It was certainly an enjoyable gig - particularly from the great vantage point of being on the front barrier between Elvis and Steve.
There were a number of unexpected songs which is why I always love seeing Elvis - you never know what's going to happen!
Aside from my previous comments about it being quite a political set:
- Elvis hardly said anything. He did comment on going somewhere to get tramps outfits when they were playing for the toffs tonight
- He said it was good to recognise some faces from the Palladium shows. He certainly made eye contact with me a few times!
- Bedlam was funny as his guitar wasn't working and he plonked himself at the piano. Steve certainly wasn't expecting it.
- There was a lot of humourous interaction between the Imposters. On a couple of songs they kept looking at each other to decide when to end the song. On one ending they all laughed (with relief that they hadn't messed it up I suppose
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Whilst the show was 2 hours, it's interesting that there were a couple more songs on the setlist. Elvis certainly seemed to enjoy it. It's the first time for a long time that I've seen him stick fairly rigidly to the setlist. However the setlists will loosen up as the tour goes on. I wonder if the political songs will be a feature of the shows.
Great fan forum turnout as well. There were easily a dozen of us who met up before the gig, let alone the others we saw when we were in there.