Band were better than I've seen them for years. Jon was in really good mood most of the time and his voice seems to be better than it has been.

Atmosphere was amazing

Location was great (20 mins door to door for me).

Tickets were too expensive although good value when they brought the prices down.

Highlights over the 4 nights I went (11th, 13th, 23rd, 25th):

Homebound Train (Richie)
Let It Rock
Diamond Ring
These Days (Acoustic)
Damned
Open all Night (Guilty pleasure for me - sorry)
Blood Money

Lowlights:

Captain Crash 3 nights out of 4
Not hearing Dry County

Setlist was more varied than it has been in the past, although depends what night you went to. Nights 11th & 23rd had a lot of variation when compared side by side. Acoustic section was completely different 3 out of 4 nights. Got 3 different openers.

That said - structure of main setlist was very similar between nights 23rd & 25th.

Don't agree about the balance not being right. If you struck the perfect balance the setlist would start to become very predictable so don't think balance is really a consideration. Variation for me is key and it is moving in the right direction however I don't think songs should be played as a one off to reach a target, and songs that aren't major hits should be rotated far more than they are. The target could have been reached easily while playing some of the rarities more regularly.


This marks the event that I have truly converted my Wife who give me a telling off for not securing tickets to tongiht (would have been her 3rd show of the occupancy). Hope they come back again!!