Quick Perth Thoughts

[TheBlueLamp]

I just got home from the Perth concert and I wanted to post some bits and pieces. It was a pretty weird concert.

It was a double bill with Farnham again. She went on first though.

I think she might have been sick (or getting sick). I'm sure she was on something. Vocally, she was in fine form. But she seemed tired.

During the band intros she giggled all the way through it, and was struggling to get her sentences out. Now when I say I think she was on something, I'm thinking like cold & flu medication or something...I'm not trying to imply she was on something illegal at all.

I think this was the worst of the 4 concerts I saw, but having said that it was still amazing. She nailed every song. Stand Back was the best I've seen here. Again, If Anyone Falls was a highlight. It just keeps getting better and better.

Rock & Roll and Beauty And The Beast were two other highlights.

There was no Edge Walk! This was the worst set up concert I went to. The stage was too high. There was no way for Stevie to bend down far enough to reach the people standing at the stage. The stage was higher than the average person's height!

It was an outdoor concert and it was quite windy. The screens were blowing and rippling around almost constantly.

The security people were total nazis! They wouldn't let people up to the stage. I was sitting on the side though, and people in the front blocks were allowed up but yeesh it was tough. Then some people got up to dance on the grass and the security people made them move so far over I'm surprised they could see Stevie.

Even Vanessa Carlton was off. She messed up on three songs! The first time I thought "Oh she's just doing her usual shtick", but then it happened two more times!

I know I'm making it sound like this concert sucked but it truly didn't. Like I said, Stevie's voice was spot on. I went with my sister and mother and they were totally blown away. She sang so much better than when she was here with FM in 04.

The wind did kinda make Stevies outfits look cool. They were all flowing and billowing in the wind. It did a number on her hair though. They wasn't really a fringe like she had at the other shows because it was always being blown off her face.

So anyway, I loved every single song and really enjoyed every minute of it.

I can't think of anything else right now, but if I do I'll be sure to add it here.