The date is September 10th 2009. The Dome nightclub of old has been transformed into Birmingham’s newest live music venue Birmingham Academy 1, 2, and 3. On that first opening night a local band known as the Editors were given the honorable task of cutting the ribbon so to speak.

I was extremely apprehensive coming to this gig. I have been a big fan of Editors since before they were even called by that name and every time I had seen them they had blown me away apart from once. I was one of the few that managed to get to see them earlier in the month at the o2 Academy in Birmingham and I actually left disappointed.

It was a night of new beginnings in Birmingham on Thursday. A new venue, a new band and a new direction for the city's biggest indie export of recent years. So as I approached the crowds of Editors fans, special guests and media-types queuing to get in relocated 02 Academy for the first time, I could tell expectations were high. Thankfully, not many would have left disappointed...

Tonight was a truly special moment in Editors' career so far, as singer Tom Smith put it, “this is the biggest thing we’ve ever done and its amazing that’s it's just a stone's throw away from where we are from”. Local lads done good - as some may say, they have certainly come a long way since playing such local venues as The Jug of Ale only a couple of years ago. The buzz of tonight’s show was huge; it was as much a local’s gig as it was a national scale show, so there was a very comfortable sense to the atmosphere. The night started out early with the New York based Mobius Band, they impressed the Birmingham audience with some Depeche Mode style electro born rock songs, they were received by new ears but they entertained nonetheless. Check out single ‘Friends Like These’, it’s a real good feel song that really got the crowd started off well tonight. The second instalment in tonight’s show was Glasgow indie-rockers Sons And Daughters. They opened up with their extremely toe-tapping single ‘Gilt Complex’ and were extremely tight as a unit throughout their set. Their first few songs were very dance worthy, which really lifted the spirits of the scene. The band have an odd mixture of country in their sound, which really kicked in towards the last couple of songs they performed. I think the mood of the crowd calmed down a little at this point but the set still ended on a positive note. They showed signs of a very confident act that will be heard of a lot more in the near future. Check out new single ‘Darling’ - this beat laden tune is sure to get any crowd moving. Editors, until now, have been seen as just an exceptional band in today’s indie scene but I believe the audience witnessed a new level of accomplishment from the Birmingham-formed band tonight. They put on an incredible stage show with a large production aspect drawn in, a stage show you would normally relate with the likes of Coldplay or U2, and it helped the band to forge an extremely anthemic vibe to their songs. Vocalist Tom Smith introduced the set with ‘Camera’; the song has a great pounding beat ...