Tim Finn (The Athenaeum, 7th November)

Tim Finn's current Anthology Tour is a retrospective exploring songs from his whole career. He appeared on stage singing the opening bars of Six Months In A Leaky Boat before being joined by Split Enz's Eddie Raynor and the rest of his current touring band. The show revealed the talents of one of the best songwriters around and managed to satisfy the die hard fans who were really only hanging out for more Split Enz songs.

As well as the opening track there was a jaunty My Mistake, Dirty Creature and the set closer I See Red. Each performance of these songs showed off the performance energy Tim has even now which doesn't seem to have waned at all. He also played some solo stuff including Fraction Too Much Friction, So Deep, Persuasion and the recently penned Light Years Away. From the recent Poor Boy 'musical' he also played (or forgot the lyrics to) Into the Water. Most songs were from the Anthology album, released to coincide with the tour, although a few others played are not on this compilation.

Tim indulged one audience member's request by performing an impromptu Hermit McDermitt, and indulged other fans by playing the first Split Enz single Maybe. There was also a strange Neil Finn-less Weather With You, but still beautiful and Luckiest Man Alive from the Finn Brothers' 2005 album Everyone Is Here. Every song was well constructed, performed with passion and was well received by the audience of fans.

There were also two great support acts. First up was Leena, a female singer-songwriter with a voice reminiscent of the lead singer of the Cardigans. Her brief yet impressive set was followed by Andy Bull. He sings like Antony from the Johnsons, he plays piano like Elton John and Ben Folds and he has the tongue in cheek lyrics of Tim Minchin. His cover of The Shins New Slang was a highlight of the set, along with Pretty Girls, a stinging critique of the female private school girls from Sydney. And he signed a copy of his CD for me.