His one fault being his lack of personal connection with 'his' crowd. 'Georgie' provided the support and warmed the audience up nicely even if she was nearly 45 minutes late on stage, a fact she was reminded of my one impatient punter.Īfter Georgies short set I feared an equally short one by Mr Bugg as time was pressing on but my fears were allayed as Jake played for 75 minutes almost without taking breath.

The venue is great and even people at the back of the room would have felt close enough to feel fully engaged. Finally I was lucky enough to get one of only 600 odd tickets for this intimate show at Village Underground. I have been longing to see Jake live since he burst onto the scene with his brilliant debut album back in 2012. With his whole career still ahead of him, Bugg is no flash in the pan - work’s already underway on album number three. That, too, went in at number one on the UK charts, and he’s capitalized on that by playing his first ever UK arena shows this year, proving that the hype that surrounded him when he made impressive performances at major festivals and on Later.with Jools Holland two years ago was justified. His outspoken attitude - he readily presented himself as a chart-worthy alternative to the musicians turned out by the likes of The X Factor - and no-nonsense musical approach have endeared him to an ever-burgeoning fanbase, and the runaway success of his chart-topping first album allowed him to decamp to Los Angeles and work with legendary producer Rick Rubin on his follow-up, “Shangri-La”. In fact, it was only released in October of 2012, but the success of singles like “Lightning Bolt” and “Two Fingers” helped cement Bugg’s reputation as Britain’s most promising young troubadour. It’s difficult to believe that Bugg actually only just turned twenty earlier this year it already feels as if he’s been around for quite some time now, thanks in no small part to the sheer ubiquity of his self-titled debut record.

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