Wigwam performed six pieces from Nuclear Nightclub, added to three other classic songs, the set list thus being most predictable. So was their playing, in a good sense, with the familiar sound of the guitar-dominated Wigwam being present. A little bit of groping could be heard on a few occasions but not so as to be disturbing. Slight, perhaps modernising, changes had been made to the arrangements on a few songs. There was also a most surprising - even if a bit useless - drum solo between two songs, something Wigwam's original drummer Ronnie Österberg never played.
The band looked quite harmonic and energetic on stage, especially Jim who had flown over from the USA. They obviously enjoyed playing for the warmly responding crowd. I guess the oldest of us had seen Wigwam on the same stage in 1970, while the youngest attended their first Wig-gig. I had seen Wigwam playing only once before, in 1993, so it was great to find them alive and well again after the seven-year break. Hope we don't need to wait that long for the next time...
-- Mikko Meriläinen