fantastic in the UK, great sales and I assume they will continue with the promotion ahead.

Still surprised about how bad the position aka sales are in any other country aside Ireland.

The copies sold even with a number 18 in Germany are about 5,000 (?). That is why the venues they booked are so small in general outside the UK.

it will be a great run in the UK though.

In hoping it's the flood they perform tonight.

Really enjoyed the performance tonight! TT 3 sung Shine, and then Robbie got up to join them with Everything Changes!

 

Lovely to see them all together again, and for Mark to sing lead for once at the XF

Such a wasted opportunity tonight :( What's wrong with them? They needed their strongest singer tonight. It was a disaster, imo. Very disappointed.

Ya it was good but performing one if the ballads would I think have benefited sales better. Patience or rule the world followed by everything changes I think would have been better.

Both Mark and Robbie were awful. for once, I agree with twitter :(

I would have loved Never Forget to finish, but it was nice to see them back. And also to silence those who think TT and Rob fell out again

For those who haven’t seen the performance:

 

https://youtu.be/lpGbznZtWVs

Thanks Jay727. Love the performance. It's fun, entertaining and visually stunning. I hope that's part of the tour (minus Robbie of course). Some reactions on twitter make it sound like a disaster when it's not.

 

I think Mark's singing is as good as any other times. So is Rob's and everyone knew that Rob's can be on and off depending on his mood.

 

The only thing I don't like is Rob's flirting with Ayda. It takes away from it's being TT song.

 

One more complain is that they should do at least 3 songs.

Mark Owen really didn’t sound great. The moustache looked daft too!

I thought mark sounded fine but everything changes was a bit all over the place performance wise but robbie up kissing ayda was a distraction. Overall it wasnt a bad performance but not their best but as I have said I'm not enjoying the odyssey era at all.

Come on guys, let's be honest. Both Mark's and Robbie's vocas were atrocious. For once, I was embarrassed to be a TT fan.

I thought both sounded fine to be honest - but yes, would have like a Greatest Day at the start or something.

 

Hope we get a good bounce on sales now!

It wasn't great both Mark and Robbie. I think in terms of the huge lack of success of this album outside the UK, is the fact nobody or very few have released Greatest Hits albums in at least past 8 years since 2010. Other audiences may have been aware but just listened to odd tracks and not the whole, or the originals.

 

If this album proves the reason why GH's aren't successful in current climate, at least they tried with it and did something different.

 

The album hasn't charted in Greece first week whereas all previous reunion albums, including Wonderland did. Let's see in the next few weeks though when Gary said 'I don't give a **** if the album is a hit or not to be honest' I think this is starting to show with only focus put on the UK.

 

It could be promo is done in other countries whilst they are touring next year in the nations.

Edited December 3, 20186 yr by nirvanamusic

The performance was fine, nothing special.

It was far from their best and it is understandable why it is getting mixed reviews.

 

I think I might have got caught up in the romance of it all! Friends of mine though liked it, and they’d usually not like it :lol:

I thought Mark sounded fine tbh - Shine is an absolute tune!

Shine is a good song, but as others have mentioned i don't think they used the performance wisely.

Other songs in general impact their album sales better, songs such as Greatest Day, Patience, Rule The World and possibly A Million Love Songs.

The performance, wasn't bad, but it was of a much lower standard than what we often get.

The new versions of the songs are a complete mess and have lost the warmth they once had.

Edited December 3, 20186 yr by pippa

Come on guys, let's be honest. Both Mark's and Robbie's vocas were atrocious. For once, I was embarrassed to be a TT fan.

 

Mark always sound like this. So you have to be embarrassed for a long time if that's your criteria.

 

He sung in tune and not better or worst then before. I happen to like his voice and his songs so I might be bias. I always like Gary voice the most but not all the songs are meant to be for him.

 

The two songs fit the theme of the show. It would look weird if they do Rule the world and then Everything changes.

 

 

I agree with a comment about the mustache though. It has to go!

They should have just gone with Cry or These Days...those songs could sell the album very well.

 

BadHabit - Mark has had better moments. He might not be my cup of tea, in terms of voice, but he definitely can sing better than he did last night.

As for Robbie - well, in his case, it might have just been the norm, who knows?!

 

Maybe I am in a weird mood lately, but, as someone who usually supports the boys even in bad times, last night, for me, at least, it was a very bad time. Maybe I just had big expectations because it was supposed to be their biggest performance this year, the one that would help sell the album all throughout Christmas. I still hope they continue to sell well and wish them the best, but now I have serious doubts about the longevity of this album.

Edited December 3, 20186 yr by milly