Inhaler Fail to Spark
Inhaler is led by Elijah (Bono’s son) who certainly has charisma and stage presence but the band’s output is very predictable with a thrash sound with no variation and mostly lyrical unintelligible, which feels disgraceful when playing in the acoustical cathedral of the Albert Hall.
Feeder do it better.
The audience clearly had a different take on a Halloween evening with many dressed in flamboyant gothic attire and bouncing up and down and enjoying the anthematic songs, but for me they all blurred into one.
There were a few exceptions mainly in the encore like Just to Keep you Satisfied, but the show lacked musical diversity and some cameos from the other band members, which would have made for a more rounded performance.
Set List
• The Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber song)
• Open Wide
• Dublin in Ecstasy
• Eddie in the Darkness
• Totally
• Little Things
• Who’s Your Money On? (Plastic House)
• Concrete
• My King Will Be Kind (stopped and restarted due to crowd incident; paused again when Eli accidentally threw his mic)
• X-Ray
• Love Will Get You There
• Billy (Yeah Yeah Yeah)
• It Won’t Always Be Like This
• Your House
Encore:
• Hole in the Ground
• Just to Keep You Satisfied
• My Honest Face
Warm up acts
Scustin – awful
Guest List entered in spacemen suits – did well. Souls of Chapel Street & Weatherman stood out.
Royal Albert Hall 31st October 2025
Band members
Vocalist & guitarist Elijah Hewson,
Bassist Robert Keating, guitarist
Keyboardist Josh Jenkinson
Drummer Ryan McMahon.
F&S&J&L
Posted by: Fawkes