A band mentioned on a blog here before, as they are fresh off of supporting Oasis on their record breaking reunion tour, Cast are now doing their own tour.
Celebrating 30 years since their debut album, and my most listened to album of 2025 according to Spotify, “All Change”, an absolutely beautiful album, with some of my favourite lyrics of all time, all about, well, change.
This is my third time seeing Cast live, but my first time seeing them on their own, I previously saw them last year supporting Liam Gallagher on his tour for Oasis’ album “Definitely Maybe”, and the aforementioned Oasis reunion tour.
This time, though, they were ten times better than the other times, a band suited for small intimate venues, with their acoustic driven guitar rock music filling the Olympia theatre beautifully, but was unsuited to Croke Park.
Playing some of the most touching music I know, songs like “Walkaway” and “Live the Dream”, and then flipping one hundred and eighty degrees with the high energy guitar rock songs such as “Sandstorm” and “Alright”.
A band that often gets lost in the discussion of the britpop movement of the 90s, but who can confidently stand on their own as one of the best bands that movement has to offer.
Stage Setup: 8/10, A very standard stage setup, but I have to give extra points for the excellent lighting work that was done during the show, the spotlights and stage lights were perfectly synced and really complimented each song.
Band Performance: 10/10, An amazingly talented band, with all individually talented members, but it may be one of the best bands I’ve seen play with each other, the band was so in sync the entire night, with some of the greatest live harmonies I’ve ever heard.
Support: 10/10, A band I’ve been waiting to see did the support, Pastel, a new band that feel like they’ve been plucked right out of the 90s britpop scene and placed into today, one of the best sounding new bands out there, and perfectly suited for the show.
Merchandise: 8/10, A lovely selection of t shirts featuring the Cast logo and a list of all their releases on the back, a tour t shirts featuring the dates, a hoodie, a polo shirt and even scarves and hats, bonus points are given here because I am very biased in how much I love their logo.
Crowd: 10/10, A crowd that was full energy the full show, I ended up jumping and moshing with random people I’ve never met before and will most likely never see again, a passionate crowd who truly got the music.
Overall: 9/10, One of the best live bands I’ve seen in a while, which I know I say a lot, but I mean it here specifically, it has really raised my standards of how a band can play together on a stage.
Next up: The Frank and Walters 13/12/25
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