YungBlud - O2 Academy, Edinburgh MON OCT 11 2021

We were lucky enough to go and see him while playing in Edinburgh at the O2 Academy. (Formally known as the Corn Exchange) 

Right from the get go YungBlud had the crowd in the palm of his hands. During the set up a black cloth was put over the stage to build suspense as everyone eagerly awaited his arrival. The house lights went out and the obligatory “Here we, Here we, Here we F##king Go” chants erupted from the crowd. The house lights were out for ages and the suspense kept building. At last, the time had come and his opening film started. Yungblud rocketed out onto the stage when the opening film was over, the cloth dropped and the stage was revealed with a large backdrop of multiple red Marshall amps. 

The energy was high, the room was electric and everyone was here for the same purpose. To have an amazing memorable night. 

Throughout the performance there was plenty of crowd interaction from Yungblud. Ranging from getting the audience bouncing, various mosh pit requests from the singer with the mosh pits getting bigger and bigger each time. 

The singer brought a Scotland flag and a Transgender flag onto the stage during the performance which was well received by the crowd. And even brought a bottle of Buckfast onto stage, drank some, and proceeded to give the band members a swig as well. Yungblud appeared several times on stage with a new pint. Drinking some of it and throwing the rest onto the crowd which covered those in the front rows. 

Between songs the singer even helped one fan get his passport back after people from the other end of the venue had found it and got the singers attention to help return it to its rightful owner. 

Yungblud’s energy and love for music shone through in the performance. Just before the last song everyone was united one last time by the singer getting everyone to chant “F##k Covid” which is a statement no one can disagree with. 

This was the second time I got to see Yungblud and certainly won’t be the last. The set list for Yungblud’s performance is below. 

Yungblud set list:

Strawberry Lipstick

Parents

Superdeadfriends

I love you, will you marry me

Anarchist

Mars

Weird

Fleabag

Medication

Loner

Love song

I Think I’m ok

Teresa

Encores:

God save me, but don’t drown me out

Charity

Machine gun (F##k the NRA)