Glitz Blitz and 70's Hitz UK
Tour Location:
Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre Photos by: Malcolm Knowles |
The Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre on the day of
the concert. Nothing
special about the photo at first sight... but check out the date
of the show and then look what they've put on the big sign above
the main entrance. What's wrong there? (Might be the word
"April"...) ;-)
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Rob and Phil at the Nickelodeon
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Rob and Phil at the Nickelodeon
The "Full Monty"...
The "Full Monty"...
SAILOR after the show
A Glass Of
Champagne
La Cumbia
The Old Nickelodeon Sound
Karma Chameleon
Vera From Veracruz
Girls Girls Girls
Champagne Reprise
Sailor's Hornpipe
The Full Monty
Hornpipes and bagpipes - A concert review by Malcolm Knowles:
The journey from Glasgow to
Edinburgh did not take long, allowing me most of the day to
wander aimlessly around the tourist spots and shops of this
lovely city. If youve never been to Edinburgh make plans to
go there its a fantastic place even on a grey cloudy
day in March.
I arrived at the Edinburgh Playhouse about an hour before the
start and it was obvious even then that this was going to be a
fairly small audience. This theatre is also quite big and it was
going to take plenty of enthusiasm from those present to make
this Monday evening a success.
Bang on time, SAILOR took the stage and played the same set as in
Glasgow. Again, they had no problem getting the crowd clapping
along and I could hear the people in the row behind me signing
along perfectly to "Champagne". Plenty of clapping
continued through "La Cumbia", and we all swayed in
perfect harmony (well just about) to "The Old Nickelodeon
Sound". There were not really enough people in the audience
to do justice to "Karma Chameleon", but we did our
best. Phil introduced the song by again explaining how he had
written it with Boy George and that the SAILOR version would
appear on "Buried Treasure". Its a shame that
"Buried Treasure" has not been released in time for the
tour, but hopefully people will have made a note and will be
keeping an eye out for the long awaited release.
For the faithful who were at Glasgow the previous night (and
there were several of us) I had hoped the band might have
replaced "Vera" with something different, but they
decided not to. Both the Rubettes and Sweet did make some changes
to their set although, to be fair, the SAILOR set is now working
very well and is probably best left as it is.
As in Glasgow, "The Full Monty" was enthusiastically
received and, as the lights finally went down on the SAILOR set,
there was a good spirited buzz in the hall. Again the band made
themselves available for signatures, chats and photos
during the interval a gesture which always goes down well.
I chatted for a while to another couple of SAILOR fans (Carol and
Alan I think apologies if the names are wrong) where we
reminisced about Sarah Party back in 2002.
As the band headed towards Dundee I sadly had to head home. I had
thoroughly enjoyed my two days in Scotland and look forward to
finding an excuse to visit the area again sometime soon. Once
again, this tour provides a fantastic night out and, even though
some dates have been cancelled, there is still time to catch this
fantastic line-up. Dont miss out!!
Malcolm Knowles, 26 March 2005
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