GIG - Anonymous @ The O2 Arena
Posted by Adrian | Posted in | Posted on 19:07
Our friends Bek and D joined Jo and I for the show put on by a living legend.
So legendary in fact at one point he changed his brand to a symbol.
This is also the gig A has most come close to being thrown out for filming at. I've got a cellphone and its not very good but the admittedly very polite young man took me outside and was firm about such matters.
Quite firm.
So these aren't a couple of photos from that show. It was good, really very good, here is a review from one just like the one we saw. Also it was cheap, maybe half the price of and we got a free CD coming in the door which remains a cool thing to do.
It was a very professionally put on, highly visual show. He played many but not all of his hits - as he said, at one point, "London, what are you doing for breakfast? Cos I got SO MANY HITS I could PLAY ALL NIGHT!". It seemed true. A bit, well, confident, but undeniable. They kept coming, and we're sure he missed some out.
Here is a setlist similar to the one we heard, he played random songs every night but it all blurred into one big groove in the top floor of a basketball court:
1.Let's Go Crazy
2.Take Me With U
3.Guitar
4.Shhh
5.Musicology
6.Pass The Peas
7.Play That Funky Music
8.Sexy Dancer vs Le Freak
9.I Feel For U
10.Controversy (a sinppet of Housequake too)
11.Wonderful World
12.Cream
13.U Got The Look
14.If I Was Your Girlfriend
15.Pink Cashmere
16.Lolita
17.Black Sweat
18.Kiss
19.Purple Rain
Encore 1 - Acoustic
20.Little Red Corvette
21.Raspberry Beret
22.Sometimes It Snows In April
Encore 2 - Full Band
23. Crazy
24. Nothing Compares 2 U