The second Trilogy Tour show kicked off in style this weekend, with Brisbane’s The Zoo playing host to these talented musicians. Doors open at 8 and it is a testament to all bands involved that there is such a strong crowd for the opening act.
Midnight Youth kick off with Cavalry and suddenly their energetic and entertaining set is in full swing. The Kiwi lads offer some gems including Learning to Fall, All On Our Own and the single that has had phenomenal success in their home country, The Letter. Jeremy Redmore ’s vocals are quite simply fantastic. He has a great sound and is not just a pretty voice as he takes up an acoustic guitar for the slower Dead Flowers.
 A slight pop-indie feel descends over the crowd towards the end of the set as they are encouraged to clap along with the music. Each of the boys gets a chance to prove their worth with some great solos during the final tunes. The drummer in particular caught my attention, as the beat was catchy, the timing was perfect and the crowd bounced along in perfect sync. 
Midnight Youth’s confidence and obvious love of playing shows in their set, proving why they have gone so far in such a short time, and why their status will continue to rise.
The crowd has grown and move to the front of the room for Melbourne’s rock-indie darlings Trial Kennedy.
 Tim Morrison announces to the crowd that they have a fill-in drummer for this evening, as Shaun Gionis has chicken pox and a Queensland mate, Dane, has kindly stepped in to fill the gap. This explained, War King pumps out of the speakers and the lads bring that fierce stage presence that they are becoming known for. But it may not be their night, as guitarist Stacey Gray blows up his amp during the opening song. A brief interval follows, where Morrison tries with an impromptu acoustic to convince the headliner’s front man, Jack Weaving, to give the crowd a striptease while the amp is replaced. Unfortunately for the girls up the front, Weaving only obliges by removing his shirt and jacket. 
The amp is quickly replaced and Trial Kennedy kick on. Morrison is becoming one of those lead vocalists who seem to love trashing the stage. You can picture him onstage at the end of a set after _ying a huge headlining show plunging a guitar into the bass drum. For now though, he settles with throwing his mic stand around. Hollowood, New Manic Art and Colour Day Tours are the standout songs of the set, as is the closer Neighbours. They do give us a taste of things ahead and their as-yet untitled new song is catchy and has a more rock feel to it, suggesting they may be moving away from that indie sound. Notably, the lack of the popular Knife Light and Tuesday Shoes seems to say that the band has moved on from playing their EP material, and are looking forward, but it could be they ran out of time from the equipment malfunction. Needless to say, the band always performs a powerful and passionate show, and tonight is no exception.
Dukes Of Windsor round off The Trilogy Tour and the Melbourne fivesome are seemingly acrobatic as they bounce off their speaker boxes and hang from the curtains on the side of the stage. Weaving tells us he is under the weather, and this is obvious as he is not as energetic as the rest of the band. The electro-pop stylings remind me of dancing around, drink in hand, at a festival in the sun, and the crowd here are obviously thinking the same thing, as they dance and bounce around at the foot of the stage. The set starts slowly, but The Others breathes some life halfway through; the crowd ecstatically bouncing around to the hit single and being blinded the accompanying light show. Runaway, It’s A War and a new song, which I believed to be called Sketches see the band pick up speed towards the end of their show, but the crowd has thinned considerably after The Others. The midnight hour has Weaving begging for one last song to finish the night off, and the unseen powers-that-be backstage agree. Dukes of Windsor finish up strongly, even though they have had to cut their set short. They perform well, although a little lacklustre in some parts this can be forgiven due to their front man being ill. All in all, a great night of rock, pop and electro tunes as The Trilogy Tour heads off to take on the rest of Australia.