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One of acid jazz's finest exponents proved they still had the ability to wow at Arena Birmingham.

Jamiroquai may have been around since the early 1990s but they looked anything but jaded as they stopped off in the city before heading to Europe for the rest of November on what is, staggeringly, their first tour in seven years.

Perhaps, it's no great surprise the band is back on the road again as they released their eighth studio album Automaton last spring, also their first in seven years.

Sure, the band's line up has changed repeatedly since their hey day of Emergency on Planet Earth and Space Cowboy but omnipresent frontman Jay Kay still has the charisma to keep a crowd entertained for a full two hours.

The set list was a perfect blend of the old and the new with tracks such as Superfresh and show opener Shake It On, from the aforementioned Automaton, featuring alongside classic staples like Little L, Canned Heat, Love Foolosophy and Emergency on Planet Earth.

Even Too Young to Die got an airing for the first time in a very long time.

Jay Kay has taken to sporting some rather funky headgear on this tour - a kind of flashing, lampshade-esq hat which looks not entirely unlike a certain hedgehog who also first found global fame on games consoles in the 1990s.

It went well with the band's impressive multimedia backdrop on the huge Arena Birmingham stage.

It was a solid, all round show from the funksters and great to see them finally back in the saddle and pulling in the big crowds on this arena tour.

Full setlist below

Shake It On

Little L

Automaton

The Kids

Space Cowboy

Superfresh

White Knuckle Ride

Cosmic Girl

Cloud 9

(Don't) Give Hate a Chance

Emergency on Planet Earth

Runaway

Too Young to Die (Tour debut, first live performance since 2013)

Canned Heat

Love Foolosophy

Virtual Insanity