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Mike Scott has led the Waterboys through some curious dances over the past 20 years, but the band has come full circle with a powerful new LP, Book of Lightning, which harks back to their glory days and a stage show which fuses all their best elements in two hours of pagan glee.

Scott has been reunited with Steve Wickham, whose magical electrified fiddle playing is the perfect counterpoint to Scott's booming guitar. There were a couple of quick jigs as a nod to the barn-dance proclivities, but the tone of the show was established by powerful versions of the band's impassioned, Celtic-tinged epics of love, myth, nostalgia and the letting down of hair.

Speaking of the last, Scott has retained intact his luxurious barnet, while still perching on the skinniest of legs for that old rock look that will never let you down.

Old England, The Pan Within and The Whole Of The Moon - with appropriate guest trumpet - sent shivers down spines, while Fisherman's Blues and Medicine Bow sent shudders through the venerable architecture of this cavernous hall. Among the newer material, Sustain has already proved itself a classic.

A doff of the cap to these wandering minstrels.

The Waterboys
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, SW7 2AP