Confidence Man are ridiculous. Brixton Academy is currently - literally - bouncing as 'Janet Planet' and 'Sugar Bones' perform the kind of endearingly awkward dance routines you'd usually see in the early stages of Britain's Got Talent, all while two walking lampshades named Reggie Goodchild and Clarence McGuffie hammer away on keys and drums behind them, encased in giant, spiky, inflatable rings. On a giant screen behind them flash images of flaming helicopters, badgers and, for some reason, pigeons. Lots and lots of pigeons.
It's a Eurovision fever dream come to life, something that really shouldn't work beyond the confines of a particularly ambitious drag brunch and yet is now surely on its way to arena status here in the UK. You'd shake your head in disbelief were it not for the fact that Confidence Man also dropped one of 2024's best albums just a few weeks back, the fabulous 3am (LA LA LA).
