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Review of Tony Hadley 'Swinging True - The Big Band Tour' - Douglas, Isle of Man - 8th December 2006
You may be thinking what on earth was a woman from South West England doing in the Isle of Man, I'm sure Tony was thinking this too when he saw me after the show, but my husband has family connections to the Isle of Man and up to this time had never visited, so we decided to make a long weekend for it. Ok Douglas in the Isle of Man isn't a well known holiday destination in the winter but the weather was reasonably kind to us and we were able to see most of the island, unlike Tony who had arrived after dark as he had lunch with his daughter Toni for her 21st birthday and was leaving early the next morning. The band had come over on the ferry on the tour bus but Tony had flown over.
I sensed we were in for a good evening when Tony came bounding out onto the stage. The theatre was one of those old fashioned ones with boxes and a beautiful painted ceiling. It had been restored about 10 years ago. I wondered how long it would take Tony to mention the Muppets and sure enough about half way through the first half he did. I didn't get a set list this time, Jay who usually supplies me with them wasn't there. The set list I'm sure was the same as before and in the same order, so no surprises there. Tony was so relaxed and chatty. He made the evening with the chat. One downside of this show was the camera police, but luckily I was able to take a few without the flash. One of the last things Tony did before finishing the show was to take a photo of the audience. I felt like saying where are the camera police now! He talked about how he has come into the digital age now.
There had been no poster announcing that he would be meeting and signing after the show so consequently there were only about 20 people waiting. I wanted to wait and speak to him at the end but he insisted on talking to me when other people were ahead of me in the queue. I'd say this was my second favourite on this tour, it was an excellent evening.
Denise 13/12/06