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Liverpool Arena has hosted
a sell out "Simply Red" concert
Photos and review by Jo
Forrest,
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ON a cold and wintery evening the
Liverpool Arena was unsurprisingly a sell out for the current Simply Red, Stars
tour, proving that, even after 31 years they can still sell out arenas with
ease.
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Formed in 1985 after the demise of Mick Hucknall’s 1st band The Frantic Elevators they soon began to attract the
attention of record producers. Simply Red’s success peaked in 1991 with the
release of the album Stars which produced 5 hit singles and became the bands
best selling album for 2 years all over Europe, and shot the band to the top of
the charts on a global scale, this album also became the basis of their current
tour.
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The show was structure differently to previous
tours and didn’t conform to the usual layout of a support band opening the show.
The 1st ½ had Hucknall performing much slower, relaxed hits proving that at the
age of 56 yrs his voice is as good and as powerful as it ever was. A cover by
the Hollies “Air that I breathe” finally got the audience up on
their feet dancing to what had otherwise been a relaxed and understated 1st ½ of
the show.
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After a brief 15 min interval giving the
audience chance to purchase the usual memorabilia, Mick was back on stage and
kicked off with “Something Got Me Started” and the audience were up dancing and
singing. We were then treated to the album in its entirety ending the evening on
the soulful “Wonderland” with images depicted on 6 big screens of
Margaret Thatcher and John Major. They came back on stage for the usual 3 song
encore starting with Fairground, Lotta Love and finally ending with Overtime we
say Goodbye.
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Having sold 50 million
album worldwide, there are plenty of reasons for you to head out to see Simply
Red perform.
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