Bridear: bombastic and fantastic
SABRINA RAMDOYAL
HAVING SPENT THE better part of decade plying their trade in a technicolour blitzkrieg of J-Pop hooks, six-string shred and NWOBHM-fuelled idolatry, tonight is far from Bridear’s first live rodeo. These high-energy mavens are, however, the first Japanese band to resume international touring post-COVID, with the Into The Dark Forever run, the four UK dates of which are the quintet’s first shows back on our shores since 2019.