![]() ![]() The first time that Paul has sung an entire set with an orchestra this size and reading the sleeve notes for the album it was clearly a real privilege for him. This extraordinary performance takes 18 songs from his vast catalogue and reworks them for a sonically beautiful experience that really takes your breath away. How much this change of date ended up tweaking the setlist is unknown by me but at a guess he may not have included the two tracks that feature from that new album – and so holding off for a few months actually gives us the chance to experience to incredible new highlights in a frankly already ridiculously high-quality back catalogue – and the inclusion of Glad Times and She Glides The Stream – which are both simply beautiful. A fact mentioned on the live stream of the gig – along with the upcoming European Cup Final (which they did win!) – as Paul’s Chelsea scarf (a gift from Steve Ellis) lay on the piano – all content that didn’t make the cut of the album by the way! ![]() The concert at London’s Barbican, was originally scheduled for February 2021, but shifted due to lockdown and so it ended up instead being performed just one day after the release of the brilliant chart-topping Fat Pop (Vol 1) album.ġ5th May 2021 – I remember it well because my team – Chelsea – lost the FA Cup Final to Leicester. Where as that performance featured the full band, with the brilliant Hannah Peel as arranger and conductor with the London Met Orchestra, this sees Paul with Steve Cradock from his usual line up, backed by three fabulous BVs (more on that later) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra with Jules Buckley.
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