Kings of Leon at Marlay Park: Royal reception from 25,000 fans mesmerised by ecstatic set

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - MARCH 23: Caleb Followill of Kings of Leon performs live on stage during day two of Lollapalooza Brazil at Autodromo de Interlagos on March 23, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images,)

Barry Egan

For the lead singer of a band playing to 25,000 fans at Dublin’s Marlay Park last night it was perhaps odd that Caleb Fallowill barely spoke a word.

The Pentecostal preacher’s son from America’s Deep South had an onstage repartee that The Spectator magazine once described as “more Trappist than Tabernacle.”