This photo shows the horn section hard in action. Dominic's shirt, by the way, lets us know that "We Got Soul". Indeed you do.

The rest of the band was made up by Martin Verdonk on percussion, Julian Crampton on bass and Richard Bailey on drums. Even without his Drumaholic shirt he was able to do an impressive drum solo, which was followed by Julian slapping his bass. Martin showed after this that he too can play the crowds. Outstanding.

After an hour the band gathered at the front of the stage to take the usual bow. This time Bluey didn't introduce the band, but he proposed to get right on with the encore. A nice combination of class and gaining time. This is a nice general view of almost the entire band during that encore, that ended as always with Still A Friend Of mine preceded by Talkin' Loud.

These are two remarkable action photos. Kelli left the stage to sing right in the eye of the camera and very close to the audience with which she scored a huge success. Bluey divided also this crowd in two sides for the sing-along part of Still A Friend Of Mine. Goosebump moment.

In short, after 75 minutes, this was a wonderful show once again. It will be hard reviewing future shows because I am running out of superlatives ;-)
My dad had a good time as well and his remarks after the show were to the point: loud, but crisp sound, tight music, strong ballads. And, oh yes, Bluey sweats like crazy :-)
Which goes to show for his efforts!

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