Concert Review - November 16, 2001
London, England
Apollo Hammersmith Theatre, London, England
Friday, November 16, 2001
By Mandy
Before I start, I'd like to say a big 'hello' to all the wonderful fans I managed to meet over the two nights at Hammersmith. To Joy, Nicola, Chris, Mark, Jan, Karen, Christiane, Elke, Lynn and Irene. Everyone was so friendly, showing photos, sharing memories and stories,exchanging phone numbers, hope we all keep in touch through sites like this and also Lynns UK site.
OK, Friday night.....
Arrived at the Apollo at 7 o'clock to see David's name up in lights with large posters with 'sold out' slashed across them, plenty of tickets were still available through the touts (how do they do it?)the auditorium opened at 7.15 with strict handbag searches!!! My friend and I had row C, to the right of the stage, the concert started around 8.10pm, the seats in front of us were empty, so we got to the front of the stage really easily, as soon as David came on to Heartbeat, everyone was up dancing singing clapping and waving, the playlist was similar to Manchester only he included CC Rider, No Bridge, Last Kiss and Cry, security would not allow fans to give David flowers, but he did take a cuddly toy when singing Cherish, He ran along the edge of the stage, shaking hands with as many people as he could,
He talked about his Gold Disc for Then and Now, that he had received that morning also he said Ain't No Sunshine, should be released tomorrow, he also talked about Sept 11 in NY and he thanked his record company for giving him the opportunity to come back here again..
He had tight shiny jeans and an ivory velour type shirt on, half way through he changed to a mustard shirt, by the second half, the audience were really going for it, girls shouting 'I love you David' (no, it wasn't me) knickers were thrown, he picked a pair up, that had his picture on, he really enjoyed inter-acting with the crowd, by now cameras were flashing away, the 2 hours flew by again, he finished with I.T.I.L.Y. and ran the length of the stage slapping hands as he went. After a couple of minutes of screaming and shouting for more he ran back on and did How Can I Be Sure, there were quite a few tears, he left stage again and came back and sang Cry, he puts everything into this song, he left the stage again, and after more cheering, he came back and finished with Hollywood Nights.
As the lights came up, I called over to the drummer(Eddie) and asked him if I could have David's towel, and the sweet sweet man said 'sure' and brought it over for me, he also gave us his drumsticks, the towel was quite wet, and had David's stage make up on it, I couldn't believe my luck.!!!
We hung around at the stage door, but no sign of David.
And if you think that sounded exciting, wait until you read about Saturday Night!!!!!!
Thank you to Mandy, Patty den Dekker for the picture and Erik (David Cassidy Fan Site of Norway).
Read Mandy's Saturday review here.
