Concert Review: London, UK - November 11, 2002
Sandra Pleyer:
Wow, I was really excited, my first concert in the RAH, I'm sure that would be something very special. And indeed, it was!!! When we entered the RAH, I was so impressed. What a marvellous place for a concert, all in red and gold. Diane already has described it. Couldn't believe that I was really there and not just dreaming. We said hallo to some more listmembers (Marietta, Yogi, Claudia and friends, Chris and Stewart, Angelique and friends, Gabi and Lawrence). It was fantastic to meet you all. Soon the concert started with Martyn Joseph. Having listened to a few songs of him before (our friend Nugie is a big fan of him, and let us listen to his songs) I was curious to hear and see him as well. And I wasn't disappointed. Really liked him!! At first I didn't dare to take some photos, but when I saw some flashes I took some photos as well, especially for Nugie. Oh, I've forgotten to tell you that we had fantastic seats in the 4th row, directly in the middle of the stage in front of Chris. (Diana and I were the lucky ones, who bought the tickets from Simon, who unfortunately couldn't make it to London). Then Chris entered the stage. :-)) It was really a relief to hear that his voice seemed to be quite okay again. For me Chris seemed to be in a very good mood, he was very talkative, smiled a lot. Interesting for us Germans to hear him speak in England, he speaks more quickly and uses a differend kind of language, it's more difficult to understand him, but that didn't matter. But speaking slowly in foreigen countrys shows again how much he cares about his audience. Highlights for me were the accoustic session (I love this part) and his solo part with "Perfect day" and "Once upon a time". I had hoped that he would sing this one. Great!!! During the solo part a woman walked directly onto the stage to Chris. Funny, in Germany that wouldn't be possible. He missed out "If beds could talk" and "Timing is everything" but nevertheless the show lasted about 2 hours and 45 minutes. I liked the atmosphere very much, we very clapping a lot and the audience seemed to enjoy the show as well. Then Chris invited us to dance. Hmmm, there was not much space between the first row and the stage, but we tried to get to the stage nevertheless. I had thought if I could dare that, because standing is quite hard for my foot and I someone would step on it it would be very bad. But I couldn't resist.....And it worked, I enjoyed this last part so much, we were so close to the stage, and it was fantastic that the stage was so low. :-))I totally forgot my aching foot. ;-) Meanwhile I've got used to SONY as last song and I think it's a perfect end for the concert, I don't miss Hey Jude anymore.