The door opened 7.00 PM Wednesday evening and about 30 lucky fans was waiting there at opening, but the venue was packed when Gary started some past 8.30 PM with the intro of 'Enough of the Blues'. After the low-key intro it went to full speed and sound, and the crowd was rocking.... 'EOTB' is much different to what he played on the 2000 tour....  It’s a pure rock/blues song and it's easy to enjoy the song. Next song was ' Cold Black Night' which continued the rock mood and allowed Darrin Mooney much freedom on the drums. As most of the crowd didn't know the new songs, they were certainly enjoying themselves. It's a kick-start for the new album with the response the crowd showed for the 2 first numbers. Next Gary slowed it a bit down with 'You upset me baby' in the standard way Gary plays BB King covers, fine track, nothing extraordinary with it. Next was a very fine version of Stormy Monday', where Gary played great guitar on the instrumental parts, it will be a fine number after Gary has got to play it on more shows. Then he speeded it up a little with 'Ain't Got You' it as the same good version as on the album, but the vocal was a bit low. The first slow number was up with a terrible version of 'Picture Of The Moon' a song in the vain of 'PW/SGTB/WSOT/SG'. Gary didn't play it as emotional as he wanted, he missed notes several times and seemed very nervous while playing this song. Nevertheless the response from the crowd was very positive, no wonder it's a typical Gary Moore ballad. It didn't work too well, but I hope it will develop and he can finally drop SGTB from the set-list (It’s allowed to dream, isn’t it??). Gary kicked of with 'Looking Back' in a well played version very similar to the album version, it's short but kicking live. The vocal is working fine on the song live. Gary continued with a killer version of 'How Many Lies' it is very hard rock song in the style of BBM. The vocals were drowning in the instruments, Gary pulled out one hell of a guitar solo, and just the way we want to see Gary Moore live. It's surely a live favourite track. 'All Your Love' was played in a very hard way and like he did on the 2000 tour. I still enjoy hearing 'Walking By Myself' it is a good version and the crowd responded as it should. I am sorry to say again, Still Got The Blues doesn't work live anymore, and it gets too hard and too little emotions. Sure the crowd loved it, but to see Gary playing it is like to drive a car with an automatic gear. Definitely the song to be dropped... But everyone loves it so the chance for that is minimum. Nearly Too Tired is even worse, very boring guitar/keyboard duel, not good anymore. I heard a good version august 1999, but after that not at all. Then it was 'The Sky Is Crying' this still great song and he plays it very well, it's like the 1999/2000 versions. Enjoyable to listen to and he enjoys playing it as you could see on Gary’s face. I was surprised with the good version he did of 'Further On Up The Road' like 2000 tour, but it sounded much better and then Gary went of the stage for a break after more than 95 minutes of playing... when he returned he played not too great version of 'Since I Met You Baby' before he took another break and returned for the final song 'The Prophet'. It was a smashing emotional version but way too short. This song has really developed fine and Gary is very confident while playing it, it was a perfect ending of the show... Gary dropped 'The Blues Is Alright' it was standing on the set-list, I didn't miss it, and especially since the versions I had heard in Norway last year weren't great at all just time killers.... In all this was a great opening concert, and those that haven't bought a ticket for UK shows don't wait, you will get a very great show.  The band worked very fine together, It’s a bit worrying that Vic Martin is a bit too anonymous on stage and with his playing. At times the band works as a three piece you can’t hear Vic Martin.  Well it was a great show; it surely is beginning of a great UK tour… It can only be better… Be sure to go to the shows after Easter and you probably get the best shows… Gary is surely back as we want him, for many of us his has been there all along, showing us how great he is…                                                       OJ - GAZ Editor

March 31st - Regent Theatre, Ipswich, UK

Review from Heike:
Nice town, but no promotion at all when I arrived. Just one poster outside of the box-office and even no hint at the concert at the venue itself. Nevertheless, it was sold out and my first time in an only-seats-venue which wasn't a great experience, as I'm used to stay right in front of the stage and now I couldn't see anything at all. Maybe I should have tried the binoculars you could use for 20p, but I haven't. After the concerts in Bristol and London I must be very thankful for the good sound (and my neighbours), but I couldn't know that at this point of time. The Regent has a quite huge stage and from my position (rear stalls, very right side) Gary looked a little bit lost. Drums, keyboards and bass stood all together very, very closely, then there was a great gap and then there was Gary - all on his own. As usual it's a one man show (the lightshow changed slightly but is still subdued). After the beginning had been officially moved from 20 to 20.30, they started right on time at 20.32. There was a paper clock, telling us the end of today's show will be around 23, actually it was over at 22.08(!?). They entered the stage from the right side and when Gary went back all the way to his position, the guitar tech had to be even more careful than usual with the long cable. I might be wrong, but after all concerts I watched, I think there definitely is a relation between how the show will be and what he wears... Usually the concerts are fine when the tech wears shorts and usually something happens when he wears long trousers... Think I'm silly, but that's what I observed and again I found my theory confirmed, because in Ipswich he wore long trousers and indeed something happened (I'll report about this a little bit later). Gary wore the usual all-in-black-outfit, but as I already said, I couldn't see any details. Even before the first note had been played, somebody shouted for Over The Hills, without getting a reaction by Gary. They started with Enough Of The Blues (only in Ipswich, all the following concerts it was played as an encore). However, the audience was quite calm throughout the whole gig (only-seats-venue!). I enjoyed Stormy Monday very much, but the first song the whole audience woke up was Walking By Myself. Unfortunately there're some sound problems and we had an annoying feedback during the whole song. Gary animated to sing along the lyrics and that worked quite good. The next song was Looking Back. Gary first announced Picture Of The Moon, so he had to be corrected by the band which was quite funny when he asked "it's not?!". Again he wanted the audience to sing, but this time he failed and gave up after the first try (as far as I remember, but not unusual, he interpreted the lyrics a little bit new). The next song was Picture Of The Moon and the audience accepted it as a GM original. When it was over, there was a rush for the toilets...?! Not very nice, because How Many Lies followed and that is one of my favourites, so I wasn't glad about all the people passing in front of me. The drums had to be re-fixed while Darrin kept playing, but the most interesting thing was when the guitar sound broke down for more than one minute. First nothing happened at all. The band played further on the whole time and Gary was annoyed that his tech wasn't fast enough. Then the tech came over and ran between guitar and amp. Finally we could hear the guitar again, but Gary decided to swop guitars and restarted his playing from the point where he was interrupted. After the next song (All Your Love) he apologized and told us we should be patient, because this was their first time...? I think it was a nice incident and nobody was really angry about (except of Gary). For sure there was no need for those gestures, blaming only the tech (shit happens, but remember my words: he wore long trousers...). As usual Still Got The Blues was the highlight for most of the people, though right before they started to play this song, again somebody shouted for Over The Hills. It's not my favourite, so I just remember that there was an additional "treatment", as we were blinded by some strobe lights. Well, I "survived" SGTB and was compensated with a hammer solo (quite hard but short) during Too Tired. You can't really move when you have to sit, so it wasn't hot at all, but as usual Gary sweat like crazy (he moved!!!).  Sometimes it even looked like there was no need for additional fog effects. The "break" in Further On Up The Road ("Vic Martin on the keyboards") was used to dry off a little bit and having a drink. The first encore (and surprise) was Fire, followed by You Upset Me Baby, which was dedicated to Steven's birthday and Gary used the chance to point out that he also had a close birthday (just 4 days to go). What can I say... It seems like every set list must contain one song he isn't able to remember the lyrics... Usually it's Oh Pretty Woman. This time it's You Upset Me Baby... (in Ipswich the lyrics from the 2nd strophe were mixed with those from the 1st one). After this encore some people left already, so they missed The Prophet (another of my favourites, blame yourselves!). No string got broken during the concert and no plectrum was given away (as far as I could see). What I know for sure is that there was no press and I wondered, but later I found out that no concert was attended by press representatives, except of Nottingham.

April 1st - Norwich U.E.A., Norwich, UK

Review from Heike:
Again no promotion at all in the town, but a sold out venue I like very much and another fine concert. Audience and atmosphere were better this time. Not only the old songs were accepted, but most of the new stuff as well (even parts of the tape before the show were sang along by some people - Coldplay/Madonna) and it's a no-seats-venue, so you were able to move... You had to deliver the whole ticket and if you wanted, you got it back when you're leaving (good thing for the souvenir collectors). Soundcheck lasted from 17.28 - 18.12 with lots of playing around. Pieces from Walking, Still, Since, Enough, How, Picture... You Upset Me Baby and Cold Black Night were played in full versions, Stormy Monday and Looking Back just halfway. You Upset Me Baby was played for a 2nd time in the soundcheck and it worked: this time he sang the right lyrics during the gig! No great disaster happened (the tech in shorts...), just the usual "turn it up" from time to time. They should start at 20.15 (instead of 20) and were onstage at 20.23 (end about 22.05). Again they had to enter from the right side and Gary/his tech had to take care about the cable. Several times people wanted old material and sometimes Gary responded that he doesn't know a song like that, or that he doesn't play this any more. Right before Still Got The Blues someone asked for Still Got The Blues and Gary was obviously satisfied (same expression on his face like he has when we sing "I love you" during Walking By Myself). The outfit was the same like Ipswich's and the shoes were covered with some small spots of dirt (we had bright, sunny weather that day, so don't ask me where he'd been...). The concert started with You Upset Me Baby and the drummer was too fast (or Gary was too slow?), so they counted in once more. "Lord have mercy" in Stormy Monday wasn't sang but screamed this time. For Walking By Myself Gary missed the right time to start singing, but the audience went in immediately and Gary enjoyed that! He asked us to go on and stepped in after a while. I'm not sure, but I think he created some new lyrics during Looking Back and Since I Met You Baby. While he was playing All Your Love he ordered already another guitar for Still Got The Blues and was satisfied when his tech took the right one. After Still Got The Blues the tech wanted to change the guitars, but Gary refused to take the offered one for Too Tired. During the song he asked to change something with his amp and the reaction appeared like "are you sure?", but finally the tech did it.  Gary still refused to take the prepared guitar when he started with The Sky Is Crying. That night not only Gary sweat (he told us "it's hot", but we already knew). He used the Further On Up The Road "break" for having a drink and drying off (we couldn't). First encore was Fire and this time a string got broken. Afterwards Gary laid the guitar on the ground, instead of waiting for the tech to pick it up. Second and last encore was Enough Of The Blues (remember, Ipswich was kicked off with this song). I couldn't believe, he went without The Prophet, but he did. I hardly can remember a concert without a ballad at the end, but we all got an extra encore: when Gary raised the guitar over his head, we had the chance to see his naked belly... Not as good as The Prophet... Before he finally left us, he gave the pick to a boy at the front row.

Review from Heike:
The concert I enjoyed most, though they "just" played 14 songs instead of 15 (perhaps he had to be on time for his birthday party at midnight) . Soundcheck: 17.40-18.05 with Enough Of The Blues, Cold Black Night, You Upset Me Baby (totally wrong lyrics), Cold Black Night again, You Upset Me Baby again and Cold Black Night for a third time (without lyrics and just the beginning). This day Gary seemed to be in a good mood again. He played more aggressively than he did the concerts before and I enjoyed that. Anyhow, no string had to be replaced. Nearly the same outfit, just a new shirt (also black, but with white embroidery), clean shoes and when they started with You Upset Me Baby at 20.35, he managed to remember the lyrics quite well for the first two strophes, but this time he failed at the end of the song. After Stormy Monday, Gary had a nice smalltalk with the audience, telling us, he liked this venue very much. He discovered fans from America and said "so I should have said it with an American accent" and repeated with accent "I really like it here, you know". After that he told us Rock City was the venue where they first played with nearly the current line-up. Nearly meant Darrin (the drummer), because when they played Rock City on 5th of July 1999, the whole thing was called "Gary Moore with his blues band" and Gary Husband was on the drums. I remember that gig very well, especially the reaction when he played Fire for the very first time (without announcing it first). It was amazing, everybody seemed to know the song and sang the lyrics. Neither during the last tour, nor during the current tour I saw a reaction like that again and I always wonder, because now more people should know the song...? Back to the performance in 2001 (thank God, this time they weren't late for nearly one hour!): when they played Walking By Myself, Gary animated us to sing, but this wasn't necessary at all - the whole venue was boiling already (again he had this special expression on his face). Afterwards he announced "this one is called How Many Lies" and very silently he asked the drummer "is it?". It was, but something wasn't the way it should have been, because Gary seemed to be a bit irritated. He examined his amp, the board with his foot switches and even the floor monitor of the bass (all while he was playing), but without any solution. The next song was All Your Love and while Gary was playing the intro, he spoke to his tech. Perhaps about the sound, perhaps about the still present press (2 (or 3?) guys), because usually they have to go after the 3rd song and All Your Love was already the 8th one. However, they were asked to go a minute later (I don't know which magazines, but I think one of them was from Rock City, though I haven't found a review or photos under www.rock-city.co.uk yet). As I said before, Gary played this gig a little bit "heavy" and All Your Love was even sang "heavily". Some new creations for the lyrics, but great. Still Got The Blues followed and Gary asked to turn up the amp. The end was introduced a little bit different than usual and everybody enjoyed the song (same with Picture Of The Moon, which seems to develop more and more and always is celebrated as a GM original). Also a new variation for the duel in Further On Up The Road, but I think that's a consequence out of the whole atmosphere and  the style throughout the whole concert (more aggressively). First Gary seemed to think Vic (keyboards) was too slow and made these great gestures to speed him up, later he seemed to be satisfied. The "break" was used for the usual ritual (drink and dry) and talking to the tech. Fire followed and Gary had to correct the tuning of one of his strings. While he did, he lost the pick and it fell into the foot switches. He took a new one and the old one was picked up by the tech later on, who simply put it back to the others. The last song was The Prophet and good luck, somebody asked for that one. I enjoyed The Prophet very much this night, though at the end there came some not so nice sounds from the amp, but that wasn't because of Gary's playing I think, but a technical problem. He left us at 22.05 and maybe it's just because I like Nottingham and Rock City, but this was my favourite concert for this tour (so far...).

April 4th - The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK

Review from Dave Thornton:
Hi everyone! You'll only all bug me if I don't do it, so here goes, my thoughts on Wednesdays gig at Wolverhampton Civic Hall...

Gary went onstage at about 8.15pm, by which time I'd already had a few pints, and you're all going to kill me but I cannot remember the set list, and I cannot honestly say I remember which song he opened with!!!! I know, I am terrible...

One of the funniest parts of the show was at the first encore when someone shouted at him to play Parisienne Walkways and he said back "Never heard of it" and "I don't play that anymore" - something that shocked a few, but his replacement "The Prophet" is great compensation. I cannot complain, although Parisienne... is a classic, I think we've all heard it enough and we know how it goes. You can't really compare songs like that to Paranoid by Black Sabbath etc. because they are just songs that sound the same at every gig, whereas what people tend to like most about Gary's playing is his improvisation. There's only so many ways to improvise one song, especially when you've played it a billion times. Which brings me onto the next subject...

Still Got The Blues was played and the look on his face was just "here we go again", none of that hilarious gurning and emotional expression you get with the rest of the set. But (amazingly) it sounded great and he just walks it without even trying, it's just not fair! Why can't I play as good as that?

One of the major highlights was the dragged-out ending to "Too Tired". This is a track which many of us have heard lots of versions of and it's getting a bit boring for some of us, but they kind of lost the ending so Gary just made up this brilliant set of fast blues licks, unbacked by the band. It was one of those rare moments when you actually get to see the master just playing to show off, solo. And it's Gary at his best.

My girlfriend and I were at the front on the right hand side (I was the one holding 2 pint glasses throughout (instead of clapping I shouted "BASTARD!" and screamed a lot).

There were others, but I was plastered!! I can't remember how I got home or anything!

Anyway guys, if you were there, let us know what you think! Please feel free to comment on my 'review', and ask me questions to try and trigger some memories! PLEASE!

Keep rockin' and rollin'
DAVE T

Review from Michelle:
I've just been lucky enough to see three Gary Moore concerts in a row (Wolverhampton, Bristol and London), and thought that some fellow GM fans in cyberspace might be interested to hear about them.

Whilst I understand that Bristol and London were sold out, I don't think the Wolverhampton show was; however it must have been very close to it indeed. This gig had seats as well as standing space, and given the choice I always opt for (and definitely recommend) standing. (It's difficult to fully enjoy the GM experience when you are constrained to a seat!) The crowd sang very loudly in Gary's "hit songs", especially 'Walking By Myself', and showed their enjoyment by clapping along to the beginning of 'Enough of the Blues'. Although there were a few playing hiccups (eg sustained notes, bends) I doubt that the regular "Joe Public" noticed, and Gary simply showed us how experienced (and what a Master) he is by changing the way he played in order to ensure the song's/solo's mood and smoothness. It would be extremely easy to stuff up badly and totally ruin the song and the atmposphere but I don't think that this would happen with a musician who demands so much from himself.

Review from Heike:
Another fine (birthday) concert. I expected a serenade by the audience, or at least by the band, but nothing happened at all. Just a few fans shouted "happy birthday" from time to time and Gary's reaction was a short "thank you" or nothing. However, everything was ready at 8 pm and the technician waited with the guitar in his hands, but nobody appeared. I joked and told my neighbour that they probably are already drunk, when the tech made this gesture for drinking to the technicians on the right side of the stage...! But a few minutes later they came down the winding stairs at the left side of the stage (without any accident). The first three songs went without anything unusual to report. Before Walking By Myself, Gary asked his tech to change something with the amp. That took a little time and so the intro was a quite long one. This day Gary sang the lyrics right from the beginning (not waiting if the audience will do it for him) and later he asked us with a short "come on" to join him. The ventilator behind the drummer fell and had to be repositioned twice. The next song was Since I Met You Baby and while the band played the intro, Gary was busy with his foot switches and he managed to finish and step in really on the last second. A beautiful and quite long version of Picture Of The Moon followed (I guess it was nearly 10 minutes, usually it's between 8 and 9 minutes long). The next thing I should tell you was that between The Sky Is Crying and Further On Up The Road it seemed like the band held a sort of council whether to play that or not (or what to play at all?). This time the "break" in Further On Up The Road neither was used to dry off, nor to have a drink and at 21.32 they left us for the first time. They came back to play Fire (somebody asked for Parisienne Walkways) and afterwards Gary left the stage again, while the rest of the band stayed for a few seconds, before they left as well. I'm not sure, but it seemed like they expected to play a second encore right after Fire...? When the whole band came back, the drummer "wore" a bath-towel over his shoulders and somebody asked for PW again (?), but Gary replied "never heard of that - we don't play that anymore". They played Enough Of The Blues and Gary wanted to push the audience once more, so he shouted "come on" twice. This concert wasn't played as hard as the one in Nottingham, but Gary sang quite roughly and I thought his voice wasn't still on top for the encores. After Enough Of The Blues it seemed like the band thought it's over now, but Gary considered for a while and decided to play one more. He left the stage and gave them a sign to follow him. Back onstage Darrin still wore the towel (Gary wore the same outfit like Bristol and Norwich, just laced shoes this time) and before they started, Gary told us that the next song is dedicated to Abby (?). "Let me tell ya, we are momentary very proud of you, a very brave girl, lets hear it for Abby". I don't know any details, because I'm just a tourist, probably the native fans can help... After The Prophet was finished, Gary told us "that's called The Prophet, alright" and when they finally left the stage, they used not the winding stairs but the door on the left (someone found the key meanwhile?).

April 6th - Colston Hall, Bristol, UK

Review from Michelle:
Bristol featured the same set list as Wolverhampton minus 'The Sky is Crying', and was a good show which probably would have felt better for me had I been standing (not an option at this venue) or at least seated nearer the front. That said, being positioned on the balcony towards the rear of the hall did give me a good opportunity to watch the band as a whole (Darrin Mooney sure has tons of engery and it was nice to see him singing along too!) The lighting effects were pretty groovy, making patterns on the curtain-drop behind the band as well as on the ceiling. The crowd response to 'Still Got the Blues' was absollutely phenomenal and although Gary must have played it many, many times now he can still play it with feeling and make a lot of people feel very happy.

Review from Heike:
I hardly can remember a day I went as wet as that one, but the positive aspect about it was that I heard a great soundcheck, because on a day like that you don't really enjoy exploring Bristol, so I went to Colston Hall quite early instead. The doors were open and while I tried to dry off, the coach delivered the band about 16.35. It took 10 further minutes and the soundcheck started with excerpts from Walking, Still, Further and a lot of playing around. Full versions of Stormy Monday and Walking By Myself followed. Again just playing around, 4 times (!) the beginning of Still Got The Blues, playing around, beginning of How Many Lies, beginning of Picture Of The Moon twice and then a great full version of Picture Of The Moon. You Upset Me Baby also in  full version, just the beginning of Cold Black Night and a short version of You Upset Me Baby again (started from the middle). The beginning of Cold Black Night was repeated, some playing around and that's all - end:17.30. The concert itself started not at 20.15, but at 20.24. First I feared "my" row would stay empty, because up to 20.00 it was nobody there but me. But the show was sold out and later I whished I would have been alone, because I had to stay up twice for people passing in and out during the concert. My second only-seats-concert was even worse than the first one in Ipswich. Though I was closer to the stage, I couldn't see much. All I know is that he was dressed all in black again, but don't ask about the shoes...? Afterwards some friends told me that the sound was good (they sat on the balconies), but I can't verify this for my seat! Besides of this (I might get deaf, but) I think it was extremely low and if you wanted, you could talk to your neighbour without having to raise your voice. Thank God, my neighbours haven't talked, but haven't moved in any way either. How can this be? Gary Moore in concert and nobody even moved a foot, while I cursed the fact I stuck in a seat?! Okay, they haven't moved a lot, but cheered and clapped, so the atmosphere was really good. Gary always moves, but wasn't as wet as he used to be (the drummer came back without a bath towel also). As I already said, I couldn't see very much, so I don't have to report much about this concert. The left side of the stage was quite empty and Gary just appeared there to pick up the guitars. He tended to scream the lyrics a little bit sometimes (e.g. Stormy Monday and All Your Love), but it wasn't a "heavy" night. As far as I remember, the first (audience) highlight was Walking By Myself, followed by Since I Met You Baby. After that, Gary gave his tech a sign to change guitars and continued with Picture Of The Moon which was highly accepted by the crowd. How Many Lies had a great solo (and some problems with the lyrics...) and before he started with All Your Love, the tech wanted to change the guitar once more, but Gary refused to do so until Still Got The Blues. Too Tired also had a great solo and during the "break" in Further On Up The Road, Gary changed guitars without any obvious reason (like broken strings). The last song before the encores was Fire and like he sometimes did during the last tour, at the end he created some nice ambulance/siren sounds, before he finished and laid the guitar on the ground, instead of waiting for the tech. They returned for Enough Of The Blues and that one got a nice intro this time. The audience loved the song and all were in good mood, except of the crew, who seemed to feel a bit bored (pieces of paper with "B" (= beer?) were raised to communicate). However, they just had to stay for one more song and after another fine version of The Prophet it was over at nearly 10 o'clock. When I left the venue and passed the coach, I was able to have a look at the fridge. What do you guess was inside? ...well sorted with sandwiches, beer and milk...

April 7th - Hammersmith Apollo, London, UK

Review from Michelle:
As the CD was playing while people were making their way to their seats in London, I felt that this was going to be a different evening. (All of the songs were Blues, as opposed to being a mixture of pop songs).

This show turned out the be on the of the best I have seen, with Gary's top form showing through in his extremely passionate, energetic playing. The setlist was the same as in Wolverhampton but as the night wore on and his energy levels seemed to increase, the songs just got better and better with some improvisation and many songs extended. More audience participation was encouraged than at previous shows and Gary again demonstrated his experience when a string broke from the bridge end of the guitar during 'Fire' and he continued playing as if nothing had happened until the end of the song.

Highlights of the magic evening for me were 'Still Got the Blues', 'Stormy Monday', 'How Many Lies' (what an awesome song!), 'The Sky is Crying' (such passion!), 'Fire', 'Enough of the Blues' (another brilliant song with a very catchy riff) and 'The Prophet' (a GM masterpiece which I think is definitely up there with 'The Loner').
Overall, compared with the shows I saw on the last tour I would say that the guitar/keyboard duelling on 'Too Tired' and 'Further on up the Road' are improved and tighter; some solos are a bit different, giving variety and showing GM's skills; the general sound is better, with all instruments (including voice) sounding more balanced and rounded (of course this can vary subject to your position); and finally I think it's fantastic to watch Gary play a short solo at the very end of 'Tood Tired' after the guitar/keyboard duel.

I have to say that I have been a GM fan for about 15 years and although some people may perceive his last few albums as being 'far out' and/or 'weird' the essence of Gary has always shone through bright and clear in all his work. This is also evident in his choice of setlists: he could easily play the same (and many of them old) songs over and over on each tour; but instead of being sucked in to this black hole he pushes forward with new material, unafraid of being himself and not selling out to commericialism. (Count how many songs on the setlist for this tour are from the new album!) All in all, a brilliant evening that comes highly recommended by me. :)
 

Review from Craig:
The Short Version:
He rocked, his playing was on fire,
a really enjoyable concert, I'm considering
trying to see him again somewhere else on the
current tour as a result. It was that good.

The Longer Version:
Set lists are for trainspotters, but there was quite a mix of material covering the "blues period". Of the new album material, "You upset me baby", "Cold Black Night", "Stormy Monday" were all far, far better live than they appear on record (and they're great on record). I expected "Picture of the Moon" to be "toilet-time" because it's real lame on disc but live it's a different matter and Gary was able to re-invent it, coaxing some nice tones from his much-in-evidence Les Paul Signature Gary Moore model. Nice guitars...

I was unsure what to expect from the gig, I haven't seen Gary live since Wild Frontier days and I was under the impression he'd become old, mellow and boring. I was wrong. Nobody on guitar can touch him, from Satriani to Vai, from Clapton to aughan.
He pisses over them all. He's also a much more accomplished singer and frontman than I recall, quite an act.

His backing band were solid but a bit non-descript, I could be imagining it but there seemed to be some personal tension between some of the members and Gary; don't now if that was as a result of the London gig where I was told Cream's rhythm replaced the backline for the Hammersmith gig (is that true?) Could be wrong...

Fire was awesome, incredibly tight and his soloing on The Sky is Crying and most other things was inspiring (I have a secret suspicion that Gary hasn't quite forgotten his metal days as much as he would like us to believe) Enough of the Blues was a real crowd-pleaser toward the end of the show while, by comparison, the last song "The Prophet" which seems influenced by Roy Buchanan's The Messiah was a touch weak. I know, I know, I know he's bored with "That Song That Cannot be Named" but nothing can top PW as a finisher/crowd-pleaser. You've got to give your public what it wants... Or at least dig out "The Loner" or "Spanish Guitar" again...

I couldn't have asked for any more from the show, genuinely fun and what's more Gary seemed to be enjoying himself. Don't know whether it's because I'm not completely familiar with his blues material but a lot of the solos, while sticking to familiar threads, did seem to have a fair amount of improvisation - he seemed to be cutting loose.

There were a few taunts from the audience  \for "the usual suspects" from his back catalogue and he seemed a bit uncomfortable dealing with the requests but it's his show... Still, imagine the reaction if he had done a Over The Hills/Fields/Rockin' Every Night/PW medley to finish

He rocked, he's the man - The Man on guitar.

April 22nd - City Hall, Sheffield, UK

Review from Richard Foulds (Hull):
I am a GM admirer of many years standing, and an owner of virtually all of his output from Skid Row onwards.  Myself and two friends travelled to Sheffield and were looking forward to the show, not having seen him for a few years.

Unfortunately we left very disappointed with what we saw and heard.  Some things were not GM's fault.  The all-seater venue is depressing before you start, but the sound was terrible with a loud buzzing clearly audible (even in the circle) between and during songs.  The vocals were way too low in the mix and GM's guitar seemed to be in a permanent state of over-distortion, especially when he moved to the Gibbo.

Pete Rees, the bass player was welded to the drum riser for the whole show an looked completely uninterested.  The keyboard player looked like a little kid playing a 20 key casio toy plonked on top of a formica box.  On a big stage, they looked completely lost.  A brass section would have been great !!

GM tried hard for a few songs, (Stormy Monday is my all time favourite blues tune) but seemed to lose interest when the crowds reactions were not great.  Several times, the band started to lose contact with it's audience.  In my opinion, bad choice of material and possibly GM's tendency to finish all his live versions with furious strumming and screaming the songs title 3 or 4 times followed by the word 'baby'.

On the plus side, GM recovered with some cracking Guitar work and Walking, SGTB and POTM retrieved the situation.

The set which was only just over an hour then drifted into a self indulgent, heavy mess typified with 'Fire' when people around me started walking out. The band left the stage and to be perfectly honest, I didn't think they'd come back.

They did after 5 mins or so by which time we'd got our coats on.  Did one encore and did it again, off he went and 5 mins later came back on and did the 'Prophet' - which was great but 20% of the people had gone.

In short, get the mix right, these are blues tunes - NOT HEAVY METAL.  Material selection is important,  we want to hear songs with great guitar.  Check out the mighty Walter Trout, the finest blues guitar slinger around.

Review from Stewart:
Quick review, Colin Hodgkinson, the ex bass player with whitesnake opened the gig, he was alone on stage with his bass guitar and sang about 6 old blues songs which really warmed the crowd up for Gary. Gary dressed in black as usual then proceed to play mainly new songs from BTTB as well as few old standards. Highlghts of the new songs, Picture of the moon, you upset me baby really emphasised how good gary's voice is now, the acoustics at the barrowlands also help.Too tired and Since I met you baby, i am a little tired of these and was not expecting too much but wow, some improvisation and longer than normal versions really breathed new life into these. The Sky is crying, what can i say one of my all time fav songs and Gary's work on this, quiet brilliant.Only real compaint was during fire when i thought the sound disappeared a bit, the music was there but the vocal was
almost drowned out. EOTB will be a classic gary song for years to come. the final encore, the prophet was typical Gary class, although i feel this song is too similar to the loner. The rest of the guys in the band, brilliant thundering drums, when required,
pulsating bass and subtle keyboards all working in perfect harmony. I believe that Gary was due to play a concert with |Peter Green and Taj mahal which was cancelled. Do you have any idea if this has been rescheduled, cos that will be one awesome gig. Keep up the good work with the web site, its one of the best

June 8th - Sweden Rock Fesitval, Sølvesborg, Sweden

Review from Heike:
Beautiful surroundings, good weather, tasty food, very friendly security and nice people (well, mostly...), so the time wasn't too long until the GM gig. Only the gnats were a bit troublesome when they appeared simultaneously with Gary. He first entered the stage about 20 minutes to 11 pm and stayed for a bit more than half an hour to do a kind of soundcheck, while W.A.S.P. still played the other stage, so not many people noticed him. But later they all came over to see the concert, which started nearly right on time. It was quite late already and most of the guys had lots of alcohol during the (last) day(s), so the security and first aid were prepared for the worst. There were about 15 people security, checking the barrier three times every minute and telling us not to place arms or legs between the bars, as they might got broken otherwise + about 5 first aid people (taking pictures of Gary). Additionally they had huge cans with water on both sides of the stage to cool us down, like they did during the Hammerfall performance on the same stage (the barrier broke down once here and they stopped playing for a while). Thank God, neither there was need to cool us down, nor the crowd got mad during the whole concert and after a few songs the security reduced to 5 people with no first aid at all. The audience wanted After The War, Shapes Of Things, All Messed Up and stuff like that but Gary didn't care, played the usual set list and got them all!!! Though it always seemed like they expected the next song to be one they really want to hear, the reaction was good. Before Picture Of The Moon, Gary "apologized": "hope it's not too soft..." but the response was fine. Walking By Myself was well known, like Still Got The Blues was. It was the first concert for a long time he used a Fender Strat again for several songs and he did some nearly heavy solos. As OJ already mentioned, 3 times he killed a string, so hard times for the tech. Quite funny, when the string tear during Enough Of The Blues, Gary tried to animate the crowd to sing the aaahaaahaaahaaahaaahaaahaaa passage while he changed guitars and it worked! All those "heavies" stood there and sang it, though probably 97 % had never heard the song before. I can't tell anything about his mood. He played very well and a bit aggressive but I don't think he's really pleased that night, because after just 12 songs he disappeared without introducing the band or saying a word (that was after the amp broke down). However, a fine concert so far and a long way to Denmark, so it was okay for me. While I waited for somebody, I heard something well known: Over The Hills And Far Away. It wasn't live (of course), just a tape in one of the festival tents, so another hint to what most people expected and wanted to hear...

Review from Heike:
Everything was even better than the day before! A very huge area close to the sea, brilliant weather and a more mixed audience than Sweden had (at the end also drunk). This concert was short, but very good and my personal favourite. We heard Whiskey In The Jar! As you might imagine not performed by Gary, but by Ronan Keating who was next and quite good as well, I have to confess... Well, not as good as Gary of course... The sun was shining throughout the whole day and Gary came out with sun glasses, so I feared already one of those gigs he's busy with replacing the glasses, but after the first song he decided that it wasn't necessary to wear them any longer, because the sun already disappeared behind the stage. Gary seemed to be in good mood, though the 2 camera teams, who filmed every gig for the big screen on the right side of the stage, annoyed him a bit and after a few songs he pointed out by gesture and mimic art that they shouldn't come so close any longer. Afterwards it was better and Gary had more space which he used! The audience was in good mood for sure and especially loved Walking By Myself and Still Got The Blues. As far as I remember, the version of How Many Lies was brilliant and even Gary's crew on the left side of the stage couldn't stop moving their feet while Gary played himself into another world, as he nearly fell over one of his monitors. When he announced All Your Love, he hadn't finished tuning, so he said "well, after this is finished - that's the remix - ha,ha". This time only one string had to be replaced and that was already in the beginning of Fire. After this song it was time for the "break". They came back to perform a great version of Enough Of The Blues, but before that the drummer was a bit fast, because he nearly was back onstage again when he recognised that the rest of the band wasn't behind him, so he stayed and waited. After the first encore it seemed like they were insecure whether there was time for a further song, but it was and so they played The Prophet before they finally left us in excellent mood. One lady in the audience made Gary a present. She threw two red roses together with a message, both picked up by the guitar tech after the gig (no underwear like the last time in Denmark). When the announcer said good bye to Gary he was extremely enthusiastic like nearly the whole audience. I had to vacant my place very fast, because Ronan was next and his fans hardly gave me time to pick up my things and go.

Review from Heike:
A very nice venue with none of the usual barriers, just a low wall and grass between the stage and us. One negative thing is that planes are passing on their way to the airport, but Gary was louder. It wasn't sold out in advance and I'm not sure if it was afterwards, but it was full and we all had fun. While I waited in front of closed doors I had the chance to listen to the soundcheck and that's really great, as they played full versions of Picture Of The Moon and Ain't Got You, both not played during the gig! Also very interesting was the Jazz improvisation they did, so it was worth to be there quite early! I think a local station called HH1 did an interview with Gary, because there was a crew and before the gig the tour manager came to pick them up. After 10 minutes they returned, so I guess it was an interview, but I can't receive this station, so I can't prove it. The "support" was torture. I forgot the name, but we were glad when it was over (just one man with drums and gongs). When Gary entered the stage I recognised a slight change: a golden necklace with cross which he's wearing from now on. Besides of this, no changes at all, still black outfit. During the whole time it stayed dry so far and Gary said something like "at least it stopped fucking rain, we bring the sunshine everywhere we go" and showed us the Victory gesture, but he wasn't right, because nearly right on time for The Sky Is Crying it started raining! Never mind, it was another great concert and we all survived the rain, which stopped after two or three songs. The style this night was mainly rough, but very astonishing: just one string lost it's life (at the end of Enough Of The Blues). He used a Fender for more than half of the set, but still the Gibson(s) were used as well. Still Got The Blues was a favourite among the audience, but got a small mistake when he couldn't get the right tone in time. The duel in Too Tired is becoming shorter and shorter, but the solo is getting longer and longer, so this is an improvement.  Right here it started raining and before they played The Sky Is Crying, Gary was smiling and said "this one is for you - properly for this moment". The last interesting thing I should report about was that Gary stumbled over something when he came back for the last encore (The Prophet) and everybody who recognized it was laughing, while the tech kicked it (symbolically) to hell.

Review from Heike:
What I do remember mainly is that it was very hot. The sun was shining throughout the whole day and from the time you had to queue up in front of the doors you had no chance to escape anymore until the sun went down and it turned to be cold again. The Young Dubliners came first and if you like traditional Irish music (mixed with a lot of rock) go and buy their record. Jethro Tull played next and this is just to mention because Gary's crew annoyed Mr Anderson. The time between the gigs was quite short (30 minutes), so they decided to start preparations already while Jethro Tull still played (of course beside the stage). Meanwhile Mr Anderson's tech was talking to them for several minutes and when Ian recognized that he suddenly went over to him and sent him back to his own work, while he complained that it's not very nice to disturb his concert in that way and told them to "fuck off". They did, but about 21,45 Gary needed a guitar to warm up, so the tour manager tiptoed to the guitars to pick up one and nobody said a word this time. Afterwards everybody gave a hand to make it in time (both crews) and they managed to finish just 7 minutes later than the official starting time (22,15). Obviously Gary warmed up well and played another fine concert. Not as hard as Hamburg but still rough. No strings tear this time but other interesting things happened: Walking By Myself got a "new" intro (longer and with more guitar), the drums had to be re-fixed during Oh Pretty Woman, the guitar tech had some problems with his equipment and tried to tell that via gesture and signs before he took the headphones and again Gary had some nice ideas for new lyrics. The security was very strict and collected every camera they could find (even from people in row 6). First aid stuff came through the audience to distribute ear protection and somebody filmed a few seconds from the roof of a building next to the stage (belonging to the area). This day was sold out and most people were in good mood.You know these "Gary" shouts during a concert? After Oh Pretty Woman, Gary reacted to one of those shouts with "what?!" and then "what do you want?". Somebody else responded and Gary said "not you, I mean you, you over there, you with the silly face, what do you want?". I couldn't understand what it was, but surely he wanted a special song, because Gary said that the next song will be All Your Love by Mr Otis Rush and  after another comment "he's not a nice song, he's a nice guy. This one's for you - okay". My personal highlight was Too Tired with an extraordinary great solo and strange "introduction", because Gary changed the guitars and when he took the new one it wasn't turned down, so there was a great noise and he used the chance to do some rock star posing (e.g. guitar between the legs). Don't ask me why, but How Many Lies sounded "wrong" to me that day. Usually it's one of my favourites and still it was a great song with good playing, but something was different... After all it was a good concert. 10 minutes to midnight we were left without The Prophet, but with sunburns. Next day was off. Sorry to say that it was even hotter than the day before, so mainly I stayed in the hotel and tried to recover.

Review from Heike:
Festival means that for several weeks the area is opened each day and you have lots of stalls with food, arts and crafts, attractions for small (and big) children...a fairground. There is a big tent, but just one artist per day performing. Still very hot, so the place to find parts of the crew was the beer-garden. Quite easy to discover, because they wore the Scandinavian festival t-shirts. Again the soundcheck was great. If you want to hear Ain't Got You, you had to come to the soundcheck, otherwise you won't get the chance. It wasn't sold out in advance, but I'd say it was afterwards. You might imagine the temperatures inside a tent, when the sun was shining on throughout the whole day. It was hot! The support was a band called June and I never heard of them before. Quite young guys and you could survive the 30 minutes. I'm not sure about the official starting time, but while we were waiting in front of the doors we were told that it'll be something between 20.15 and 20.20, so I couldn't understand why they started to whistle at 20.10 in a way the guitar tech had to put on earphones to finish his work. There's not much to say about this concert, except of the fact that it was one of the best. Gary sweat like crazy and looked like he forgot to take off the clothes before taking a shower. The audience was in good mood and the whole atmosphere was great. One of those days where everything was well matched. The drummer is the only one with two ventilators , but for the encore the keyboarder had to push him back onto the stage. I can't remember any other "spectacular" things, just that Gary lost the plec during Fire and picked it up again without interruption. Oh, plecs - none was given away.

Review from Heike:
Very big stage under an open tent with excellent opportunity to listen to the soundcheck (including Ain't Got You, right). Quite nice surroundings, but I'd say Gary wasn't in best mood. The support was named Pump, played Rock and the audience loved them. At the end somebody threw a banana which they forgot to remove, so during the performance of Gary it still was under the bass player's monitor. According to a newspaper article it wasn't sold out, but I can't believe that. They started nearly on time (20.05). It was hot again and Gary made jokes when he finished Oh Pretty Woman (2nd song), telling us "bit cold today, eh. We just come from the Sahara, so it's freezy cold..." . The intro of Stormy Monday got an extra intro and afterwards Gary announced Oh Pretty Woman with "this is one you know". He's doing that quite often, but this time it appeared like a promise to grow better. The first song really everybody knew was Walking By Myself, but I must say that the response was okay during the whole concert. At the end of Oh Pretty Woman, Gary had to struggle with the necklace which got entangled with the guitar's strap. He managed to free himself and we had fun to watch this. A strange experience while Too Tired, as the crowd kept clapping during the whole (!) solo. There was a drunk guy, trying to enter the stage and first none of the security really act. Gary felt uncomfortably of course and after the guy tried to climb over the barrier 3 or 4 times they finally "arrested" him and showed him the door. Gary felt better and pretend to be amused, but he surely wasn't. One crew member went to the right side of the stage and made sure that the door stayed save while Gary's bodyguard had an eye on the left side. Well, this was during How Many Lies and afterwards they left us. Fortunately they came back for Fire (with siren, like all the other concerts), but Gary was more than fed up now. A long time GM fan and friend of mine stood at the front row and took pictures (with a pocket camera, without zoom and not using the flash) and during the whole time none of the securities right in front of him said anything, so he thought it's okay. During Fire, Gary showed him the bad finger and I thought it's posing, but it wasn't! Right now the whole crew made a big fuss and my friend was really perplex, but stopped of course immediately. Afterwards he told me that he did exactly 10 (!) pictures and I asked if he got at least the finger shot, but he wasn't sure and finally he found out that he missed it. Well, back to the show. After Fire, Gary laid the guitar on the ground and left the stage, but they came back for The Blues Is Alright. Sad but true, the security obviously wasn't the best, because the drunk guy was back. This time he sat on the shoulders of somebody, but nothing happened. Gary must have felt great at this moment. I thought he's so fed up that he'd finish the concert and it seemed like he thought about introducing the band, but finally he decided to play The Prophet (thank you God). As usual the audience started cheering after the first note, thinking it's Parisienne Walkways, then recognized that they didn't know the song and then cheered because it's such a great piece of music. After all I hope you don't think it was an awful concert. No, it was good. The concert was okay, just the circumstances wasn't. For the statistic: no string, no plec and the Strat is used for more and more songs.

Review from Heike:
For those of you not knowing the venue: it’s an open air theatre, surrounded by green, where usually plays are shown. The stage is separated from the audience by a very low railing, followed by a ditch (a bit like a zoo). An all seated venue with roof, but the weather was very fine. Never heard of the other bands before. Thank God, they’re that way you enjoyed listening to them. The schedule told us that Gary should be onstage at 21.00 and the festival started at 13.00. A long time to go, so I was glad about the good music (perhaps a slight overdose of blues). During the first hours I saw a man with a camera several times. Later I never saw him again, so don’t ask me if he filmed Gary as well. The audience was very relaxed throughout the whole day and the very limited standing space in front of the stage was filled with dancing and celebrating people, like the staircases between the rows of seats were. After each act the people went back to have another drink or whatever, so everybody had the chance to get the place he wanted for his favourite act, without having to stay there for the whole day, but let me assure you, right in front of the stage wasn’t the best place, as the stage was very high and you got a stiff neck, but no chance to see e.g. feet. Another thing was the low railing, which was fixed on a very small and narrow wall (also low) and you had to climb on that wall, otherwise the dancing people would have pushed you into the ditch. There was no steady security in front of the stage, but no accidents happened (as I said before, the people acted very relaxed and in no kind aggressive). Football was a big theme that day. Somebody had one of those signal horns you often have in a stadium, but Gary wasn’t very excited about this kind of support and asked to “let the fuck up for a football match”, not without mentioning that Ireland won. Well, he was in time and already onstage, waiting for the announcer, who was onstage as well, but talking to somebody else, so Gary went impatient and started to play some notes already. Finally they started with the usual set list and the response was good (except of one guy who shouted "motherfucker" the whole time). Nearly everybody around me knew the lyrics and had a great time. A nice surprise was Ain't Got You, because it's not played very often. The style was rough and again he used mainly the Fender. Just for Still Got The Blues he switched over to a Les Paul Standard and Enough Of The Blues was played with the GM Signature Les Paul. No strings had to be replaced, but the drums had to be refixed after Ain't Got You, which caused a short break. Still Got The Blues got a phenomenal response and obviously Gary felt confirmed to play it. My favourite was Too Tired, where they shortened the duel to a minimum and leaded over to a never-ending solo by Gary (about 3 or 4 minutes). That was not only great but funny as well, because the rest of the band looked quite lost, without having anything to do. The drummer used the chance to have a drink and when it sounded like Gary would come to an end,  he hurried to put down the bottle, but Gary went further on and the drummer must have felt even more frustrated. Fire was the last song before the encores and this time Gary hadn't turned the guitar down when he handed it to the tech, so we had a great noise again (revenge for Gaisbach?). After two encores Gary finally left the stage, without introducing the band, or giving the plec away. A bit astonishing, as it was 22.25 and they had officially time till 22.30, so nobody would have pulled the plug if he'd played The Prophet. However, another good concert and a very fine audience. Just once somebody threw something at Gary and it looked like a small ball out of paper, but it rebounded from his belly and fell on the ground, so I couldn't see what it really was - perhaps a message.

Review from Heike:
Right, a festival and even some of the bands I heard the day before appeared on the poster again. Starting time was 20.00 that day and I wondered about which time Gary might be onstage, because 5 bands, all playing for a minimum of 1 hour, plus time to rebuild the stage... No, they had two stages and Gary played the second gig in a row of three at the main stage, so he started at 22.00 and had time till 23.15 (according to the schedule). This event wasn't sold out in advance either, but like Tegelen it was very crowded during the gig. To learn this, you had to manage to go in first. That might sound strange, as you usually have to do so, but this time it wasn't easy like that. We waited in front of the doors, were checked and everybody thought that's it, but it wasn't. After a few metres you stood in front of closed doors again (of course nobody told you which one's open first). 20 minutes later they let you in and everybody run, but just to learn that the forthcoming doors were still closed. Ha, ha, very funny. Two queues were build in front of two different doors. After 10 minutes somebody from the venue came over to my queue and told us that they won't open this door, but the one to our right side. Imagine the rush which started immediately. Finally we stood in front of a door which was opened just 10 minutes later and we were lucky guys, as that was the last door they had. There was no barricade in front of the stage at all, so you could lay your chin down, as it was a quite high stage with guarantee for a stiff neck again. The act before Gary was good. They did some classics and really rocked the house. Afterwards Gary's crew was busy with preparing and the set lists were already fixed, when the tech had a look at his watch and disappeared. When he came back, he removed only the set list in front of Gary and replaced it by another one (?). They managed to start nearly on time and finished exactly at 23.15. Again the audience was very relaxed and showed  good response. This day Gary wore the usual all in black, but with short sleeves and no necklace. It was very hot, so he sweat a lot. Not much happened, just once he complained that he's blinded by a spotlight  and at the end of All Your Love he killed a string. That was perfect timing, as the next song was Still Got The Blues, so the tech stood already there with the Les Paul Standard and Gary changed very quickly, to go on and finish All Your Love with the new guitar. Too Tired had to be started twice and that's all to report. After just one encore he introduced the band this time and the first plec for many concerts I saw was given away. The tech distributed 4 more and everybody was satisfied I guess, though it was a bit short. When I left the building a "Cream revival band" played the other stage. At least it seemed so, as they played 2 Cream songs in a row. I had a long way home, so I didn't stay longer and don't know what they did afterwards. The journey home was pure horror for one hour, as it wasn't simply raining, but a kind of deluge. Whish I had a boat instead of a car. You couldn't see anything and it wasn't possible to go faster than 70 kilometres per hour. Hopefully everybody who had the same direction came home safely.

Review from Matthew Murray:
The last show of the Back To The Blues Tour proved to be a fun night for all, as displayed from the very start when Colin Hodgkinson opened up the show with his display of Mississippi and Delta blues.  This guy certainly gets better throughout the tour. Time seemed to fly tonight as Gary promptly appeared with the band, strapping on his rosewood-necked strat, which very suprisingly, he hogged throughout the show.  Im so used to seeing his 355 and signature les paul.
Through his frequent comments to the audience you could certainly tell he was excited that it was the last show of a long tour, and looking forward to the rest. Maybe from where myself and my 2 cousins (all of us musicians) were stood (right at the front as usual!), the drums and organ seemed to drown out Gary`s strat sound throughout the first numbers of You Upset Me Baby, Cold Black Night, Stormy Monday and a suprised appearance of Pretty Woman. Walkin' of course proved to be the favourite followed by All Your Love. He of course (as hoped and expected) donned his classic les paul for a fantastic Still Got The Blues.  I never tire of watching Gary play this. A few giggles and raised eyebrows from Gary as he left the stage with some weird noise going on, to which he claimed "was his ******* fault!" (pointing at the organist).The first encore was The Blues Is Alright, now played on a natural strat, and the second was an amazing Parrisienne Walkways which carried a beautiful sound well. As my companions were tired from working all day, I decided to leave trying to meet Gary tonight....I will meet him one day.....And get his pick!!!!!
Till next time Gary, see you soon mate......
Always my inspiration
Matt Murray