What is particularly noteworthy is that they are NOT some up-and-coming act. They are an established act with a string of hits on major singles charts across the globe. I am not sure if the audience really grasped the idea that they were getting a huge act to open for Duran Duran. At least at this concert, judging by the number of people that were slowly drifting in during Bastille's set, we got the sense that they were largely unaware of Bastille's star factor - and that's a shame. Bastille put on a far better act that we though they would. The only missing song from their set was the fantastic "Things we lost in the fire". Were you at this concert too?

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So glad the two of you were able to attend this together. Favorite performance of the night?

she really is. Incidentally, there is a review of this concert in the description of this video. Feel free to check it out if you are interested!

Thank you so much. And yes, I agree that the recording and being in the moment trade-off is a difficult one to make. We do just a minute of a select few songs so that we can be in the moment for the rest. We do this so that we have something to base our concert review off of. The link to the concert review is in the description of this video. Thank you once again!

Thank you very much! This was a tricky one.

It is amazing he came over this one time for a full-band concert. He has been performing the TS5 format gigs in the US over the past decade.

After his UK tour he said he has something big planned for the US.

Yes. It is available on musicnotes.com BUT it does NOT have the melody for the violin solo after the song's second chorus. Needed to figure that part out myself. Plus but the bit in the chorus where I momentarily jump up an octave was an improvisation. The bulk of the rest came from the sheet music for this song being sold on musicnotes.com. Let me know if you have trouble finding it!

These guys are certifiably awesome!

We're just glad that his catalog is being revisited by the mainstream and that he is back in the limelight. He sort of became an unfortunate punching bag for a while which we thought was unfair. I guess perseverance and authenticity pays off in the long run.

We especially loved the keytar player Marshall - especially when he randomly started breaking out into dance moves. We have a review of the concert in the description of this video. Feel free to check it out!

how close were you to the stage?

The background visuals truly added to the impact of the performance.

Thank you so much for the compliments on the video. As you can guess, we were on the elevated section further back - so it allowed us to catch a fuller sound - something we struggle with when we are super close to the stage. I figured I'd already seen Craig David up close at one of his TS5 gigs at Webster Hall almost 8 years ago so I figured the slight distance from the stage would be an asset this time. The show was undoubtedly fantastic. What was your favorite performance of the evening? We have actually published a review of the concert and the link to it is this video's description. Feel free to check it out. Thank you once again for the comment!

You guys had a great spot! I was sitting at the 2nd Mezz, first row. The first time I went to a Craig David show was in 2001 and it was amazing to see him perform live again after 23 years! I really loved every song he performed, but my favorites were Rendez Vouz and 7 days.

@@user-kt5cn4un4g 2nd Mezzanine is pretty decent. Those were proper seats right? So you saw him right as he was rising to prominence? That is pretty cool. I remember first hearing of him in early 2000. When I visited London that year, "Fill Me In" was playing literally EVERYWHERE. "Rendezvous" was hands down one of the standout moments of the concert - especially the end where his voice carries the entire song with his melismatic swirls. What a night!

The crowd was yelling this was his performance of "Re-Rewind". What a great night!

Such a great show. I loved every second of it. He was such a crowd pleaser!

@@DiosaNY09 Thank you so much for the comment. The concert was ABSOLUTELY fantastic. Goosebump-inducing moments galore - especially in his minimalist outros on songs such as "Rendezvous" and "Rise And Fall". What was your favorite performance of the night? In case you are interested, we have a link to a review of the concert in the description of this video. Feel free to check it out and let us know if we did justice to the concert. Thank you in advance!

@@radiocremebrulee4431 OMG This was incredible. I honestly don't have a favorite moment because I loved everything. He has amazing vocals even in the faster paced songs. I confess I was front row so I am absolutely biased 🤣🤣🤣. You did justice with this video for sure. I did a quick video on my Tiktok, too.

OMG you articulated everything about how I felt about the concert. AmaIng review.

Hey Nancy...what a GREAT way to discover their music! Did you end up attending the concert too? Watching them live was a dream come true - especially since their music has been a regular staple on our online radio broadcast ever since launched almost two decades ago. We've linked to the a concert review in the description of this video if you're interested. What did you and Erlend chat about on the flight? This is just the type of international flight experience I would kill for!

Hey David...First, SUPER envious that you got to meet them after the gig. I loved their arrangements of "Rocky Trail" and "Rule my world". So glad you liked the video. They are a regular on our online radio broadcast (we're an online radio station that broadcasts worldwide from NYC - and the link to our broadcast is in our bio) so we had to capture this. We also reviewed the gig (the link is in the video description). Check it out if you feel like!

Thanks for the info I will definitely check it out!

It is great that he still has it in him to put on a show like this. He could have gotten away with just a simple show with him sitting on a stool and singing his heart out. It's impressive that he went the extra mile (without extra cost) at putting on quite the performance.

Thank you so much. You are too kind! This is definitely a great way to keep memories of songs alive - but I feel like it would have been better if I did this for a NON-obvious song by a-ha (they were SO MUCH more than "Take On Me"). They have so many great songs - "Summer moved on", "The bloody that moved the body", "Giving up the ghost", and "The Bandstand" etc. We need to find a way to keep THOSE songs alive too - just like you did with "Don't say it's love" by Johnny Hates Jazz.

@@radiocremebrulee4431 even though Take On Me is an obvious A-ha song that people listen to and arouse the desire to listen to other tracks, sometimes a well-known song becomes the beginning of discovering other tracks by the artist... have a great new week.

thanks for the comment. She really is. To have a back-catalog like she does is amazing. The possibilities are immense. Obviously, hearing songs such as "Rain" and "Bad Girl" live for the first time were beyond goosebump-inducing. In case you are interested, we have included a review of the concert in the description of the video. Feel free to check it out. Thank you once again for the comment!

Not really but she still can put on a good show it seems

She is actually 65 and yes - she can dance circles around the Gen Z artists. That being said, I also think the best of the lot of Gen Z are not the ones being showcased into prominence so that doesn't help. Incidentally, in our description of this video, we have a link to our concert review of this Madonna concert at MSG in case you are interested!

@@user-pq7jj3vs3e Great show. As a radio DJ (our youtube channel is tied to our global online radio broadcast), we understand that the incentive system for younger artists is a messed up one today and it doesn't necessarily reward any sort of artistry. Of course, we're also not naive about the fact that the music industry was probably always unfair to some degree (I think some music fans are generally quite irate about the over-exposure she received in the 80s) but these songs absolutely stand on their own independent of the theatrics and image surrounding them.

@@user-pq7jj3vs3e Madonna absolutely is eating a lot of Gen Z artists. Stage + 3 long catwalks + 2 connecting catwalks + a giant cube + a flyng portal, Madonna does it all

Thank you so much for the comment! This really was a treat. I think she made some bold decisions on what to include on the setlist (something I wish more veteran artists/bands would do) instead of playing it safe. The concert was better off for it - especially "Bad Girl". The reality of this performance far exceeded any expectation in my head. Since you were at this show, you might want to check out out review of it (it is in the description of this video). I would also like to leave you with a couple of questions: 1) Favorite performance of the night? 2) Opinions on the concert closer? If you did not think it worked, what would you have opted for if you could have chosen the closer? Thank you once again for the comment!

@@radiocremebrulee4431 That's a thoughtful and on-point review. I also thought "Bad Girl", along with "Live to Tell", were the emotional high-points of the show. I was also surprised at how well "Die Another Day" popped (which normally would be song I could do without but, of course, had a new infusion of meaning within the context of the show). I agree that career montage should've have lead into the closer instead of that unnecessary and tedious Billie Jean vs. Like a Virgin interlude (although a song steeped in paranoia about predatory women up against one celebrating their sexual/emotional reawakening is an interesting contrast within the context of a Madonna show but doubtful that was the intended effect.) Segueing from the "the most controversial thing I did was to stick around" clip into "Express Yourself" or "Music" (especially a treatment akin to "Music Inferno" from Confessions) would've been more impactful as those songs are, to your point, universal and underscore the primary reason why she is still around 40 years later. The brief interpolation of the latter in the BIM number seemed a missed opportunity as that would've immediately hooked in the crowd - but the dominatrix in Madonna has always gotten off on edging her fans.

@@JungleRed71 Thank you for taking the time to read the review - and appreciate the kind words. "Live to tell" was super emotional for sure. "Die Another Day", when it released back in the day, did nothing for me since in general, I am not a fan of ultra-processed vocals. That being said, for an artist celebrating a 40-year legacy, reminding the public that she did sing a Bond Theme over 20 years into her career makes sense to highlight -and the dance sequences across multiple ramps made the whole thing very dramatic. I echo your view on "Express Yourself" but I struggled with the stuff from the "Music" album. That's also probably why I struggled with the Drowned World tour setlist which I attended in Paris while I was an exchange student in France during college. It's also probably why we (I am attached an online radio station that broadcasts world - the link to the station is in our profile page) play nothing from the "Music" album - even though we feature other later year tracks by her such as "Joan of Arc" and "Ghosttown". I saw people walk out during BIM knowing it was the last song and I feel like that took away from something that was pretty spectacular. As I mentioned in the review, I always found BIM a little self-congratulatory, indulgent, and for me pretty cringe-worthy so it fell flat for me. Madonna is cross-generational (my mother introduced me to her music when I was a 3-year old and I still remember being completely bowled over by just how beautiful "Crazy for you" was and still is even as a kid) and had my mother joined, she would have walked out during BIM if she knew it was the final song.

Thank you so much for the comment Kat! We just put the clips that we thought we were able to capture reasonably well. The lighting on songs such as "Crazy for you" etc. was not great so we didn't think adding that here would work. I think we've also not done the greatest job of capturing "Rain" as well as we would have liked to. She was pretty far from the main stage for that performance. That being said, so glad you enjoyed the highlights reel.

Thanks so much for the comment! So glad you enjoyed the highlights reel. Obviously, we only wanted to capture selected moments from the show and did not want a camera distracting us from the sonic bliss of these two geniuses. Were you at this concert or at any of the concerts of this tour? If not, we have a review of this concert in the description of this video. KoC is undoubtedly one of a kind. It is still crazy to think that their brand of musical rebellion is rooted in minimalism - what a concept for those years!

Hey Michaela! So glad you enjoyed the video .We are actually super overwhelmed by the positive response this video highlights reel has received. Darren Hayes truly is a musical treasure and he went above and beyond with this concert - way more than he had to especially in light of the modestly priced concert tickets.

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Glad you enjoyed the video. Have you watched Seal live in concert?

You are most welcome. Obviously, we only captured the highlights because we wanted to enjoy the show as opposed to worrying about filming it. That being said, we did want to at least capture the highlights of the show for this reel. It also helped as fodder for our concert review (which we've included in the description of this video). "My Ship Isn't Pretty" is a pretty unconventional opener - but then again, is there anything like conventional for Kings Of Convenience? Their entire musical aesthetic is a deviation from convention as it applies to pop music.

"Their entire musical aesthetic is a deviation from convention as it applies to pop music." Very true.The Kings are one of a kind.When they opened with "My Ship Isn't Pretty" you could have heard a pin drop.Set the stage for a great evening .Thanks again,

These guys were great. It's amazing how much sonic beauty can be created with just two guitars.

Hey Eileen. This was done on an iPhone 13 pro. I hope this is helpful.

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It really was beautiful. We wanted to make sure we had time to actually enjoy the concert so we only recorded selected segments of the performances to make the video highlights reel. Interestingly enough, their performance of Cayman Islands was the one that was closest to the studio version of the song. For the rest, they deviated a little making it quite interesting.

Hey Cesar! So they did use a tiny hand-held keyboard for "Fever". Eirik ended up playing a keyboard version of the hypnotic guitar solo towards the end of the song. That's the last clip in this highlights reel. That being said, besides that one section of the song, there was no use of a keyboard. For us personally, the instruments we missed were the violin and the cello although the guy compensated for the lack of that very well especially on "Rocky Trail". And yes, the concert was fantastic and there is a link to a review of it in the description for this video. Thanks for the comment!

@@radiocremebrulee4431 oh cool! I’m looking forward to see them in San Francisco.

@@cesarleiva2443 You are going to have an amazing time!

Of course. You are most welcome. It's also great they experiment with arrangements that deviate a little from the song's studio album versions.

Thanks so much Neil! It really was a great evening - especially the performances of "I'd rather dance with you", "Rule my world", and "Fever" (this one in particular was given a sonic bite I didn't think it could have). Favorite performance of the evening?

@@radiocremebrulee4431 So many great ones to choose from. I love that they played some of my favourites from Riot like Homesick, Misread, and Cayman Islands, but I was most pleasantly surprised with Boat Behind and Rule My World with the band. It was worth the trip down from Canada!

@@neilmccormick4291 Great to know that the trip down from Canada was worthwhile. The two guys to my immediate left at the concert were from Toronto. So it looks like there was some hint of a Canadian contingent at this show. Cannot help but wish that "Love is no big truth" from Riot made the setlist. "Rule my world" was beyond brilliant. Really hoping they release an uptempo mix of it. It's the poptastic jam that could be. "Boat Behind" is one of the few tracks from Declaration that I struggle to get into. We never ended up featuring this one on our 24/7 global radio broadcast (not too sure if you figured this out but we're an online radio station) despite giving a lot of love to the rest of the songs from that album (including the ones not released as official singles).

Hey David..this is the best we could capture from where we were standing. It was a trade-off between proximity to the stage versus sound. The best sound was at the back in the upper balcony.

It's good considering how it's recorded. It's not from the soundboard, what do you even expect?

@@samsabruskongen Thank you. It really is a trade-off between speed to uploading versus taking days at a stretch to clean out the sound. We find that most people want to view these right after the concerts happen - plus they want to read the concert review (which is in the description of this video). Echoing your view that if this was plugged directly int the soundboard, that would be the dream sound.

You are most welcome! Did you make it to the final clip? That was one of the biggest surprises in our opinion.

You are most welcome. Were you at this concert too? Such a great night!

@@radiocremebrulee4431 No, I live in Germany. I've seen them many years ago though, in a church in Berlin. Fond memories :)

@@SoberHusky What a great venue for a Kings Of Convenience concert. We are incredibly envious. This was a first for us. We've been featuring their music on our 24/7 global online radio broadcast (link in our profile page) for over a decade and a half so it was so great to make this long overdue dream come true. Their performances of "I'd rather dance with you" and "Rule my world" in particular were fantastic. They also compensated for the lack of a cello on "Rocky trail" incredibly well.

Hey Adriana. Thanks for the comment and yes - echoing your assertion that Simon's voice is still strong as ever. That being said, I do believe the downtempo songs are much harder to sing than the uptempo ones - which makes me wonder if that's why there aren't many of those on the setlist. Would love to see songs such as "Falling down", "Wing", and "My Antarctica" make the cut for a future setlist. There are so many gems in the Duran Duran catalog (and I say this as someone that is NOT a die-hard fan) and I feel like this setlist does not showcase the depth of the band's brilliance. Great concert regardless though!

Hey Ron! Staying in New York City is expensive and some of us residents of this city forget how prohibitive hotel rates can be for visitors. Duran Duran in a stadium environment was fantastic. Undoubtedly a much larger stage that we're accustomed to seeing them on (saw them 3 times in the last 20 years at intimate venues). So glad you enjoyed our highlights reel of the concert at Forest Hills Stadium. Thank you! [In case you are interested, we have reviewed the concert and the link for the review is in the description of the video]

Nice! Favorite performance of the evening?

@@radiocremebrulee4431 Give it all up!

301 or 302? What a night right? Check out the review of the concert in the description for the Duran Duran highlights reel if you feel like it.

@@radiocremebrulee4431 301!

You are most welcome! Hopefully you got to check out review of the concert in the description of the video. We also have highlights reels for the opening acts Chic (featuring Nile Rodgers) and Bastille on our channel.

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So glad you enjoyed this. Our apologies for not having "Let's Dance" and "We are family" as part of this reel.

Him narrating the heart-wrenching backstory of the song at the concert definitely brought it to life in a bigger way than its studio version did.

This comment summarizes the essence of Belinda Carlisle very well. It's a shame she stayed out of the limelight for as long as she did.

Hey Frank! Did you just stumble on to this recently? Favorite clip?

@@radiocremebrulee4431 I’ve followed Darren Hayes for a long time 🌈🎼🫶🏽

She moves with such ease on stage. She doesn't give off the vibe of someone in her 60s - or maybe she is just redefining what it means to be a popstar in 60s. We actually reviewed the concert for our radio station's blog and the link to that review is in the description of this video.