Up Close, Intimate and Personal
Last night was the concert for the Boyz II Men Up Close Intimate and Personal Tour with K-Ci and Jojo at Enmore Theatre and boy were they awesome! Well worth the line up on the footpaths outside Enmore for an hour and bearing through those "support" acts. I'm still surprised that I managed to purchase the 80th (+5) tickets for the first show that sold out in 15 minutes. Go ME :D

Remnants of the B2M show were like last time cept with them performing tracks from their new album The Remedy, thrown in with the classics like On Bended Knee, 4 Seasons of Loneliness, A Song For Mama, I'll Make Love To You and the ever roof-tearing-down rendition of End of the Road. Boyz II Men are definately back again.

K-Ci and Jojo's performance brought back memories of their Metro gig back in 03/04 when they were mighty high. Unlike that performance however I was standing right close to the stage, not having to be squashed in with others (well unlike any of other concerts too) and able to see the drops of sweat falling from their faces. The crowd went Crazy with K-Ci sitting atop one of the bouncers walking through the crowd and wanting more brought em back for All My Life. Included in their performance were a few songs from the Jodeci days like Lately and Freek'n U amongst others. It's only a sign of what's in store of the impending tour of Jodeci - now that would really freek me good.

It's always impressive to hear at a concert the whole audience knowing every word to the lyrics of the artist's songs and to carry the song through without the artists themselves even singing it. With more than a decade's legacy from artists like K-Ci & Jojo and Boyz II Men this is by far easily achievable.

My photos site is currently down so I can't post any pics but see Emily's review for more. She managed to get Jojo's empty water bottle whilst I got splattered in the face by what was in it...

Labels: concerts, music