Wow! What a gig! Phenomenal!

After a support band for 20 mins (whose name I didn’t catch) he came onstage at 8.30pm, left at 10.20pm, then the encore lasted until 10.50pm – well worth £50 a ticket, I thought…

Starting with Reason To Believe from the latest album, he performed LOADS of songs from his Commodore days up to present day, including Easy (like a Sunday Morning); Hello; Penny Lover; Still; Destiny; All Night Long and Dancing on the Ceiling to name but a few. Alternating between himself, solo, on the piano and with the backing of his band, he delivered a polished and professional performance.

He constantly talked to the audience between songs and had them eating out of the palm of his hand… I didn’t mind this as I was one of them! When he sang Ballerina Girl (which is one of my all-time favourites), the emotion was too much and I blubbed through it. 😉 Pitch-perfect and strong delivery – every song had the audience buzzing, with plenty of opportunities to dance. We did not leave dissapointed – no wonder it was sold out… and having sold out, he’s now performing an extra date on 26th May.

so tempted…