Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream HMV Forum Review

Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream

HMV Forum Review 

Paramedics assumed their position at the front of the stage ready to drag fainting teenage girls from the sweat-drenched audience. A routine they have become accustom to when American male RnB singers visit London town. The reams of women dressed in club ready outfits were clearly anticipating being part of the same hysteria.

Kaleidoscope light arrangements signaled the musical director in a Viking inspired hat and leather vest to lead the band into Sure Thing.

Miguel appeared between beams of blue neon lights in a red Prince inspired outfit masculated by a black leather jacket. The audience gave no reaction. His microphone was turned off. If there was any doubt that Miguel wasn’t going to sing live, they were dismissed. Clearly unimpressed even with a stage-hand running on stage to turn his microphone on Miguel left the stage and restarted the show.

With this early set back Miguel was a man on a mission to prove himself as a live performer to the chattering audience.

Use Me followed a trance like extended jam session of Sure Thing, the first of many throughout the night.

Miguel spares no part of himself; it’s difficult not to let go and let the music take you on a journey of his free-fall expression as he drops to his knees and sacrifices himself to the music.

Miguel briefly comes down from his high to reengage eye contact with his audience as the bass guitar and drums subtlety introduce All I Want Is You. That’s all the audience needed as they two-stepped in unison, raise one hand and sing long eyes closed. Although his voice sounded tired he still offers up the silky texture that caresses the room so no one enthralled in the moment seems to care.

He raises a toast to “Pursing something special in love” then looks over his glasses and asks, “Ya’ll freaks?.....Prove It!”

Stripped down to the bass guitar and drum “Pussy Is Mine” was very bit of the chronic nightcap orgy it needed to be. Exposing the rare element of a male ego as he ripped his red shirt away from his chest.

The sexual energy in the room rises as a group of obnoxious Top Man model looking lads holding bottles of Heineken between two fingers become transfixed at what seemed like a passing Rita Ora flash mob. It’s clear why the seemingly odd group of lads are here.

Miguel sits down at the front of the stage and gives the unappreciated lyrics of Candles In The Sun the respect they deserve, as he questions God and social responsibly.

The night climaxed with Adorn as the audience took ownership of the song, over singing Miguel who jumps off the stage to embrace his roaring audience. He eventually returned to the stage pulling the notes from deep within as he jumped into the splits then left the stage.

Miguel took full advantage of the 11pm curfew and answered the screams for an encore. He lined up 6 women on the stage from the audience and assumed various sexual positions as he rapped along to 2pac’s I Get Around. Merging the lyrics into Quickly, slow dancing with a woman who had absolutely no rhythm, other women in the audience boo’ed vying for a chance to exploit their inner freak.