B
ackstageat Shepherds Bush Empire, Luke Spiller is practically bouncing off the walls with anticipation for his band’s imminent return to the London stage. The Struts’ 33-year-old vocalist is all charm and grace as he apologises for an over-running band meeting that has made him literally seconds late for his rendezvous with
Classic
Rock.
He exhibits the effervescent energy of a man chomping at the bit to get down to the business of reminding the capital who this country’s most flamboyant rock star is.
“Last year I was taken on tour kicking and screaming,” he confides, “because I’d really got used to my quintessential English country gentleman life in lockdown, but it only took a couple of performances before I realised that I missed being loved and adored on stage every night. Now it feels like I’m back where I belong, and I’m ready to be loved and adored some more.”