LAST week saw your loyal clubbing team celebrate Simple’s 10th birthday at the Bullingdon with a startlingly brilliant DJ set from one of the world’s best electro artists, Digitalism.

This week however saw us return to the same venue for a night in stark contrast to the distinctly modern approach of Simple’s electro house beats.

The Famous Monday Blues is a night that itself has a long history and a proven pedigree in quality, and thankfully on this particular evening, it proved no different. First off, let me say that the one problem I had with the Bullingdon in last week’s article (that it’s darker than a Tim Burton fairytale to the point that you can barely see where you’re going) was, thankfully, not a problem this time round.

Why? Because they turned the lights on, allowing the audience the small courtesy of actually being able navigate the spacious backroom.

On a different note, one thing I did fail to remark upon in last week’s article is the split nature of the Bullingdon.

The front half of this venue operates as a normal pub, with drinks, food and music piped in from the corners and all the rest of it.

So much so, in fact, that throughout the usual course of your drinking, you wouldn’t notice the ‘Alice In Wonderland’ doorway that leads to the Backroom.

Very Lewis Carroll.

However – and I like this – it’s much more unpectedly positioned than other separated event rooms, and feels like a new discovery every time you pass through its doors.

Just a little adventuring is your passport to an entirely ‘other’ place, another world, and it can make you feel a bit like those children who climbed through the wardrobe in the Chronicles of Narnia.

Famous Monday Blues is, as I’ve stated, a night of proven popularity with a brilliant track record, but in all honesty, I was out of my comfort zone.

This is a night celebrating music, which should be ideal for me, but it’s more specifically celebrating a style with which I’m rather unfamiliar.

Classic Rock and Blues is the theme, and what better way to celebrate than with a line up of brilliant contemporary acts showcasing everything that’s great about this style.

Headliners Never the Bride are just brilliant; singer Nikki Lamborn’s arm in a sling is the only thing even vaguely limp about their performance.

Every note is hit perfectly while never sacrificing the energy that makes rock music so vital and so fantastically alive.

There is admittedly a ‘vintage’ atmosphere to the night, and indeed most of the attendants are a little more advanced in years, but rather than working against a younger customer, it actually emboldens you, and makes even the youngest of clubbers truly feel like they’re a part of something.

This is a night that salutes the brilliance of music and with an extremely classy touch.

Who needs more?