8th May - Bryan Adams concert

I arrived at the M.E.N. arena quite early tonight. I had a good seat in my usual block -114 - on right hand side of stage.
The support band was James Hunter who played blues music. I recognised one track - "Walk away" as we use it for dancing. They were pretty good.
The main concert began on a small stage at the back of the arena. Here Bryan and the band played "There will never be another tonight" and "Can't stop this thing we started". They were mobbed by the crowd as they made their way to the main stage.
The set here started with tracks from way back - "Kids wanna rock" & "Summer of 69" - sounded really great. The lead guitarist tonight was Keith Scott - he played some cracking solos.
Then came the cue for someone to get up on stage to sing "When you're gone" with Bryan. He picked a girl who was sitting on her boyfriend's shoulders. She turned out to be a Scouser and was greeted with loud boos when she shouted "We're going to Athens!" Having said that she did sing quite well and we cheered and applauded at the end of the song.
At the end of the show Bryan came back for one encore on the main stage and played "Cloud No 9" and one of my favourites - "Run to you". He then disappeared and re-appeared with the band on the small stage to play "7 days to rock" and "She's only happy when she's dancing". We certainly got our money's worth tonight as the concert lasted over two hours. It was brilliant.