Jet @ Barrowlands

With several massive hits from first album Get Born breaking Jet on the worldwide stage, the Barrowlands was a relatively small venue for this gig, and it was rammed. Proceedings kicked off with a few less well-known numbers that failed to inspire a crowd vibrating with anticipation, fuelling the oft-witnessed criticism that Jet are just a poor imitation of the rock legends that have so heavily influenced them. Then first single Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is from new album Shine On exploded from the stage, drummer Chris Cester had his shirt off, brother Nick was screaming like a banshee and the crowd erupted. From then on in it was rock perfection: all the hits and some new soon-to-be-hits, all delivered with the self-assured arrogance of true rock stars. Whether or not they are too derivative to have any musical credibility will always be debated, but live, there is no doubt that Jet are one of the finest rock bands on the planet. [Xavier Toby]