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| Photo by Richard Cullen |
Where: Indigo2 at the O2 Arena
Why: Sixth time’s a charm!
Yep, I’ve seen Darren Hayes in concert six times now. I know
this classes me as a full-on pop nerd, but I am unrepentant. He is such a
charismatic performer that I know I’m guaranteed a great evening. His voice is
as delicious as ever – stronger in fact every time I see him. I had never been
to the Indigo2 and it’s a really nice, fairly intimate venue with extremely
comfy seats. Bonus. I got a King’s Row VIP seat (because they were the only
ones left and weren’t too expensivo), which was exciting because I got to skip
the queue for entry and we had our own little bar, also with no massive queues.
But it was a bit boring in the VIP bar and there were no actual VIPs in there
for me to goggle at. Nice toilets though… I was on my own (again, I realise
this adds nothing to my street cred) but I sat with a Budweiser and quietly
revved myself up.
Anyway it was a beautiful evening and I will always love the
Hayes. The support were The Candle
Thieves (@candlethieves) who were very sweet, twinkly and tuneful and defo worth a listen –
especially if you’re a fan of Nizlopi as their lead singer sounds EXACTLY like
them. Seriously, it’s mad.
Only downsides were that despite my good view, I was sat behind the world’s most insane
dancer, who must win the prize for ‘fan most desperate to get the artist’s
attention’. The fact that she did get a wave at the end will surely only
reinforce her RIDICULOUS moves and make her keep going, and for this I feel
sorry for anyone who has the misfortune to sit behind her in the future. It’s
impossible to describe, but I’ll stick my video up and you will be able to see
what I mean. It wasn’t intended to capture her moves, but inevitably it did
because she was UNAVOIDABLE.
Other sad point was that the set-list was almost identical
to that of his last concert (which I was obviously at). While I realise that he
is touring the same album, I had thought the point of this tour was to showcase
some of the songs that hadn’t been performed at the last gig. But apparently
not. It was ok because it’s a great set (apart from the We Are Smug cabaret
number in the middle – once was enough for that, seriously) but I was a little
bit disappointed. As was the chap next to me, who I had bonded with through mutual
hatred of crazed dancing woman in front of us.
Still. Any gig that ends on a mash-up of Instatiable
and Rhythm is a Dancer is a gig I need to be at.
Brixpig x
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