockstar moves. He's James Brown that is if James Brown was a 27 yr. old white guy from Leeds. From opener 'Na Na Na Na Naa' to the brilliant 'Everyday I Love You Less and Less' and the smashing 'I Predict a Riot' and 'Oh My God' they delivered big time! The kids love it.

I've met a lot of bands and I can honestly say Whitey, Simon, Nick, Peanut and Ricky are the kind of guys you wish were your best mates. Theres no attitude, cockiness or egos that one usually associates with English rockstars. Peanut gave the show a mention in his diary. I hope we get them back soon but by then they'll be huge famous rockstars with attitude, cockiness and egos to match!!