THE five minutes of seemingly orchestrated feedback that acts as an overture to the first of three UK dates by the former Velvet Underground co-anchor may be a little symphony in its own right, but over the next two hours it's also the most avant-garde sound on offer.
Where Cale's just-released Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood album serves up a dolefully textured set of playfully hi-tech pop songs, live, he and a three-piece guitar, bass and drums line-up deliver a crunchily old-fashioned rock'n'roll with a metal edge.
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