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What a wonderful show this was! I left for Morocco for a week the day after the show, so haven't posted until now. It was my first CH concert...I've seen Neil solo once, and Neil and Tim twice, and I have to say it's great to have seen all those different Finn incarnations because you get a different feel and different song selections. On balance, I'd have to say this was the best Finn concert I've seen. I never thought of them as an "arena" band so I was blown away by how intimate they made the gig feel, but also how they used the big crowd to really rock out.

It was definitely one of my top concerts ever, up there with U2 in Dublin, Midnight Oil in Vancouver six months before they finally broke up, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant almost ten years ago, etc etc...I'm not sure I can even pick a favourite moment. Opening with a big, scary, dark, beautiful version of Private Universe absolutely blew me away. It was great to hear so many songs off Together Alone. I now have a new appreciation for Walking on the Spot, never a favourite, though I would have been even happier to hear Nails In My Feet, but it would be churlish to complain! I did scream "Nails In My Feet" in a lull but I was way too far from the stage, I thought it was worth a try anyway Wink What else...I think Weather With You got the biggest reaction, just pure singalong fun. Four Seasons In One Day was so touching. The second time I saw Neil and Tim in Dublin they also dedicated it to Paul Hester and everyone sang. That was very moving, especially as it was a short time after his death and Neil looked so sad. But this was somehow even more moving because there were thousands of people and everyone sang with such respect and solemnity. Relatively speaking for a big concert, you could have heard a pin drop in the pauses! It was just so amazing when they went on and on with the encores. They obviously were enjoying themselves so much, it's wonderful to see/hear. I was overjoyed to hear Fingers of Love...When You Come was fab...I could go on and on. They played the best songs off Time On Earth, I thought, except no Even a Child, and I guess People Are Like Suns. Silent House was also a big dark powerful thing, and She Walked Her Way Down was fantastic. And of course all the laughter and banter made it such a relaxed, happy, family thing. (Nick Seymour pouting like Sting...so funny!).

Only complaint, one of the girls sitting by me was such a pain in the sitting parts...before CH came on she was yakking at top volume, about every 5th word was swearing, and I just hoped she wouldn't be so voluble during the show. Besides some loud off key singing, generally she wasn't, but the screaming of stupidities between certain songs was irritating. She was either drunk, or she's annoying like that all the time. Not really what I expected at a CH concert! But not annoying enough to spoil anything.

Well, I feel privileged to have this band's music in my life. They sing about life, how happy, sad, confusing and thrilling it can be, all wrapped up in a beautiful, touching, bittersweet and even rocking package. Thanks again, guys. I hope I get to see you again...
    All times London, UK.

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