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VAN MORRISON - LIVE - THE PERFORMANCES

2008-08-02

Simon Gee's WAVELENGTH		 1h27m17s

Setlist

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Setlist Remarks

Domino has now been played 173 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 00DEC1969
New to the previous show.

Magic Time has now been played 165 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 01APR2005

Keep It Simple has now been played 32 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 10FEB2008
Played at a different position from the previous show.

Behind The Ritual has now been played 30 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 10FEB2008
Played at a different position from the previous show.

End Of The Land has now been played 23 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 10FEB2008
New to the previous show.

Jackie Wilson Said has now been played 460 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 27APR1972
New to the previous show.

Comfortably Numb has now been played 10 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 20JUL1990
Played at a different position from the previous show.

Rough God Goes Riding has now been played 108 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 19SEP1996
Played at a different position from the previous show.

Fire In The Belly has now been played 162 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 21NOV1995

I Can't Stop Loving You has now been played 176 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 21JUN1977
New to the previous show.

Saint Dominic's Preview has now been played 77 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 28APR1972
New to the previous show.

Cyprus Avenue has now been played 68 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 09AUG1968
New to the previous show.

Help Me has now been played 581 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 15FEB1973
Played at a different position from the previous show.

In The Afternoon > Ancient Highway > Joe Turner Sings > Raincheck has now been played 13 times as a medley in this combination of songs since its first appearance on 24JUL2001
New to the previous show.

Bright Side Of The Road has now been played 510 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 15MAY1979
New to the previous show.

Wild Night has now been played 153 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 00MAY1970
New to the previous show.

Real Real Gone has now been played 101 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 04MAR1981
Played for the first time this year.

And The Healing Has Begun has now been played 192 times as a stand-alone song since its first appearance on 04OCT1979
Played at a different position from the previous show.

Gloria > Who Do You Love has now been played 10 times as a medley in this combination of songs since its first appearance on 13JUN1999
Played for the first time this year.Overall closing shows 12 times.

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Dail Gibson
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No Moondance or Brown Eyed Girl The Best Outdoor Concert I have attended so far...
It is really is all about the music...
Van was so bloody good tonight.
all the crap with the web sheriff.....
is somethink we have to live with...
Unfortunately....
No Photos were allowed...
and you had to pay an extra £10 to be in the enclosure section to get right to the front of the stage...
A Happy Bunny I am! My Best.
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Hertfordshire Mercury -Paul Newman
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A DAY of drizzle and ominous grey skies backed off to leave Audley End partying on a balmy summer's evening to one of music's greatest living legends.
Van Morrison has something of a reputation for being a bit of an uncommunicative curmudgeon with his live audiences and didn't break the mould on this occasion, but he's evidently content to let his music do the talking for him and a frothy set mixing classics with more recent material certainly spoke volumes to this happy crowd.
Opening with Domino and running through Magic Time, Keep it Simple, Behind The Ritual and End of the Land, his band found its feet from the first note, the fat brass, crisp percussion and rhythm sections working in perfect harmony up to the pleasing standard Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile).
It's a pity this led into the only down-note of the set, a somewhat ragged and not-terribly-inspired cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb (and I'll add the caveat that this opinion is as much due to my adoration of Floyd as it is to any musical shortcomings of Van Morrison and his band), but they recovered swiftly with a fistful of tracks including Rough God Goes Riding, Fire In The Belly and Can't Stop Lovin' You.
The final section of the concert kicked off with a sparking and ecstatically received Bright Side Of The Road and steadily kept up the tempo through Wild Night, Real Real Gone and Healing Has Begun before climaxing in an all-stops-out Gloria.
An encore would have been nice, considering the enthusiasm bellowed at the stage, but nobody was complaining about the rich feast of soul and R&B served up this evening.
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