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Chris Williams: Hi all, Well here is my final review from our little UK tour!! We decided to travel by train down to London , much easier than driving in the centre of London. So after our breakfast we walked the 20 minutes down to our local station and then let the train `take the strain' as we travelled into London. Once there, we checked into our hotel and then met up with Jacqueline again and we all went and had a snack to eat. A nice walk in the park followed this but it was soooo cold that I couldn't stay out too long as I was frozen, even with a thick jacket on......it was the wind that made it soo cold. After a nice hot shower to warm me up we then met up with Jacqueline and Andrea again and then had a nice meal before the show. Unfortunately by the time it was time to travel to the venue it was pouring with rain and very windy.............that made for a `bad hair' day!! Once in the venue I could see straight away a nice low stage, but the theatre looked very old indeed and also a bit tatty. Our little group was all split up and as Stewart and I took our seats in the third row, it was awful as there was no space at all to even put our legs as the row in front was soo close. Some chairs seemed to be further apart than others....trust us to have the seats we had!! Anyhow the venue seemed to fill up quite quickly and there did not seem to be `that' many empty seats around, apart from a couple in the front row (more about that later). Al was great as always, and soon it was time for Chris...the main man so to speak!! Well just as the Storyman intro was playing, these 2 seats in the front row, albeit right to the side, were still empty, so what should Stewart and I do.......wait for some other people to move into them...NO WAY !! we quickly took them ourselves and prayed that no one would arrive really late.....and thankfully they didn't. Chris came out on stage in black jacket and trousers of course and a LOVELY really blue shirt....may I say he looked `gorgeous' in that colour. The usual songs followed and I did wonder how he was going to do his walk around bit as the front row was soo near the stage. But of course he managed. Apparently Chris's family were all sitting in the front row of the second section and as there was plenty of walk about room in front of this row, Chris stopped right by Diane(his wife) and sang some of LIR to her....from the tiny bit I could see, I think she had her head facing down, I guess she was pretty embarrassed as he sang quite a lot of the song to her and them kissed her and said `its ok she's my wife'.....then he moved along and I think he kissed Rosanna and again said ` and she's my daughter' , then he went round some of the rest of the audience and danced with a couple of ladies dressed in red. Once back on stage, he sang Leningrad and Grace of A Dancer. I would have had a lovely view of his head..unlike Bournemouth, BUT there was a big glass of water blocking my view!!! Ah well, it looked a nice glass anyway!!! As it was the last night I gave Chris some roses and wine after Missing You and another old friend of mine gave him some roses as well, and we both got a big kiss :-) and apart from one other lady who then handed him up some roses, these gifts were the only ones he got all evening. Of course Raging Storm was supreme as ever, do I have to say again that I LOVE this song with Kristyna Myles!! At one point someone shouted out for Lonely Sky and the band had to pause while Chris sang some verses from it.....that was nice. At the Leader, in the part fairly near the end of the son, as Chris is standing there looking very solemn before he sings the final bit of What about me and you etc.......someone near me shouted out `Smile Chris'....................umm I think that was a bit inappropriate to say in such a song.....but there you go, I guess it takes all sorts of people to make up an audience. Soon it was time for the fast bit and it was really funny as the 6 people right in the centre seats of the front row just sat there kind of looking a bit quizzical as many people jumped up and got as near the stage as possible to sing and dance and clap hands. I spotted 2 other people from the front row walk out during The Leader. I spotted Chris R up dancing in the balcony and holding a banner up.....Chris R I never heard your voice even at Spanish Train !!! Soon it was time for the last few songs and during SONY the world globe was sailing over the stage for a few minutes and before it was directed into the audience it hovered right above Chris's head for a few seconds and he pretended to push it away. I was soo sad after this song as I know it is back to reality tomorrow, and as I said goodbye to friends I wondered when we would all meet up again. Oops I forgot to say, I saw some very familiar German faces in the crowd...hello Tina, Anke and gang!! After we had said goodbye to Jason from the merchandising stand, Andrea, Jacqueline, Stewart and myself went for a drink in a local hotel and after a while we looked up and saw Kristyna Myles walking into the bar with 2 men, I guess one was her manager and maybe the other her husband, I don't know. Anyhow she talked with us for a while and then her manager went away and a few minutes later came back over to us with a pile of her CD and gave them to us all!! Stewart and I already have a copy from summer, but we got another as she very kindly took time to talk to us and sign the copies for us all. That was a lovely ending to the tour. After a nice glass of wine and a great fun time with friends we realised that we had missed the last tube train back to our hotel, so we had to find the night bus, and thankfully after a little walk we did find it and it dropped us off right outside out hotel, where we took another glass of wine as the bar was still open !! Well it was the end of the tour so we needed something to take away the sorrow that we had to all go back to reality and the real world!! Chris de Burgh....if you read this.....4 concerts was not enough ;-) Ok it was sure better than all our friends in countries that hardly ever or never get to see a concert......but maybe another 2 would have been great !!!! So right now it is the next day and it is still pouring with rain and Andrea, Stewart and myself are just about to start the journey back to my house, where we will all have a few hours rest before we Drive Andrea to the airport so she can catch her flight home. I hope all who enjoy my adventures through my reports, have enjoyed them!! Take care all, Chris(W)thebluehealer and roaming CdeB reporter..........soon going back to reality and the real world. |
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