24 Sep 2005

from Anna Hodgkinson

This gig was fantastic. Particular highlights include the first number Pointless Nostalgic, Jamie swapping instruments with Seb and playing the drums with Seb playing percussion on two bottles, Jamie sitting on the edge of the stage and singing It Ain't Necessarily So and Light My Fire, Twentysomething with backing vocals by the entire audience, All At Sea reducing the person next to me to tears, Jamie's piano percussion in I Could've Danced All Night and the very personal touch brought to Next Year, Baby. I wasn't convinced by the medley of Singin' in the Rain and High and Dry but maybe that's just because I love High and Dry so much when it's by itself. The gig was fantastic and since this was my first experience of Jamie live, it probably says something that soon I'll being seeing him for the fifth time. Keep it up Jamie, Geoff, Seb, Malcolm, Barnaby, John and Ben!