Here And Now, 2009-05-29 - Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon

Here And Now - May the 29th, 2009

Here And Now was a special concert with 6 bands of the 80's.

The invited bands to this special event are: Curiosity Killed The Cat, Nik Kershaw, ABC, Belinda Carlisle, Kim Wilde and Rick Astley.

All great bands from the 80s. Always had a huge crush for Belinda Carlisle. And love the songs from Nik Kershaw, Rick Astley and Kim Wilde. 35 songs and 2 hours and 46 minutes.

"Fri, May 29, 2009 in Lisbon, Portugal @ Pavilhão Atlântico"

I saw 6 bands.

Curiosity Killed The Cat was the 1st band playing. They played for 20 minutes.

I will write here the Curiosity Killed The Cat setlist:

1. Name And Number
2. Misfit
3. Down To Earth
4. Hang On In There Baby

Nik Kershaw was the 2nd singer playing. He played for 20 minutes.

I will write here the Nik Kershaw setlist:

1. Wide Boy
2. The Riddle
3. Wouldn't It Be Good
4. I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Some videos of Nik Kershaw (4 of 3 songs):

Nik Kershaw-The Riddle, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/4UJiRHRFRLQ
And the video:


Nik Kershaw-Wouldn't It Be Good, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/kQqsXJioI6Y
And the video:


Nik Kershaw-I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 1, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/jqIg91ia6IE
And the video:


Nik Kershaw-I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 2, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/prY59rnC87Q
And the video:


ABC was the 3rd band playing. They played for 25 minutes.

I will write here the ABC setlist:

1. Poison Arrow
2. How To Be A Millionaire
3. Tears Are Not Enough
4. All Of My Heart
5. When Smokey Sings
6. The Look Of Love

Belinda Carlisle was the 4th singer playing. She played for 30 minutes.

I will write here the Belinda Carlisle setlist:

1. Live Your Life Be Free
2. I Get Weak
3. Circle In The Sand
4. Leave A Light On
5. (We Want) The Same Thing
6. Heaven Is A Place On Earth

Some videos of Belinda Carlisle (5):

Belinda Carlisle-Live Your Life Be Free, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/IdX8Md6unFY
And the video:


Belinda Carlisle-Circle In The Sand, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/DvON61Zvnrg
And the video:


Belinda Carlisle-Leave A Light On, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/0Kaob7DIL0w
And the video:


Belinda Carlisle-(We Want) The Same Thing, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/fnVl18eBULQ
And the video:


Belinda Carlisle-Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/P8NCte_StPg
And the video:


Kim Wilde was the 5th singer playing. She played for 38 minutes.

I will write here the Kim Wilde setlist:

1. Chequered Love
2. View To A Bridge
3. Cambodia
4. If I Can't Have You
5. Never Trust A Stranger
6. You Came
7. You Keep Me Hanging On
8. Kids In America

Some videos of Kim Wilde (6 of 5 songs):

Kim Wilde-Cambodia 1, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/leAAQMIABX8
And the video:


Kim Wilde-Cambodia 2, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/ZkTG3x3Rhno
And the video:


Kim Wilde-If I Can't Have You, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/YvlzQvdu2ko
And the video:


Kim Wilde-You Came, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/REJ7NRSRfjQ
And the video:


Kim Wilde-You Keep Me Hangin' On, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/E4_Jzjx8Si4
And the video:


Kim Wilde-Kids In America, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/167ufoWkPWc
And the video:


Finally was time for Rick Astley. He was the 6th singer playing. He played for 33 minutes.

I will write here the Rick Astley setlist:

1. Together Forever
2. Take Me To Your Heart
3. When I Fall In Love
4. She Wants To Dance With Me
5. Cry For Help
6. Whenever You Need Somebody
7. Never Gonna Give You Up

Some videos of Rick Astley (3):

Rick Astley-Together Forever, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/exkHsbpAUWk
And the video:


Rick Astley-Whenever You Need Somebody, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/FRCbSgkpkU0
And the video:


Rick Astley-Never Gonna Give You Up, Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, PT, 2009-05-29
http://youtu.be/zFEnHn1ljtI
And the video:


Next post is from the Britney Spears show at the O2 Arena, London, UK on June 6th, 2009. My story of that show will be on the next post.

Pink, 2009-05-02 - O2 Arena, London

2nd day, 2nd Pink show.

Here it is my story.

The day before was my first Pink concert ever. An amazing show. And the second show was also amazing. First part of the show was by the same band as the day before "Raygun" that I didn't like.

Pink in one music lay down on the catwalk just where I was and shook my hand looking at me. AWESOME. Was very cool.

Took many photos and made 9 videos of this second show.

Setlist was the same as the day before:

Beginning with HIGHWAY TO HELL by AC/CD in a video with Pink riding a motorcycle, very cool.
After: BAD INFLUENCE,
JUST LIKE A PILL,
WHO KNEW,
AVE MARIA A,
DON'T LET ME GET ME,
I TOUCH MYSELF,
PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME,
U+UR HAND,
LEAVE ME ALONE,
SO WHAT,
FAMILY PORTRAIT,
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU,
CRYSTAL BALL,
TROUBLE,
BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU,
SOBER.
Then Pink arrives with a awesome hat, yellow coat to sing BOHEMIAN RAPHSODY (by Queen).
FUNHOUSE.
Another cover by Gnarls Barkley: CRAZY.
Encore with GET THE PARTY STARTED and GLITTER IN THE AIR

I was in first row on the catwalk these two shows.

Some videos of Pink (9 of 7 songs):

Pink-Please Don't Leave Me, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/G4R15wRtPyg
And the video:


Pink-Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/uPhYH410_wQ
And the video:


Pink-Crystal Ball O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/iUCBJbUF0B8
And the video:


Pink-Trouble, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/_TkgloFMeBs
And the video:


Pink-Baby I'm Gonna Leave You, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/CVWuh6J4Ric
And the video:


Pink-Sober 1, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/pAdsksCO5XU
And the video:


Pink-Sober 2, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/asjSVBUSV_8
And the video:


Pink-Glitter In The Air 1, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/DbnDrmPqCKM
And the video:


Pink-Glitter In The Air 2, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-02
http://youtu.be/WmpsEB3IYUM
And the video:


Next the story of "Here And Now" a festival with bands from the 80s with Rick Astley, Kim Wilde, Belinda Carlisle, ABC, Nik Kershaw and Curiosity Killed The Cat in Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon, Portugal (2009-05-29).

Pink, 2009-05-01 - O2 Arena, London

I was in London 4 days to see 2 amazing shows by Pink (Friday and Saturday). I also saw the amazing musical by Ben Elton "We Will rock You" (story in the last post).

Pink live was amazing. Never imagine I could see an incredible show like this was.

First part of Pink was by a band named "Raygun" that I didn't like it.

Took 241 photos and made 7 videos of the 1st show.

The concert started with a video made by Pink with her in a motorcycle and with the sound of "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC.

I stay in front of the catwalk (1st row).

Here it is the setlist:

BAD INFLUENCE
JUST LIKE A PILL
WHO KNEW
AVE MARY A
DON'T LET ME GET ME
I TOUCH MYSELF (Cover by Divinyls)
PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME
U+UR HAND
LEAVE ME ALONE
SO WHAT
FAMILY PORTRAIT
I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
CRYSTAL BALL
TROUBLE
BABE I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU (Cover by Joan Baez)
SOBER
BOHEMIAN RAPHSODY (Cover by Queen)
FUNHOUSE
CRAZY (Cover by Gnarls Barkley)

Encore:
GET THE PARTY STARTED
GLITTER IN THE AIR

Some videos of Pink (7):

Pink-Bad Influence, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-01
http://youtu.be/J_z02H7_cwc
And the video:


Pink-Just Like A Pill, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-01
http://youtu.be/1oxRiPKbkZo
And the video:


Pink-Don't Let Me Get Me, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-01
http://youtu.be/uTTWwsEsmjo
And the video:


Pink-U + Ur Hand, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-01
http://youtu.be/cOKDGY_Khz0
And the video:


Pink-So What, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-01
http://youtu.be/_rKXgNlGIV4
And the video:


Pink-Bohemian Rapsody, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-01
http://youtu.be/GYWzEiHx-tU
And the video:


Pink-Crazy, O2 Arena, London, UK, 2009-05-01
http://youtu.be/Tc-JrtoK3ew
And the video:


Next the story of my 2nd concert of Pink at the O2 Arena, London on May 2nd 2009.

We Will Rock You, 2009-04-30 - UK, London

Went to see for the 2nd time the amazing musical by Ben Elton "We Will Rock You". 1st time I saw it was in June 27th 2003.

Site of the musical: We Will Rock You
Twitter: "We Will Rock You" on Twitter
Facebook: "We Will Rock You" on Facebook
YouTube: "We Will Rock You" on YouTube
MySpace: "We Will Rock You" on MySpace

Both times I went to London to see live concerts, 1st Bon Jovi in June 28th 2003 in Hyde Park. And in 2009 to see 2 shows by the amazing Pink in the O2 Arena on May 1st and 2nd 2009.

I was free on the day before the live shows so I chose to see this musical. A teacher of mine told me he loved this musical. This was before 2003 and as I also love the band "Queen" I had to go see it.

The 1st time in 2003 I was really amazed and this time was with some new actors and was also amazing. This time "Galileo" was played by a portuguese actor named Ricardo Afonso.

Here it is the biography of Ricardo Afonso:

"
Ricardo is originally from Portugal, arriving in England in June 2005. He is delighted to be back performing the role of Galileo in We Will Rock You, having previously played the role between 2007and 2009. Most recently he performed as lead vocalist in Strictly Come Dancing- The Professionals tour. Prior to that he played the role of Willie Lopez, in the workshop of the new musical Ghost directed by Matthew Warchus, and has appeared twice in The Night of 1000 Voices at the Royal Albert Hall.

Recording credits include: Dreamer for the album based on the Terry Pratchett book Only You Can Save Mankind, composed by Leighton James House; The Meerkat Muchachos for the album Bush Tales, composed by Matthew Jameson. Ricardo is also one of the regular singers for the ongoing summer concerts A Rock and Symphonic Spectacular since 2007.

Ricardo fronted the cast of We Will Rock You in the opening of the handover ceremony for the Olympic Games 2012, live on BBC1 and in front of Buckingham Palace. This is still one of the most exhilarating moments of his career.

In Portugal his voice-over and recording credits include: Spirit in Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron for Dreamworks; Robin Hood in Shrek for Dreamworks; Mighty Ducks for Disney; Beauty and the Beast for Disney; 102 Dalmatians for Disney; Ducktales for Disney and the album Pokemon.

Along with Ruy Fingers, he composed the songs for the Portuguese TV series Super-Pai, which they then co-produced into an album achieving silver record.

Ricardo is also no stranger to seafaring. From 2004 to 2005 he worked on many production shows aboard the Queen Mary II and Queen Elizabeth II for Cunard, and Prinsendam for Holland America.

Ricardo is represented by Regan Rimmer Management.
"

"We Will Rock You" has an amazing story. Here it is taken from the official site the story of the musical:

"
The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth. Globalisation is complete.

Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It’s a safe, happy, Ga Ga world. Unless you’re a rebel. Unless you want to Rock. On Planet Mall all the musical instruments are banned. The Company Computers generate tunes and everybody downloads them. It is an age of Boy Bands and of Girl Bands. Of Boy and Girl Bands. Of Girl Bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls anyway. Nothing is left to chance, hits are scheduled years in advance.

Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.

But Resistance is growing. Underneath the gleaming cities, down in the lower depths live the Bohemians. Rebels who believe that there was once a Golden Age when the kids formed their own bands and write their own songs. They call that time, The Rhapsody.

Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see.

Legend persists that somewhere on Planet Mall instruments still exist. Somewhere, the mighty axe of a great and hairy guitar god lies buried deep in rock. The Bohemians need a hero to find this axe and draw it from stone. Is the one who calls himself Galileo that man?

He’s just a poor boy. From a poor family.

But the Ga Ga Cops are also looking for Galileo and if they get him first they will surely drag him before the Killer Queen and consign him to Oblivion across the Seven Seas of Rhye. Who is Galileo? Where is the Hairy One’s lost axe? Where is the place of living rock?

Any way the wind blows.

10TH SMASH-HIT YEAR AT THE DOMINION THEATRE
"

How about some Facts and Figures:

"
OPENED MAY 14TH 2002 LONDON DOMINION THEATRE

10th year at London Dominion Theatre
Longest running show/event at the Dominion Theatre

9th longest running show in London's West End
Open ended run now booking until July 2011 (UK)
So far over 3230 performances (UK)
3230 standing ovations (UK)

Average 620,000 tickets sold every year

5,424,000 tickets sold (London)
Over 12,000,000 tickets sold worldwide

CURRENTLY PLAYING:

- LONDON – Dominion
- NETHERLANDS, Utrecht (Opened SEPTEMBER 3, 2010)
- SWEDEN, Stockholm (Opened SEPTEMBER 12, 2010)
- GERMANY, Berlin (Opened OCTOBER 21, 2010)

AWARDS:
Theatregoers’ Choice Awards, UK – 2003

- Best New Musical
- Best Actor in a Musical (Tony Vincent)
- Best Actress in a Musical (Hannah Jane Fox)
- Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (Sharon D Clarke)
- Best Director for Christopher Renshaw

Capital Gold Radio ‘Legends’ Awards, UK - 2003

- Best Live Performance of the Year

Dora Awards, Toronto, Canada – June, 2007

- Outstanding Production of a Musical
(David and Ed Mirvish and the Kimsa Group in association with Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatricals).

Olivier! Awards, UK, 2010

- Nominated – Most Popular Show, Audience Award

MORE FACTS AND FIGURES

In LONDON

The London production, which led the way for world-wide productions in Australia, Japan, Germany, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, US (Las Vegas), and throughout Asia is now in its ninth year on stage at The Dominion Theatre. It is booking ahead to July 2011.

In August 2005 the show officially became the longest running musical to play at the Dominion, one of the West End’s biggest theatres. It took the record from the previous title holder, Robert Stigwood’s Grease, which ran at the Dominion for 3 years and 3 months. In setting a new performance record at the theatre, We Will Rock You overtook The Dominion’s previous box office hits Beauty and the Beast, which played for 2 years 7 months, and Dave Clark’s Time, formerly the third longest-running show at 2 years.

We Will Rock You’s lengthy run at the Dominion also puts it ahead of the filmed version of The Sound of Music, which stayed on screen at the Dominion for a little over 3 years.

We Will Rock You has become one of the West End’s most enduring successes, outlasting other West End hit shows such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Our House, Bombay Dreams, Tonight’s The Night, Spamalot, Mary Poppins, Oliver!, Flashdance, Joseph, and Never Forget.

As an indication of the wide audience the show attracts, the purchaser of the 1 millionth ticket in London on October 2006 was a 61-year old grandmother who was buying a ticket to treat her 4 year old great grandson to see the show.

ACROSS THE WORLD

It is estimated the show has now been seen across the world by an audience of over 12 million people.
"

Famous Faces

"Famous celebrities who have seen the show include:

Princess Anne
Bryan Adams
Freema Agyeman
Susie Amy
Sam Aston
Blue
Dani Behr
Boy George
Susan Boyle
Richard Branson
Michael Caine
Brian Conley
Anthony Costa
Richard Curtis
Darius
Judi Dench
Robert De Niro
Neil Diamond
Anita Dobson
Declan Donnelly
Ade Edmondson
Harry Enfield
Sheila Ferguson
Sarah Ferguson
Foo Fighters
Dawn French
Kirsty Gallagher
Jorge Garcia - Lost
Sir Bob Geldof
Rupert Grint
Lenny Henry
Noddy Holder
Jools Holland
Iron Maiden
Katherine Jenkins
Suranne Jones
Ulrika Jonsson
Leslie Joseph
The Josephs - Any Dream Will Do
Peter Kay
Martin Kemp
Peter Kenyon
Anthony Kiedis
Patrick Kielty
Jason King (JK)
Beyoncé Knowles
Danielle Lloyd
Matt Lucas
Lulu
Jenny McAlpine
Davina McCall
McFly
Paddy McGuiness
Elle McPherson
Ant McPartland
Ricky Martin
Meg Matthews
Lisa Maxwell
Liza Minnelli
Demi Moore
Sir Patrick Moore
Ken Morley
Al Murray
Coleen Nolan
Graham Norton
Bill Oddie
Rosie O'Donnell
Donny Osmond
Elaine Paige
Jimmy Page
Michael Parkinson
Pink
Priscilla Presley
Vic Reeves
Sean Penn
Sir Timothy Rice
Shane Richie
Tim Robbins
Paul Rodgers
Wayne Rooney
Susan Sarandon
Jennifer Saunders
Suzanne Shaw
Teddy Sheringham
Shilpa Shetty
Maria Shriver
Britney Spears
Sir Jackie Stewart
David Tennant
Emma Thompson
Brooke Vincent
Tina Turner
David Walliams
Paul Whitehouse
Ian 'H' Watkins
Victoria Wood
Robbie Williams
"

Next posts are from Pink at the O2 Arena, London, UK on May 1th and 2nd, 2009. My story of those shows will be on the next posts.