Despite having tickets for the much larger, further away, seated, mid-week Cardiff gig as part of the main Scissor Sisters anniversary tour, I was thrilled to see a Bristol warm-up date announced for just after I got back from New York, in what was once SWX but is now apparently Electric Bristol. The fact that I was stuck in front of some real pricks who had clearly had too much coke and still enjoyed myself is testament to how good this gig was. Eschewing the “one set of the album, a second set of the greatest hits” approach, this is a happy jumble of the two. Starting with the imperial stomp of Laura, it’s an instant transportation back to my final year of primary school. The number of big, good singles they had from that album that I knew in 2004 is quite something. I am beyond thrilled to get I Can’t Decide thrown into the mix, along with She’s My Man and, of course, I Don’t Feel Like Dancing off, in my opinion, their superior follow-up Ta-Dah!, but that’s not this tour, so I take what I can get. The hits go down a storm, the album tracks still get a good response, and they end the main set with a heartbreaking Return To Oz. There’s a moment in Take Your Mama where Shears hits a slightly but noticeably bum note, and his amusement at noting and correcting it is contagious and a good sign of how live this really is. This is still the size of venue they should have been aiming for in the first time, considering that Cardiff still I don’t think is sold out, but here we are. Tom Rasmussen is a fine support act - “oysters for lunch, ass for dinner” is oddly catchy as a chorus, and it’s the right energy and vibe for this night.