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Fatboy Slim on Tour

Norman Cook may be approaching his 60s, but onstage, the DJ better known as Fatboy Slim is forever young. Like his signature smiley-face iconography, the Fatboy Slim live experience is an expression of pure, senseless joy. Flanked by video screens that display a rapid-fire succession of mashed-up pop-cultural imagery like a TV channel clicker with a stuck button, Cook is the consummate master of ceremonies, decked out in loud Hawaiian shirts and working up as much of a sweat behind the decks as the thousands of revelers dancing before him. No matter the time of year or location, a Fatboy Slim show is the ultimate beach party.

Fatboy Slim in Concert

Norman Cook wasn't the most obvious candidate to become the preeminent UK rave breakout star of the '90s — in the previous decade, the London native had served as bassist for indie-pop melody makers The Housemartins. However, like many Brits of his generation, Cook was drawn to the dance floor in the late '80s, making his initial forays into club music with the dubby hip-hop soul crew Beats International. After cycling through a number of other dance-oriented projects (Freak Power, Pizzaman, Mighty Dub Katz), Cook rebranded himself as Fatboy Slim in 1996, fusing his loves of '60s go-go music, hip-hop breaks, rock ‘n' roll crunch and acid-house freakiness into the adrenalized, earthquaking sound that became known as big beat. Alongside peers like The Prodigy and Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim was among the wave of Brits that brought electronica crashing onto American shores in the late '90s, thanks to era-defining jams like the surf-tinged rave-up "The Rockafeller Skank" and the gospel-blessed "Praise You" (whose DIY Spike Jonze–directed video was inescapable on MTV in 1999). Following 2000's Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars — which earned a Best Music Video Grammy for the wild, Christopher Walken–starring clip for "Weapon of Choice" — Fatboy Slim's output has turned more sporadic. But Cook has stayed in the spotlight through collaborations with David Byrne (as The Brighton Port Authority) and various one-off singles, and he's remained a fixture on festival stages with his reliably bonkers live spectacle.

Reviews

Rating: 4.4 out of 5 based on 24 reviews
  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Fatboy Slim was off the hook!

    by BobbyG68 on 7/17/09Terminal 5 - New York

    The crowd was really into it the whole night. I love his opening with the Willy Wonka images and song.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Fatboy slim - what a night

    by ansonair on 7/17/09Terminal 5 - New York

    From the location and venue facilities to the warm up act , reasonably priced drinks, excellent security to the man himself - the best night we had in New York. Everyone left happy and buzzing. Awesome - terminal 5 and fat boy slim are at the top of my list for a repeat performance.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Great Show!

    by hicksgospel on 7/17/09Terminal 5 - New York

    The set was cool, good opening act, Fatboy play a lot of oldies and some new stuff from BPA.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    fatboy slim dont miss him live

    by magoooo on 7/16/09Terminal 5 - New York

    excellent show, fantastic graphics, really got the crowd going amazing performer .. will totally go and see him agin when he is around! loved it great night had, not just by my friends but everyone around us loved his set.

  • Rating: 1 out of 5

    Washed up artist.

    by kabloui on 7/16/09Terminal 5 - New York

    Overpriced, bad venue, cheesy visuals, poorly planned set. Fatboy Slim seems like he's still riding on his previous fame from Rockafeller Skan k. I know he's been working on some new projects ie BPA, which I like. This set however just felt dated. $50 for a ticket was well over priced, especially considering this was a wednesday night. In terms of the view to the stage, you're either too low or too high (resulting in awkward neck straining). Terrible stage presence. Sure Fatboy Slim had confidence on the stage, shining a huge cheese grill, but that's exactly how he looked; f-ing cheesy. He even spent a good song or two twirling a towel over his head and doing other dance moves you might catch your mom or pop doing at a wedding after having a few too many. He even messed up his mix a couple times. Not that I cared but the party ended 30 min early. The crowd cheered for an encore but I guess Fatboy was already on his way home to tuck in his kids or reheat the meatloaf his wife left in the oven.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    PRAISE HIM LIKE YOU SHOULD

    by purplehaze1091 on 7/16/09Terminal 5 - New York

    a 46 year old man like Fatboy DJs like he is 20 and throws the best party I have ever been to

  • Rating: 3 out of 5

    Tickets were pricey, opener was too long

    by MylaGoldberg on 7/16/09Terminal 5 - New York

    I love terminal 5. I think that if a band can fill the venue, the show is just going to be good. With that said, Fatboy slim was pretty good--once he started to spin his set. Considering that the tickets said doors at 8, that he did not come on until nearly 11 with a midnight curfew on the building was really lame. And, the opening act was ok. I mean, your typical mash-up dj. And certainly no Greg Gillis. That was rather disappointing considering the exorbitant price of the ticket. However, people were dancing, and the special fx--both before and after Fatboy Slim's set--were pretty rad. I just wish he had played more stuff off the new album (especially Toe Jam)

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    Fatboy Slim: My Weapon of Choice

    by Svet on 7/16/09Terminal 5 - New York

    I am wondering if FatBoy Slim's intoxicatingly addictive personal energy of sheer positivity and joy can be bottled? As far as I am concerned the man is drug and once you have understood his approach to music you are hooked for life. A friend of mine gave me a live FatBoy Slim mix and after 3 straight run trough's I fell in love. I had to see him in person, but he has not made it to NYC till last month. His stage presence is delirious... he lives music, he feels it so humanely deep that as a listener you have no other choice but to be swept into his hurricane of blissful insanity. He is a lightning jolt of freedom, happiness, creativity and above all authenticity. The man is fearlessly true to himself, unafraid of taking chances and it shows... His appearance at Terminal 5 last night proves that 1,500 people can be mobilized on a Wednesday night, but you have to be FatBoy Slim to pull it off! Terminal 5 is old club Exit and despite bad reviews I have seen elsewhere, the sound was impeccable. I did not hear a single mistake in the sound system, not an echo, not a faulty speaker, not one distortion. Perfectly proportional to the space and robust, full range sound. Pretty sure that FatBoy Slim's sound engineer had something to do with it because there was a second sound check right before he started playing. I have nothing to say about Shinicho Osawa as I only heard 5 minutes of his set, found it absolutely toxic to my ears and was happy when it was over. 10 minute pause for sound check before Norman Cook appeared on stage gave the audience the tease of anticipation and enough time to get ready to be swept away. We were all fully aroused by the time he did appear and from the first beat he and the crowd were in sync. He started with Praise You clearly paying homage to all his fans, gesticulating his appreciation of the crowd with his hands; he made it well understood that we were loved, cherished and about to be taken on a treat of a trip. The crowd was soon drenched in glow of cosmic lights plus strobe and the 3D images projected on a screen behind him gave plenty of ponderous moments. His talent goes way beyond mixing, he is a delightful energy transmitter surely connected to the spirit or cosmos or whatever you want to call it. Although his mixing is not always perfect, his creativity makes up for any flubs. He played a part of Thriller behind some jungle of beats never letting it escape into the vocal part and quickly switching to something else. His style of playing was an extended mash up if I can call it that, with high energy throughout and vocals for respite. He played all his classics: Right here right now, Put your hand up in the air, Weapon of choice, He's Frank by Iggy Pop, Rockafeller Scank and then there were a few surprises: Let me clear my throat by DJ Kool and Back to Life by Sol II Sol, which he played while dancing infectiously himself. The real highlight of his set was a surprising choice of El Mariachi song from Desperado, it was so unexpected that the crowd went complete bananas and seeing it he played it twice back to back. Hands in the air the whole night, digital camera flashes adding to strobe lights, Christopher Walken video and many interesting 3D projections, everyone singing along non stop... He closed his set with Praise You completing the circle of love and did not play an encore even though the crowd was vehemently demanding one by chanting his name. I must add that the crowd was the most cool and down to earth kind, super polite. FatBoy Slim takes the crown for originality and authenticity, I am inexplicably enchanted with his brand of delirious magic.

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Opening DJ was incredible

    by Nicknameisdumb on 7/16/09Terminal 5 - New York

    FBS was what I expected it to be, the part of the show that was the most enjoyable was the unexpected talented opening DJ. I would love to be emailed his name if at all possible.

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    He is THE GUY

    by PaulinhaRigo on 7/15/09Terminal 5 - New York

    The best Dj EVER... I love him!!! It was AMAZING!!

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    Great concert!

    by brunosiq2001 on 7/15/09Terminal 5 - New York

    Want to see Fatboyslim live for a long time!! Great concert!! Nice club! Would have been even better if he played more Beach Boutique 2 songs....but I wouldn't miss it anyway. Cheers!

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    I Get What Your doin'

    by depp14 on 7/15/09Terminal 5 - New York

    On time, everyone moving, yeah, yeah. The show connected with the audience and everyone was pumped and totally into it. Fat Boy Slim kept everybody up up up!

  • Rating: 4 out of 5

    FATBOY SLIM still got it...

    by Oz9000 on 7/15/09Terminal 5 - New York

    He still can throw a party, loves to work the crowd, good mix of old and new, plus great remixes,

  • Rating: 5 out of 5

    GREAT SHOW- Loved the visuals.

    by kevinjgroves on 7/15/09Terminal 5 - New York

    AWESOME show. I saw him 2 times in San Francisco, this was a great venue and set!