London, Earl's Court, May 13th 2005





The guys started with Room Service (a great opener) and went on with what turned out to be one of the best setlists ever.
I soon knew it was going to be a special show for me... During one of the first songs, I held up a small sign which read 'I Was Only Dreaming... U in Milano ;)'. Bryan saw it and quickly gave a thumb-up and a big smile. I was happy enough, but after a while, when he was telling the crowd that they were going to play as many songs as possible, he turned to me again and pointing at my banner he said "yes, we're gonna play that one too!".
From that point on, I just enjoyed the show knowing it was coming sooner or later...



I wasn't expecting more surprises from the setlist, but I was wrong big time! The first one was a great version of One Night Love Affair with the usual "if the night was made for love, it ain't for Keith!" with Bryan pointing at Keith and laughing... :)



Then a great rocking SO69, a fantastic Back To You which seemed to bring the roof down, Let's Make A Night To Remember... wow!



And then I Was Only Dreaming came too. It was truly touching and brought tears to my eyes. This is one of those rare songs which got me hooked at the very first listen, and it still has exactly the same effect on me every time I hear it. And live? I was wondering if it could sound good without the orchestra, but Gary does a brilliant job on the keyboard and yes, it sounds brilllliant.
Then Heaven came, back to its original glory, and - another surprise! - Blessing in Disguise, which is sooooo much fun live! We danced to every note of it and I wanted it to last for hours :).
There Will Never Be Another Tonight and Straight From The Heart were there too, which means that all my 3 top songs were played in one night. Wow. Now he only needs to bring back When The Night Comes and he'll reach perfection ;).


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