So---let's hear some reviews of this show!!

[GODDESS6]

awesome, thanx for the review!!!~

Oh and I should have added they were filming it for DVD or at least recoding it.
At the end of BATB she asked anyone who wanted to to remain behind while they rerecorded Outside the Rain and Dreams because the soundtrack had been ruined. She said there would be hell to pay.

She ended up doing them with her hair up and in her BATB fur neck outfit so not sure if they just wanted the soundtrack or what.

I think it was even better the second time and she said at the end so much better once we've got the disco going.

All the best

Greg

[skcin]

Greg, thank you SO MUCH for this review! Glad you saw such a great show. Do you know offhand which songs were done with the orchestra?

[amber]

Thank you, Greg!!! I'm soo glad to hear how much ass Stevie kicked.

As I say it wasn't always that easy to tell and I didn't really note it song for song. The conductor who was pretty funny anyway. He spent half the time watching the show with a huge smile on his face. When Waddy was doing the intro for Edge the conductor starting doing signs to the audience.

I think all the Mac ones plus OTR, Edge, all the ballads.

The backgrounds were pretty cool too but they are probably the same as you got in the States. No one could take their eyes off all the photos during Landslide.

Greg

[rbs3676]

Sounds fantastic, Greg! Thank you so much for sharing!
Jealous, here!




RBS

[JazmenFlowers]

thanks Greg...can't wait to see/hear...well, anything!

[Glittermoondust]

Originally Posted by GregOz

Hi All,

Just back to Sydney from last nights show.

Having not seen Stevie solo since she was in Sydney for Rock A Littl, I've got to say I thought she was amazing. My wife isn't a huge fan (maybe because I'm a bit obsessed) but she said she never heard her sound so good and be so in to it. She was just fantastic. Every song sounded fresh. I liked Rhiannon again after years. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favourites and was just awesome so was my other fave Beautiful Child which she said she couldn't do do when she had the chance to have an orchestra. It blew the Mac one from the Say You Will tour away.

Lori Nicks was back singing (just for the 3 weeks Oz tour).

The songs were mixed between band or band + orchestra - sometimes it was hard to tell which was which expect from the ballads where you really heard the strings and flutes. I didn't get a chance to get a copy but I saw the headlines of a review over someone's shoulder on the flight from Melbourne and it said somethign about Stevie Charms but orchestra not used enough or something like that.

I'd pretty much used more money than I should have getting my wife and I to Melbourne, gettings childredn looked after for the weekend and getting what were supposed to be good seats. I'd decided that Melbourne would be my only concert. I'd been regretting that I didn't try to get tp a Sydney show. After last night though, I think she made such an effort on every song (there were lots of Stand Back twirls and the kick) that I thought I just wouldn't top that concert and with 20 years between gigs down here I'm not likely to see her again.

For me it's going out on a real high.

Greg

Finally a review!! Glad you enjoyed the show--sounds like it was really cool!!!

[Enchanted_Stevi]

Thanx Greg for the AWESOME Review!!! I would like to see Stevie kick some ass...lol

[Jyqm]

Originally Posted by GregOz

Hi All,

Just back to Sydney from last nights show.

Having not seen Stevie solo since she was in Sydney for Rock A Littl, I've got to say I thought she was amazing. My wife isn't a huge fan (maybe because I'm a bit obsessed) but she said she never heard her sound so good and be so in to it. She was just fantastic. Every song sounded fresh. I liked Rhiannon again after years. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favourites and was just awesome so was my other fave Beautiful Child which she said she couldn't do do when she had the chance to have an orchestra. It blew the Mac one from the Say You Will tour away.

Thanks for the review, Greg! That actually makes me semi-interested in a potential DVD!

[amber]

So, but - how did Edge sound with the orchestra?

It's really hard to judge because part from listening to bootlegs I only have Edge 20 years ago to compare it to.

I think whenever Stevie had her whole band playing it really was the band sound and it probably doesn't sound that much different. The sound was probably a lot bigger and a lot richer because of the band though but then I can't really be sure how it would have sounded otherwise. I think Waddy can probably out-play the whole orchestra anyway.

Sorry to be so vague. After years and years of living Stevie concerts via everyone else on websites like this - I turn around and can't really explain it all exactly. It's just so overwhelming.

The overall impact of the whole show was absolutely mind blowing and to me caps off following her solo and with the Mac for 30 years.

Of course, I'll be just as interested to hear other people's take who were there and especially some of the die-hards making the trip from overseas who have a wealth of first hand experience to compare it against.

Greg

[amber]

It's okay - I can't remember stuff from shows either, because I am so happy and it's so amazing. I don't usually pay attention to details, I just soak it in.

There'll be some really detailed person who posts about it.

I'm so glad she finally went over for you guys.

[skcin]

Wow. We take it for granted that we have the opportunity to see Stevie pretty frequently compared to you Aussies. Sounds like you had that moment, like I had in Vegas last May, where you're just in awe, so amazed that it's actually happening, totally blown away. I'm so happy for you. And I feel a bit guilty for bitching about her setlist in the past - here we are complaining all the time that she sings the same songs & you haven't been able to SEE & HEAR those same songs for yourself until now.

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by GregOz

Hi All,

J She was just fantastic. Every song sounded fresh. I liked Rhiannon again after years. Beauty and the Beast is one of my favourites and was just awesome so was my other fave Beautiful Child which she said she couldn't do do when she had the chance to have an orchestra. It blew the Mac one from the Say You Will tour away.
Lori Nicks was back singing (just for the 3 weeks Oz tour).

she made such an effort on every song (there were lots of Stand Back twirls and the kick)
Greg

YEAH! This is EXACALLY the kinda review that I was hoping for! Coments like Rhiannon sounds fresh, lots of twirls and kick, plus beautiful child! add if anyone falls, and a kick ass NEW live version of Outeside the rain , and that sounds Awsome.Thank you so much for posting! P.S. did she wear the top hat ? thanks!