Brilliant review for Sheffield in the Star :yahoo:

 

 

Running on Will power!

HE started the show as an air steward and finished as an unlikely bridegroom.

 

In between he was a sexy showjumper, a toy soldier, a cheesy gameshow host, a preppy version of 1950s perfection, and a casino croupier.

Throughout his two-hour concert at Sheffield's Arena last night, Will Young was pure class.

The evening was a spectacle - a piece of theatre as much as a pop concert.

Simple but eye-popping choreography, both from Will and his talented troupe of dancers, fought for space in front of stunning backdrop screens showing surreal, fast-moving projections - an airport, a quiz show, an all-American housewife - which set the scene for each part of the show.

Linking each section together the screens and curtains drew back, to reveal a rear-stage set up like an intimate jazz-club.

Will was funny and sweet. He got muddled up with which song was coming next, lost his mic-stand, and had to call for a towel after getting sweat in his eye.

The show was not only visually stunning but note-perfect and moving, too. Will's smooth vocals and distinctive sound made favourite tracks Leave Right Now, Light My Fire, Love The One You're With, All Time Love and Your Game all the more spine-tingling live.

The £30 tickets would have been cheap at twice the price.

Will's dancing and song-delivery, teamed with slick, spectacular production, combined to create the sort of show only American superstars rival. His 2002 Pop Idol beginnings seem like a very distant memory indeed.These days Will Young performs like a megastar

Edited September 21, 200618 yr by BanYellowm+m's

Thanks for bringing it over BYM&Ms. All I can say is hang out the flags and should hallelujah - someone who sees what we do. :yahoo: :cheer:

Edited September 21, 200618 yr by munchkin

Brill review! Enjoy anyone going to Glasgow tonight

Don't think I've seen a better review. Fantastic. :cheer: Hope everyone has a great time this evening - my turn Saturday - finally. :yahoo:

I couldn't have written a better review myself, thank for posting it BYM&M's, his voice was magnificent at Sheffield as well, it's the best I've ever heard him, his dancing and sheer energy were awesome and You&I was stonking. :cry:

Loved everything about Sheffield, lovely city, nice people, great company, lovely hotel & the man himself once again on top form. :yahoo:

 

Delighted this tour has finally been given the review it deserves. :D :D

Edited September 21, 200618 yr by truly talented

Here's some pics from Will's camera phone from the Tour micro site, thanks to Vanessa.

 

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MEN arena

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Cardiff arena

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Will's dressing room

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That's some dressing room isn't it?

 

Thanks for posting them - what's he doing opening beer!! :lol:

Saw his dressing room on Lorraine this morning :wub: Very lush :wub:

 

Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas :dance:

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Shannon :wub:

 

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P!ss head :lol: Loves his beer doesn't he :yahoo:

 

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God I :heart: his smile :cry:

 

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Thanks for posting :cheer:

 

 

 

Thanks for posting them - what's he doing opening beer!! :lol:

 

Yes, isn't that a job for the staff? :lol:

 

Good choice of beer - Becks (German)! :D Although, he's opening a bottle of Stella, he doesn't know what's best for him.

 

Will's no1 best seller on Getlive tickets, those last remaining tickets must be shifting now.

He's on now, I hope we get some texts coming back from Glasgow tonight. :D

Will's no1 best seller on Getlive tickets, those last remaining tickets must be shifting now.

 

:cheer:

Review in Leeds Today on Sheffield gig - posted by Willsdoc

 

In his strides

Gig Review

Will Young

Sheffield Arena

IF you lose track of time during one of Will Young's latest performances you can always guess how far into the evening you are by the tightness of his trousers.

Because throughout the show his legwear becomes increasingly, disturbingly, more skintight as the concert progresses.

By the end of the night his slacks seem positively fused with his body, almost creating a whole new intrinsic organ.

If this sounds a little camp then you'd be right. Will kicks off the show with Keep On, dressed as a airline pilot surrounded by trolley dollies.

Perhaps some looser legwear for the next song? No, jodhpurs. Maybe something a little less Village People for the one after that ? Nope, next up he appears singing All Time Love as a big strapping soldier. In tight trousers.

Then, just when the teeny-boppers and housewives weren't quite whipped up into a big wolf-whistling frenzy, he strips down to a skimpy red vest. Is this Blue Oyster Bar: The Musical?

There's a serious point to all this because our Will appears to have slipped screaming between several stools.

Despite some impressive choreography he doesn't have the fluid moves of Timberlake, nor does he boast the slap-round-the-face sexuality of Madonna or the kitsch cool of Kylie. He doesn't even master the pop court jester persona of Robbie Williams.

What he does have – and I challenge anyone to contradict this – is a breathtakingly good voice, better than any of the above. He also possesses a gentle charisma endearing enough to seduce an entire arena.

He's at his zenith when showing off his vocal gymnastics, not when Will is staring us in the face through his clingy trousers.

Young has gone to some effort to offer us a real 'show', but, curiously, didn't produce anything nearly as impressive as that seen on his last arena tour.

Sure there were backing dancers and a brilliant on-stage band, but the set wasn't as stunning and overall there seemed to be an incongruous mixture of themes – most of them camp, I can cringingly confirm.

It wasn't enough to negate the fact that Will is truly gifted and now boasts a back-catalogue familiar and extensive enough to keep his army of fans elated.

But if he continues to try, and blatantly fall short, of producing a sophisticated stage show it could, tragically, start to detract from his true talents.

ROD McPHEE

21 September 2006

 

Just his opinion of course and some agree some disagree - I'm in the latter not the former but the bit I've highlighted says it all and everything else he's said pales into insignificance - for me.

 

 

You can tell it's written by a man can't you munchkin. :lol: It's just his opinion but as he says none can argue with that breath-taking voice & that's good enough a comment for me.

Thanks munchkin, why do these male reviewers see camp as offensive? and why do they expect him to be like Timberlake, Madonna and Kylie and Robbie for Gods sake? :rolleyes: Will is Will Young. :yahoo: Totally agree with this part though.

What he does have – and I challenge anyone to contradict this – is a breathtakingly good voice, better than any of the above. He also possesses a gentle charisma endearing enough to seduce an entire arena.

He's at his zenith when showing off his vocal gymnastics,

Edited September 21, 200618 yr by suggy

Despite some impressive choreography he doesn't have the fluid moves of Timberlake, nor does he boast the slap-round-the-face sexuality of Madonna or the kitsch cool of Kylie. He doesn't even master the pop court jester persona of Robbie Williams.

What he does have – and I challenge anyone to contradict this – is a breathtakingly good voice, better than any of the above. He also possesses a gentle charisma endearing enough to seduce an entire arena.

He's at his zenith when showing off his vocal gymnastics,

 

Well he isn't Timberlake, Williams, Madonna or Kylie. :rolleyes: Get it straight critics - he's not even trying to be the second Timberlake or Williams - he's the first Will Young. :yahoo:

 

On the whole, I would have said the reviews had been good (some better than others of course) although some critics who always need to find fault, will do so just for the hell of it. They have such little ammunition with which to find fault, that they've gone for the cheap jibes. Some have insulted the audiences (this one does with his teeny-boppers and housewives jibe), some about the apparent lack of a sophisticated set, the tightness of his trousers, being too camp etc. But on one thing they are all in agreement and can't find fault with, and that's - the voice. All the criticism in the world is just pie-in-the-sky when put against that one admitted fact.

Sounds like another stonking performance in Glasgow. :dance: There's one or two reports drifting in on Devoted. Voice on top form as always & he was very flirty with someone in the audience. Someone presented him with a riding crop tied with a blue ribbon & he said he would use it later. ;) :lol: Also someone thought the jodphurs had shrunk or he was wearing someone else's. :lol:

Sounds like another stonking performance in Glasgow. :dance: There's one or two reports drifting in on Devoted. Voice on top form as always & he was very flirty with someone in the audience. Someone presented him with a riding crop tied with a blue ribbon & he said he would use it later. ;) :lol: Also someone thought the jodphurs had shrunk or he was wearing someone else's. :lol:

 

 

:lol:

 

Thanks for posting TT - they'll probably start appearing during the day - the reviews as well as the fans. :lol:

I wonder who he was flirting with in the audience :wub: