Prodigy - Breathe / Resonate - Live Birmingham 10/11/2018
Their show that night was nothing short of sensational. Their sound. Their setlist. Their stage.
What we witnessed here on this Saturday night at Arena Birmingham was nothing short of phenomenal. Yes, we know. Many will read this and think...’really?’ But in this case yes, really.
But when The Prodigy arrived amid beams of light they smashed straight into Breathe. Still a huge favourite all these years later it sounded heavy as hell with its percussion drumming across our spines and those intimidating lyrics inviting us to play the game.
Nasty and Omen followed early on. These encapsulate the trio at their modern finest, vocalist Maxim stalking mercilessly while Keith Flint plays the aggy child antagonizing everyone.
Champions Of London off of new record No Tourists sounded menacing, before Voodoo People arrived to remind us what they could do early doors in their career by testing drummers on their staying power.
The venom continued. The Day Is My Enemy is one of their most unashamedly volatile tracks. It’s thundering drum beat wound up the crowd nicely before Need Some1 got the stomping feet shaking the Arena Birmingham floor as one, outstretched arms making each one of us look like victims of a Medieval torture wrack.
The Prodigy’s back catalogue is ridiculous. You can pick up any album and enjoy the rhythms hidden within.
No Good (Start The Dance) followed by the evergreen Smack My B**** Up closed the main set with a flurry of big electro cuts, and they still had room in the encore for the crashing sounds of Take Me To The Hospital and Timebomb Zone.
One final teaser of Out Of Space left us crying out for them to finish the track and completed their mission of leaving us wanting more.