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09/05/09 -
ORIENTAL THEATER, FORD CENTER, CHICAGO, IL
Bryan arrives in the windy city and plays 20 minutes
longer than the previous nights show in Madison.
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Review by Helen Barton:
The Chicago gig was incredible. I might even go as far as to say
it's the best BA acoustic gig I’ve ever seen, although I will
always look back fondly on the four I went to exactly this time
last year. But there was just something about tonight. After the
first few songs Sherrisue and I moved into some empty seats on the
front row (in fact there were loads of empty seats on the front
row...how did that happen?), and half way through the gig, Bryan
stopped and asked loads of people from the top balconies to come
down to the front too. Then the party started. Everyone on their
feet, and it seemed to just be request after request – we were
yelling songs at Bryan, he was playing them. My request was ‘Kids
Wanna Rock’ – others were ‘Its only Love’, ‘Cloud
9’, ‘Have you ever really loved...’, he just kept
rolling them out. The people who’d moved down from the top
balconies were having the absolute time of their lives...it was
great to watch.
As it was Chicago, Bryan played the Willie Dixon
song ‘I just wanna make love to you’. I cannot even begin
to describe how good his voice sounded on that song. Girls in the
front were fanning themselves! Everything about the gig seemed so
spontaneous; everyone was singing along...just perfect. ‘Never
Let Go’ was back in the set tonight too, which Bryan dedicated
to the pilot who landed on the Hudson River a few weeks back, and
to all the servicemen. Despite the craziness of the rest of the
evening, you could hear a pin drop when he was singing ‘Never
Let Go’. I have to admit to having a lump in my throat. It
was one of those gigs that you walk out of on a total high.
So I think folks, I’ve sort of given you the impression that
I really quite enjoyed this gig.
Setlist:
Run To You
Tonight We Have The Stars
Back To You
Here I Am
Lets Make A Night To Remember
Can't Stop This Thing We Started
I Thought I'd Seen Everything
When You Love Someone
Heat Of The Night
I Just Wanna Make Love To You
Not Romeo Not Juliet
Everything I Do
Cuts Like A Knife
Mysterious Ways
This Time
Please Forgive Me
Summer Of '69
Walk On By
Heaven
Cloud #9
Kids Wanna Rock
It's Only Love
The Right Place
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Somebody
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
Never Let Go
Straight From The Heart
All For Love
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