Performances by Peaches are rare occasions and as such, elicit extreme reactions. For starters, there's the audience. Girls and boys alike dolled up to the nines in homage to the Canadian-born singer's skintight spandex look, one even sporting an outsize seethrough teapot on her head. Not for nothing, it seems, does one of her tunes declare 'Boys Want To Be Her/Girls Want To Be Her'.
Fond of the odd costume change herself, Peaches took to the stage looking like Pink's wayward little sister, after declaring from the wings through her radio mike 'we are going to murder you, slowly'. Having made her name through the electro scene before turning to AC/DC-style riff/groove debauchery...
this show was a highly effective clash of both styles, with her three piece backing band providing everything from sub-bass b-line sonics to Angus Young-style fretwank solos. Rock 'n' roll pantomine is the over-arching theme, with the hyperactive Peaches clambering on top of the towering speaker stacks, encouraging the audience to shed their clothing during 'Shirts Come Off' and most impressively of all, shooting up into the air on wires.
She had no problem filling the Festival Hall, even reserving the Royal Box for her parents - one can't help wonder what they must think of her outlandish and sexually explicit subject matter - and a show of hands revealed that many here had discovered her since her last UK show. Next stop Wembley Stadium? It's a nice thought.
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