02/11/08 - LG ARENA, NEC, BIRMINGHAM

Review by Steven Stanley:
A return to Birmingham's NEC Arena now corporately known as the LG Arena (even though its still in the NEC complex), although for everybody else myself included - it will always remain the NEC Arena. We didn't queue for this show - instead we watched a tense Brazilian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton won the World Championship. His success made us look forward to the show even more and we made it into the Arena 20 mins before BA came on and got a respectable spot 5 or 6 rows back.

'The Way Of The World' made it back into the set after being dropped at Newcastle. 'Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? was finally dropped out of the rockin' part of the show and 'Walk On By' made it into the encores. 'C'mon Everybody' was the last full band song as it was the night before in Newcastle - best song of the night once again. Keith and Bryan stopped after the show - shame they didn't give us a lift back to the car park!

Setlist:
***b-stage***
Can’t Stop This Thing We Started (Solo acoustic)
Please Forgive Me (Solo acoustic)
The Best Of Me (walks to mainstage)
***b-stage***
Somebody (feat MC K-man)
Hearts On Fire
18 Til I Die
Let's Make A Night To Remember
Back To You
I Ain't Losin' The Fight
Summer Of '69
Everything I Do
Cuts Like A Knife
When You're Gone (with Jenny from Pelsum)
The Way Of The World
Heaven
It's Only Love
Take Me Back
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
I Thought I'd Seen Everything
Run To You
Cloud #9
C'mon Everybody
Straight From The Heart
Walk On By
All For Love

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Pictures by Steven Stanley & Mel

Bryan playing the NEC 23 years after he first appeared there as support act for Tina Turner

Keith rockin' out

Nat & Mel meet the K-man

The long walk back to the car... and yes we were locked in it!