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That is genuinely sad news. I grew up with Angie Baby.

Notice how she manages to squeeze in a "thank you" to the crowd at 0.17 whilst singing at top speed. Marvellous stuff.

Thanks for posting Blue. PS get McAfee or something, you keep sending me weird emails...

Unless David you are now a double agent, employed by BB's HQ to test the water....

Always good to get inside information from David.
UK and Europe I hope.

Dionne has just announced a stack of concerts across the UK for autumn 2020.

Yesterday I went to see a slightly strange French film now in the cinemas called La Belle Epoque - not bad actually, clever plot, starring Daniel Autheuil. Anyway much to my surprise, in the film approximately one third of the way through, is a virtually full-length version of Dionne singing "Always...

Just been to a legacy concert at the Festival Hall, so many lovely songs unknown to me - Now and Then, A Piece of Sky, Nobody Knows...and Maria Freedman to boot.

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Remarkable - for Joss Stone singing "Are You There With Another Boy", and John Pagano's "With A Voice" which defies words. And so good to hear "One Less Bell To Answer", which has disappeared in recent years. Remarkable - for what he missed out. Who can remember a BB concert where he didn't play Art...

I’m going! I also went to the concert in Hamburg, he did the usual set with the addition of Falling Out Of Love as a tribute to Aretha Franklin. It was a lovely evening although the German audience was a bit polite. Also remarkable for the Elbphilharmonie concert hall – the concert was affectively i...

Where are the vocals ?

and
Why is he playing everyone else's tunes

Why don't you all book tickets then we can have a beer in the bar before the concert

pjlms that is amazing piano. Looking forward to the concert.

Solely on Blair and Martin's recommendation I've booked two tickets, fourth row
Blue is a bit quiet on this??

I like this too, kind of a melange of Nat King Cole, Dionne on Aquarela do Brasil, and some strings to fill

The only really good song she had since then was Captives of the Heart, which turned out to be written by... you know who...