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Kelly Preston: Hello all! Well...I'm still with my heads in the clouds and the details are still a bit sketchy, so bear with me on this as I try to tell you all about my Chris de Burgh experience last night. It was completely amazing! After having a small drink to settle me down, we made our way to our seats. The seats were fabulous but we were so close that we couldn't really see him when he was behind the piano. He was standing directly in front of us though when he sang with his guitar. He was in magnificant form and he commented how this was his last show for this particular tour. He said he enjoyed touring for this and he loved ending it in Halifax. The set list was pretty much the same as for St. John's, with a few exceptions. Don't ask me yet, my mind is still fuzzy. He sang a lot of songs from TRTF and he sang some Canadian favorites: Spaceman, Spanish Train, Don't Pay the Ferryman, High on Emotion and of course, TLIR. He sang the Tower and it was absolutely beautiful. I had never heard him sing this in concert before, I don't think. He also sang Lonely Sky and that was so beautiful as well. His voice is just getting better and better. And he amazes me...he so soft spoken, but can belt out these amazing notes and hold them. He sang for 2 hours and 45 minutes. He has so much energy and offers so much of himself to the audience. He did not disappoint. He did his Britney bit and went into the audience. It was wonderful to see him cuddle up to some of the crowd. They loved it too. He walked right into the centre of one row and sat on someone's lap!! What a treat for some lucky fan!! During one of the encores, he came down and hugged those of us fortunate enough to be in the front row. Naturally, I was in there like a dirty shirt and got a hug from him (I can die happy now). I know most of you know this as you've seen him countless times and most of you have met him, so to remark on how generous he is...how gracious...how sincere would seem pointless as you all are so familiar with him. I can only tell you what seeing him in person means to me. Even that is hard for me to articulate as he and his music hold such a special place in my heart. This will sound so weird, but my "relationship" with his music is so personal...I can't put to words what seeing him does to me. All I can say is he puts on an energetic, completely fullfilling show. Even the ballads are so filled with emotion that if you are not moved by his words, his music, his passion, then you are made of stone. I have tons of pictures and I think I can post them somewhere here. I'll try. He didn't mention where he was going after the show, as he sometimes does, but he did say he wasn't leaving Canada until tomorrow. So he's still here...still in the Great White North. We were going to go to a couple of places last night that he's known to frequent, so we went back to the hotel because the girls had to pee (women!!!) and when we were there, they decided they were too tired to go out and wanted to stay put and get some rest. We had to leave really early this morning because they had to work and it's a 2.5 hour drive back so needless to say, I was game for getting some rest, too. We were going to meet up with some other fans, but the girls were just too tired. Needless to say, I didn't sleep much at all, and drove home with a cup of tea in hand. All in all, it was a fabulous concert. He's an amazing performer and I'm so glad I was fortunate enough to be as close to him last night as I was. If I can remember more 'details', I'll add them. Till then... Cheers! from cloud 9 where I'm sure I'll come down....eventually! Kelly xoxo |
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