By Roxy McCrae

The Levellers illuminated Glasgow’s Barrowland Ballroom last night with an electric performance.

Celebrating 25 years of their 90s album Levelling the Land, lead singer Mark Chadwick and crew put on a show few young bands could compete with.

They began with a rousing montage of government failures dating back to 1991, police brutality and hated politicians projected onto the backdrop of the stage, prompting furious boo’s from the crowd.

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Notorious for their anti-establishment music, this was a clever introduction to an explosive gig, ensuring the atmosphere was suitably pumped and the crowd ready to rock. Mark informed the waiting mass that their drummer Charlie had been taken to hospital and one of the crew had stepped up and learned every song in one day to ensure the show went on, he did incredibly well considering the pace of some of the faster songs.

Of course amongst the usual six piece band was the trademark multi coloured, psychedelic didgeridoo played by Stephen Boakes dressed in a fetching kilt, gyrating along with his music.

The crowd almost lifted the roof when the open notes of Julie were played, knowing very well that bagpipes were about to be brought on stage.

Complete with a Scotland flag as the back drop, bagpipe player Callum Williams and fiddler Jonathan Sevink, had an Irish vs Scottish music sound off accompanied by the deafening cheers of Barrowland revellers.

They finished up the night with their most successful chart hit Beautiful Day, exploding streamers into the sweaty crowd and bowing out looking happy but absolutely exhausted.