25/01/00 - QUEEN ELIZABETH THEATRE, VANCOUVER, BC

Review by Deborah Williams:
Back in 1983 I was spending a couple of days in Sheffield. I wasn't in the best of moods (I wasn't there for the best of reasons) And my friends felt that a gig might cheer me up. Thus I found myself dragged to a tatty college hall preparing to be unimpressed "Who is this guy anyway?" I muttered as a skinny kid with a mop of blond hair bounded onstage. Within minutes I was hooked ! " Who IS this guy?.".

17 years and thirty odd gigs later and I'm standing in a plush Theatre in Vancouver getting sprayed with sweat and spit , Bryan's singing "Remember" (as if we could forget).Two shows in two days both as brilliant as always. Highlights? The crowds pindrop attention during "Heaven" The growling, purring bitching masterpiece that is "Bluesjam" a note perfect "I'm Ready" and that final glorious end of tour boogie to "She;s only happy/ C'mon Everybody".. Well worth several thousand miles and a seriously pissed off bank manager. What a way to start Y2k .

The boy is now an icon, a bone fide megastar and I'm sure he gets a tad fed up with all the "Kids Wanna Rock" headlines , yet it just happens to be true! and at every show (even these high priced soft seat extravaganzas) the new kids are there ,13-17 year olds discovering the music for the first time .I trust that at least some of them leave , wide eyed in wonder saying " Who IS this guy"

Heres to the next decade or so, its been a blast so far.

Setlist:
Back To You
18 Til I Die
Can't Stop This Thing We Started
Straight From The Heart
Summer Of '69
It's Only Love
Everything I Do
On A Day Like Today
Getaway
Remember
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
I Don't Wanna Live Forever
Cuts Like A Knife
C'mon C'mon C'mon
When You're Gone (w/ 13 year old Sabrina)
Kids Wanna Rock
I'm Ready
You're Still Beautiful To Me
Heaven
Before the Night is Over
Blues Jam
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Cloud Number Nine
Somebody
Best of Me
Run to You
She's Only Happy When She's Dancin'
C'mon Everybody
Please Forgive Me

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Thanks to Bryan King for the setlist