“I don’t care who you are, where you come from, what your politics are, how old you are,” said Jon McClure as his band Reverend and the Makers make their way onto the stage at the Manchester Academy to the Rocky theme tune. “You’ve got to bounce.”
The commander asked and Rev’s Army’ dutifully obliged. It’s impossible not to when they’re bringing out ‘banger after banger’. The Manchester gig forms part of the Sheffield band’s first live tour in four years. Formed in 2005, Jon McClure and his collective of musicians burst onto the scene with their top five charting debut album, The State of Things.
Opening at the Academy with the title track, the Rocky soundtrack seemed apt. This was only round one, and the Revs had come out swinging.
