The Tiger Lillies are an award-winning three piece band who consists of charismatic and pleasantly twisted lead vocalist and accordion player, Martyn Jacques, drummer and all around entertainer Adrian Huge and finally Adrian Stout who sings, plays the musical saw, the theremin, backing vocals and base.
They take to the stage dressed in clown make-up and vaudeville 1920’s suits and for the next hour they are never anything less than brilliant. Jacques is a great front man, sinister and creepy, and sings with a falsetto voice that is not a thousand miles away from Barry Humphries infamous character, Dame Edna. His unusual voice perfectly complements the strange, funny and at times unsettling songs about flipper boys, women falling in love with their pimps, being the man who nailed Jesus to the cross and taking out your anger on children. Subjects which may seem shocking but has each and every member of the audience whooping, cheering and singing along to at the top of their lungs.
These three men are sensational to watch singing dark, twisted songs that have a haunting beauty about them and performing them with a frantic energy that surely must have every audience mentally figuring out what day they are free so they can come and see them again.
The Tiger Lillies are an incredible tour-de-force, miss them at your peril.
5/5 
Martin Miller
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
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