After a two hour wait after doors opened in an intimate venue, the five piece (Jamie absent tonight) enter with an air of confidence and a look of belief that they are about to turn this place into a riot. But who can blame them with their fourth album released today and a decade of songs behind their belts?

They start with ease into a track off the new album The Betrayed, which gets a warm and surprising reaction from the lyric savvy crowd. A crowd that were easily under the charm of front man (turned conductor) Ian Watkins, obeying his every command and making it a close and sweaty night.

‘It’s Not The End Of The World But I Can See It From Here’ soon followed, along with ‘A Town Called Hypocrisy’ and old favourites ‘Last Train Home’ and ‘Last Summer’ getting a great response. But it was ‘Burn, Burn’ that stole the limelight. The reaction was pure craziness; a small hall quickly turning into a sea of jumping bodies screaming 'for us, for them, for you’.

The band were on form, interacting with the crowd and showing Islington what they were made of. Ten years ago Lostprophets were barely known playing this very venue trying to get somewhere in the music industry. Tonight they were mature and developed artists who know how to get their audience going.

It was a mix of old with the new and a chance for interaction between fans that have stuck by them through thick and thin and a band that are content with where they are in their career.

A teaser of what is to come with the UK tour, starting in February, that in the words of Mr. Watkins himself, ‘was f**king awesome’.

Posted In Live Reviews, Jan 19 2010. Words - Aimee