[tango87]

Well, we finally got to see Mr Buckingham in London, just down the road from Buckingham Palace… And it was worth the wait.

I had a great seat in the fourth row, with a wonderful view of the great man. He was looking good, apart from his seemingly habitual runny nose (much sniffing and wiping). He’s a skinny little fellow these days, isn’t he?

I loved the setlist; I think the new songs worked particularly well. I Don’t Mind is a gorgeous thing. Great to hear Soul Drifter and Doing What I Can, but a shame that he still won’t play Countdown… I thought Trouble was a mite too slow, but that’s his prerogative!

Clearly a lot of tracks at work, as we all know. Loads of flown-in vocals of course. But he was actually in great voice despite all that.

I think my favourite part of all was the acoustic set. Wonderful to see him holding a big theatre in the palm of his hand with just a guitar and no tricks.

He seemed very happy with the reaction. People were very vocal in their love for him, and there was a small, very middle-aged mosh pit at the end, broken up by rather panicked Palladium staff!

So it was a glorious evening (despite the bloke next to me who kept checking his Facebook throughout, and actually offered me some liquorice allsorts at one point… Thankfully he left before the end, for some reason).

He said they (presumably meaning himself and the band) were working on a new album, which is great to hear. However, I’m not necessarily expecting to see him back in the UK again, considering how long it took him to make it here. But if that’s it, then, as someone once said, that's enough for me.