Sam Sparro – Brighton Corn Exchange

Listening to the soft melodies on Sam Sparro’s album, the last thing you expect is the star appearing on stage fashioning a nu-rave esq boiler suit, big retro glasses and a neon ‘SPARRO’ sign hanging from his neck. This bright exterior reflected into a lively performance, despite some early techinal difficulties. Blasting out his most popular tracks to a happy crowd, along with some less well known fillers, it was surprising to see the vast age group of the audience, from 14 year old girls who want to marry him, to 50 year old men who secretly want to be him. Though I’m not quite sure where I fit in between those two catagories, I was still pleasantly surprised by his performance. One moment which stood out most during the night was a duet he performed with one of his backing singers, who has featured in some Basement Jaxx songs and videos. Revealing the true scale of Sparro’s vocal talent, they sang in perfect harmony, creating amazing smooth sounds together and a definite hairs-standing-on-end moment. Hyping up the crowd, it made way for the final song of the night, ‘black and gold’, of course. Although quite a slow song to end on, it worked, leaving the crowd literally stomping for a Sparro encore.