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Live at the O2 London, England

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The DVD of Kings of Leon Live at the O2 is stellar - maybe one of the best concert DVD's I've seen anytime recently (and i watch a lot of this type of stuff on DVD). It captures a great concert from June of 2009, from the "Only By The Night" tour, and the performance for the UK crowd probably kicked it up a notch, as they were much bigger in the UK, years before they broke big in America (despite being from here). KOL gets better and better with each album, and I'm of the opinion that the latest album's songs are the ones that come off the best here (though that might be because this album is my favorite), but there's really not a bum track on the disc. Hilights (for me) here include "Molly's Chambers", "Closer", "Crawl", "Sex on Fire", "Use Somebody" and "Knocked Up". The cinematography is excellent - lots of really great angles, nice close-ups, and the editing is better than average in that they only go to fast-MTV cuts on the faster songs (one of my big criticisms of concert DVD's is that there is usually motion-sickness inducing fast-edits, but that's kept pretty much in restraint here). I watched it on a big screen (off my projector) and there was very nice definition/sharpness to the image (not sure if this is available on Blu-Ray but the regular DVD looks awesome - i could see faces in the crowd clearly, on the shots from the stage) and the 5.1 sound mix is nice and clear (KOL's album engineers handled the mix on this too). Generous running time - an hour-forty, 22 songs, no other extras, but I didn't care about that - the music/performance on this is SO GOOD, anything else would've just gotten in the way. Highest recommendation on this DVD - if you're a KOL fan, this is a must-have.

This is a great Kings of Leon Concert DVD, and it ROCKS!!! It was filmed on June 30, 2009, at the "02 Colisium" in London, before a capacity crowd of 18,000 screaming fans. It consists of 22 songs, and has an approximate running time of 100 minutes. This band was featured in the Rolling Stone, a few months ago. Their picture was on the cover. These brothers and cousin - Nathan Followill, Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, & Matthew Followill, were raised in the Southern U.S.A., and currently live in the Nashville area.

This band is currently one of the "hotest" rock bands in the world, and this concert dvd certainly proves why!!! This band has a unique sound, that is all their own. I don't think any other band could duplicate their sound. This concert features some of their songs from the "Only by the Night" Album Cd, along with some of their classics. Plus this band, is one of the best bands to emerge within the current decade. It's an original band with all original songs.

Don't believe the review of this dvd in the current issue of the Rolling Stone (they gave it only a 2 star, and they really didn't know what they were talking about.) This band gives it's all in performing before this 18,000 fan capacity crowd. There are no mediocre performances. This band performs extremely well on each and every song. They knew this was being filmed for a dvd. Their lead man Caleb Followill has some excellent interaction with the crowd. Plus, the crowd is really into this concert.


All the songs on this dvd were written by the band members themselves. The Key Tracks include: Use Somebody, Sex on Fire, Notion, Molly's Chambers, On Call and the Bucket. All the other songs are very good also.

This is a GREAT CONCERT DVD, the filming, the sound, the audience are all GREAT, making this one GREAT Concert DVD!!! If you love Rock, you'll love this one. Thanks!!!!

This is a great concert DVD. Before this, my favorite live concert DVD was U2 Go Home live at Slane CastleU2 Go Home - Live From Slane Castle (Limited Edition Packaging) but this DVD is right on par. KOL was relatively unknown except for college play until the recent mainstream radio play of "Sex on Fire" but in my opinion one of the best groups and hardest working for quite some time. The band is made up of three brothers, and their cousin, from Tennessee but it is not country or southern rock. If you're looking for backstage commentary or behind the scenes buy something else. Nothing but good ole rock-n-roll on this DVD. They play a lot of the older music like California Waiting, Molly Chambers and On Call plus the new ones like Sex on Fire and Notion. It was hard to find anything to complain about but I did find one thing. Trani wasn't included. I gave it 5 stars only because I couldn't give it 4 and 9/10 because of the lack of Trani. Buy this DVD, turn out the lights, turn the volume up to 11 and wear this sucker out.

Just about as close as you can get to being at the concert. This is a simply done straight shot video of Kings of Leon performing in London; no silly embellishments, no strange camera movements, no fancy light show, and no stage theatrics, just Kings of Leon, plain and simple.

The style of this video is good and bad. The good, if you love Kings of Leon, you will be very well served. There's just enough grittiness to the performance that it doesn't sound exactly like the studio recordings, but it isn't so far off that the music is unrecognizable. The set list is long. The fan is really well served. The bad, well there almost isn't a reason to watch the video after about 20 minutes. Once I'd seen the classic skinny goofy guy surfing the audience, the girls on guys shoulders dancing in the air, and the close ups of those gorgeous Gibson guitars, then I'd seen enough.

As a concert video, if you love them straight and simple, you will love this DVD. If you are looking for a great video experience, look elsewhere. I would contend that this concert would make a much better live album. I can easily see converting the sound track to audio files and listening to this concert over and over, the performances are just that great.

For the music, this is an incredible album. From a video standpoint, it is a bit disappointing.

The DVD has no special features. There are chapter stops at each song, and a song menu to choose from. The video would be acceptable to all audiences, there is no nudity (well except for the skinny guy with his shirt off), not even a hint of sensuality, and I don't seem to recall any strong language in any of their songs.

Buy it for the live album.

I have around 60 musical concerts on DVD, and I added this one to my collection today as an impulse buy from Best Buy. I've heard OF KOL, but I've never actually heard a song by them. Because of the name recognition, I decided to give this DVD a try since I know they are similar to other bands I enjoy. I'm glad I did.

Just so you understand where I'm coming from when reviewing this concert/DVD, my musical tastes include Sting (Police and solo), Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Creed, Earl Klugh, Spyro Gyra, Bella Fleck and the Flecktones, Rush, Ray Lamontagne, Older Garth Brooks, Yes, Allman Brothers, Eric Clapton, Genesis, Norah Jones, Brian Eno, Chick Corea, Joe Satriani, Joe Bonamassa, Jeff Beck, and dozens of others. I'm also a keyboard player.

This DVD fits somewhere in between a few of the bands I'm familiar with and that I've enjoyed over the years. Musically KOL has some great guitar work, good drumming and good vocals. You can actually understand most of the lyrics, which I generally prefer. There is a lot going on in their compositions without too much repetition.

For my taste in concert DVDs (I like them to be filmed as if I'm there watching from different vantage points), the camera work is a 3 1/2 out of 5. I can't stand concerts where the camera jumps randomly from performer to performer, missing guitar solos. (I.E. Coldplay Live 2003) The camera work is pretty good here, and focuses on the performer during the solos and key parts of the song. A lot of crowd shots, but usually panning shots, which is pleasant.

Sound quality is pretty good (Anthem AVM20, Paradigm Signature 100's, AVM50, Servo-15, ADP's), and picture quality is average.

Most likely, if you lean a bit towards harder rock that doesn't get much air play, you'll enjoy this concert. The performance was good, if not just another good band playing for an audience. Nothing special about the stage presence of the band, just good music.

For those who care (I only do when my 3 year old is watching music with me) there is some language towards the end of the DVD when Caleb Followill talks about the price of concerts and thanks the audience for paying to see them.

Good stuff!

I really LOVE These guys and all their albums and was devastated to miss seeing them in person this last tour so you can imagine how exicted I was when they releleased this DVD. I was out of town during the most recent arena show, but the reviews were just so-so from the local paper. Well, now I see why. There's NO interaction with the crowd and no extras of any kind.
The music is wonderful, the playlist superb, but they just seemed disengaged. Were they jet lagged or stoned or what?!? Nathan, the drummer certainly seemed bored enough. Jared, the bassist was posing goofily and Caleb, the lead singer really killed w/ his voice, but his commentary was uncomfortable and minimal.
Matthew, the lead guitarist seemed to be having the most fun and really into it. Wish he would have said something.
The crowd was great and you can tell they appreciated the KOL recognizing their longtime support by taping this in London.
I hope they're not getting jaded and taking their fans for granted. ("Fans" being one of my faves, btw)
Well, I hate be cliche, but I LIKE George Clooney, Target & KOL! So sue me...
I still hope to catch them this summer.

I liked the London concert and love the sounds that KOL create but I've seen better concerts from home (on DVD). This isn't a discredit to KOL or they're concert style, venue, song selection, etc., I am a fairly new fan of KOL since the first quarter of 2009. I've bought their CDs but this is my first concert DVD. I've watched better concert DVDs though I still liked this one just didn't love it and I don't want to over sale it. I am satisfied with my purchase of this DVD and will be looking forward to a new KOL concert DVD or an existing one that I may not know about.

I bought the Blu-Ray of this item and I can say that it looks and sounds amazing. The filming is very well done. I have seen Kings of Leon in concert a few times and this captures the show very well. Rolling Stone gave this DVD 2 out of 5 stars and I could not disagree more. Kings of Leon are sometimes criticized for not being as animated as some bands, but they always sound amazing and I think the music speaks for itself. To think that they are "phoning it in" on some songs, like Rolling Stone claimed, is absurd. What band is arrogant and stupid enough to phone in a concert they know is being recorded for a live DVD? This has always been their style and you either like it or you don't. By the end they are sweating profusely just like every other good rock band. I say buy it, no fan will be disappointed.

Love watching them. Have never seen them live. Am a 50 yr old female and in the last few months have become a big fan of theirs. There were many songs on this I didn't know and now like. These guys are easy on the eyes too :)

I am a huge Kings of Leon fan and this concert was incredible! Great quality, took a little longer to arrive but it was definitely worth the wait!