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Welsh rockers Stereophonics delight De Montfort Hall crowd

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They are a band with five number one albums, who sell out arenas and have performed all over the world – and they chose to kick-off a series of intimate warm-up gigs in Leicester.

About 2,000 fans welcomed Welsh rockers Stereophonics to De Montfort Hall on Friday night, for the first of 10 small shows which come before a big arena tour later in the year.

The band blasted their way through hits from their back catalogue of eight albums, including favourites such as A Thousand Trees, Mr Writer, Traffic and Just Looking, along with new songs including Indian Summer – which they filmed the video for in Leicester – from their current release, Graffiti On The Train.

Among the crowd were two Leicester Mercury competition winners, who got to watch the gig after meeting the band at their sound-check before the show.

Helen Prentice, of Broughton Astley, took her partner Phil Garner to meet the band.

She said: "The sound-check was amazing, it was like being a fly on the wall and seeing into their world.

"They were laughing and joking together and it was excellent to see them like that.

"We have to say they sang for the sound-check exactly like they did later at the gig, it was full of passion. It was the best gig we have been to in years and being at a smaller venue really made it for us.

"It was a fantastic afternoon and a gig I won't forget. It truly was an experience money can't buy.

"The concert was a mix of old and new, and the very last song that closed the night was Dakota. It ended on such a high, everyone was on their feet singing along.

"You forget how good they are until you get a chance to see them live."

Sarah Clarke, of Wigston, who also won tickets in our competition, said it was "surreal" to meet the band, who she has followed since the 90s.

"I thought the show was brilliant," she said.

"I really like their new album and I played it to death beforehand. I'd wanted to go but couldn't get tickets as it was sold-out, so winning the competition was a nice surprise.

"There were only four of us watching them as they did their sound-check.

"I was a bit gobsmacked when we met them. We shook hands and had our photos taken and they were really nice.

"They shouted over to us from the sound-check that it was a Friday night and we should go and get plastered.

"Watching them for that was like our own mini concert, and we were there for a good hour.

"It was really interesting seeing them checking everything and going through it all. Then we got to see the proper show afterwards, it was brilliant."

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Welsh rockers Stereophonics delight De Montfort Hall crowd


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