Brighton 31st October 2015 - with film links

- wow!

Great show, great band, great audience, great friends. Halloween on the street in Brighton at 11pm is a something to see!

New songs that I had not heard before, old songs with a new twist; BoJH, Sloe Gin. New band members that take things to another level; Michael really adds something special, his interaction with Joe is great and I found myself focusing on his bass lines at times. Keyboards, - goes without saying about the ability of Reese, - Anton superb as I have heard before, brass - wonderful. Nothing hurried, every song was given room to impress, - the sound was perfect, which could not have been easy given that the Brighton Centre is a characterless warehouse.

Wonderful to spend an evening in the front row although we had to let our two seats empty upstairs  (BIG thank you again Wooders), - we were not able to make the pre show meal so it was lovely to see the bunch again, - and everybody was so happy at the end of the show, - all buzzing.

In truth I was left a little empty after Tour de Force shows perhaps because of the build up of expectation and sheer weight of responsibility of it on Joe, - at the time I was not sure why but last night it was a privilege to witness a man at the absolute top of his game, - for over 2 hours. From where I was sat I could see Bernie Marsden watching most of the show, nodding his head in approval, - on stage during the encore his face was one of amazement as we all watched Joe REALLY let rip.

- Encore stood at the front of the stage after Micheal gave the shout to go for it!

Encore: https://youtu.be/U49DtYs8_EA and last few minutes of it: https://youtu.be/jexpzNGADBg

Oh Beautiful: https://youtu.be/YmmycZc19kE

If you have 16 minutes spare the interplay between Joe and Micheal (with Anton) for BoJH is worth watching: https://youtu.be/ikRct28Wt9A