Originally published by The Birmingham Mail. May 2009.

Opening the evening with Suave and Suffocated from 1992’s Are You Normal and the excellent All I Ask Of Myself Is That I Hold Together from 1995’s Brainbloodvolume, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin came, saw and conquered an absolutely packed audience with a set that never once let up on pace.

With much reminiscing, the band blitzed through classics like Until You Find Out from their debut album God Fodder, Walking Through Syrup and the amazing Two and Two Make Five.

There were plenty of younger fans in the crowd, many of whom were not even about when the band released their first album in 1991.  John Penney and the guys rounded off the night with Throwing Things, with Intact and Kill Your Television as encores.

This show with the original line up proved that the Ned’s are much missed as a touring force and there is a huge demand for them to return to the studio once more.

Ian D. Hall