I had not seen Steve Harley or Cockney Rebel sing live before, writes Angie Langridge

I did not really know what to expect, the only song I could remember was Make Me Smile (come up and see me).

Anyhow, I found Mr Harley much more rebellious than any member of his band. Every four letter word that he spoke started with an 'F' and ended with a 'K', I am not sure where the anger was coming from or to what or whom it was directed.

However, the songs were generally very powerfully put across (only to be expected with a voice as rich and strong as Steve's) and there was a message in the lyrics.

The lead guitarist Robbie Gladwell was superbly talented as was Victoria Beebee who played percussion and sang confidently through several octaves (we were told by one of the back stage crew that she is ' quite mad'). She was definitely the life of the stage act whereas the soul was contributed by the bass guitarist Lincoln Anderson who strummed in a very cool and laid back fashion throughout the performance.

Guitarist and violinist Barry Wickens was very versatile and added classical and at

times a gaelic sound to some of the tunes. Adam Houghton worked up a good sweat on the drums not that we could see him between his huge kit, and James Lascelles on the keyboard, what can I say - just brillaint. Although the Apollo is not a particularly large auditorium, regrettably, it only attracted an audience of three quarter capacity.

Overall a good performance, but I didn't leave feeling like a child does after they have seen a mind blowing film at the Saturday afternoon matinee in the local flee pit.