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There
was a mixed crowd at The Hexagon last Tuesday 24th February.
 Tony
Hadley laughed off the girls' screams (now women in their thirties
and forties) and offers of marriage. |
The
fanatical 80's Go West / Spandau Ballet fans,
a newer, younger crowd who had never heard of a Spandau nor understood
why one would want to 'go West', but had been engrossed with the
recent "Reborn in USA" series on ITV, and of course the husbands
who had been dragged along by the missus because her childhood heart
throb was performing live.
The show
opened with both Peter and Tony dueting some well known "oldies but
goodies" that they had sung individually on the ITV show, but after
a couple of numbers Peter left the stage letting Tony launch into
some classics ("True" , "Gold") and then swapping for Peter to sing
the Go West classics with support from his old pal Richard Drummie,
the other half of the original Go West line up.
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then reported back the football scores from the matches that
the men had been missing by being dragged along. |
They presented
the show as purely "for fun" warning not to expect any new numbers
or new material. Everything was a cover or a classic, but Peter Cox
was as animated on stage as ever barely keeping still, while Tony
Hadley laughed off the girls' screams (now women in their thirties
and forties) and offers of marriage.
After
a short interval they returned with the same format, apologising to
the "men who had been dragged along by their girlfriends and wives
without choice" but that they "are promised a good time when they
get home tonight, thanks to us". They then reported back the football
scores from the matches that the men had been missing by being dragged
along.
Tony Hadley,
perhaps bored with singing the same songs, injected some new style
into some old material, impressing some, not so much impressing those
that wanted a sing along, only to find that they were holding their
notes in the wrong place.
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me the show was all about Peter Cox, he did a great version
of Norah Jones' "Don't Know why", and a stylish version of Billy
Paul's "Me & Mrs Jones." |
However
it was good to see them perform individually
and together and it was great to see Richard Drummie being involved
despite his lack of involvement with the ITV show.
As
with any concert, the crowd demanded one more song, and for all
the stomping, clapping and cheering were rewarded with two more
"duet" numbers.
For
me the show was all about Peter Cox, he did a great version of Norah
Jones' "Don't Know why", and a stylish version of Billy Paul's "Me
& Mrs Jones", and with Richard Drummie all the Go West classics
that got some of the crowd up on their feet, "Don't Look Down","King
of Wishful Thinking", "We Close Our Eyes".
But
when Tony Hadley sung "Through the Barricades" the crowd soaked
in the classic and all went home happy.
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