George was,
as ever, in good voice and the songs sounded great too with the really tight
orchestral arrangements. The set-list was slightly more varied than last year.
We were treated to many songs from his back catalogue including A Different
Corner, Through, You Have Been Loved, John and Elvis Are Dead, and pretty much
the entire Songs From the Last Century album. Where the set came alive though
were when we had some of the more inspired covers such as Rihanna's Russian
Roulette. Also it was great to hear Cowboys And Angels live and Kissing A Fool
too.
Perhaps the
only sour note of the evening was the use of overt auto-tune in the charity
single cover of New Order's True Faith. Why, oh why? George you have a great
pop voice - why ruin it with sub-Black Eyed Peas auto-tune?
On a more
positive note he had lots of energy, was obviously enjoying himself and was
happy to churn out the hits towards the end.
Sadly no
This Mortal Coil's Song To The Siren this time. More pix here.
The songs I
can remember:-
Through
My Baby
Just Cares For Me (Nina Simone cover)
Father
Figure
Kissing A
Fool
Going to a
Town (Rufus Wainwright cover)
Let Her
Down Easy (Terence Trent D’Arby cover)
You Have
Been Loved
Wild Is The
Wind (David Bowie cover)
Brother,
Can You Spare a Dime? (Bing Crosby cover)
Interval
Waiting For
That Day
John & Elvis
Are Dead
Roxanne
(The Police cover)
True Faith
(New Order cover)
A Different
Corner
You've
Changed
Russian
Roulette (Rihanna cover)
Praying For
Time
Feeling
Good (Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley cover)
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