REVIEW
Palace Theatre
1st October 2017
Palace Theatre
1st October 2017
Macca the Concert gets the feet tapping and the audience singing along.
Emanuele Angeletti who starred in the musical Let it Be as Paul McCartney, is now celebrating Paul’s career from the period 1970 to 2016. He has also performed as Paul since the year 2000 as a member of the Italian Beatles band The Apple Pies and has appeared all over Europe.
The show called Macca: The Concert - The Paul McCartney Story covers most of McCartney’s solo career, with a few Beatles numbers along the way. There was no narration of Paul’s life but a compilation of best-loved songs.
The first half of the show is a recreation of the acclaimed Wings Over The World 1975 - 76 Concert, with Just Another Day, Band on the Run, Blackbird and many others ending with the dramatic Live and Let Die, James Bond theme song. There was the use of state of the art visual media projection, with news clips from the Beatles’ days, still photos of Paul and his family as well as period views of Liverpool and an excerpt from the Roger Moore film.
The second half of the show included many of his best-loved hits, along with a selection of Beatles favourites.
Apart from Emanuele, who dressed in Beatles’ style, the band didn’t try to impersonate the Beatles/Wings, although there was a blonde on the keyboards like Linda McCartney. Emanuele, I thought, looked more like a member of the Small Faces, with his mullet hairdo, and his Italian origins came through when he introduced the numbers. However, he performed the songs and played his guitar left-handed as did Paul, although, he changed to right handed, on the acoustic guitar. He also proved an excellent piano player on the numbers where that instrument dominated, such as The Long and Winding Road, and Let it Be.
The band apparently all met performing in the musical Let it Be and were brilliant instrumentalists, particularly the lead guitarist John Brosnan, with his exciting guitar playing. There was also dramatic drumming from Luke Roberts particularly on Goodbye Tonight. Jill Schoonjians on keyboards played the Auto Harp as Linda did on Hope of Deliverance, a less familiar song. Paul McCanning on guitar and Graham Taylor on keyboards ably supported them.
There were poignant moments when stills of Paul with George Harrison or John Lennon were projected. Emanuele sang a tribute to the two deceased Beatles. He sang Something, whilst playing the ukulele like George, and Paul’s song about John Lennon, Here Today. It was sad to think that they’re no longer with us. Also listening to the lyrics of Paul’s love songs, we remember that his wife too has passed on.
It was great to hear all the old rocky favourites like Lady Madonna, Silly Love Songs, Ebony and Ivory, Got to Get You into My Life, Back in the USSR and many more. There were also quieter songs that Paul wrote for Linda such as Maybe I’m Amazed and My Love.
At the end, the band had everyone up on their feet singing along for a rousing rendition of I Saw Her Standing There and Get Back in real Beatles’ fashion. The largely mature audience in nostalgic mood didn’t want the evening to end. They clapped and cheered, so back the group came for the encore. At first, everyone took their seats as instead of an upbeat number they gave us a rendition of Mull of Kintyre. There was a beautiful scenic video of Scotland, as a backdrop. Then just as the audience wanted, they launched into Hey Jude and everyone was back on their feet again. As the people left the theatre there were excited voices saying how good the band were and what an enjoyable evening it had been. One man even reckoned he had seen Paul McCartney live seventeen times and this Macca concert was every bit as good.
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.
Review: Jacquee Storozynski-Toll
http://www.maccatheconcert.com/
@MannyAngeletti
The tour continues - go to website for details
The show called Macca: The Concert - The Paul McCartney Story covers most of McCartney’s solo career, with a few Beatles numbers along the way. There was no narration of Paul’s life but a compilation of best-loved songs.
The first half of the show is a recreation of the acclaimed Wings Over The World 1975 - 76 Concert, with Just Another Day, Band on the Run, Blackbird and many others ending with the dramatic Live and Let Die, James Bond theme song. There was the use of state of the art visual media projection, with news clips from the Beatles’ days, still photos of Paul and his family as well as period views of Liverpool and an excerpt from the Roger Moore film.
The second half of the show included many of his best-loved hits, along with a selection of Beatles favourites.
Apart from Emanuele, who dressed in Beatles’ style, the band didn’t try to impersonate the Beatles/Wings, although there was a blonde on the keyboards like Linda McCartney. Emanuele, I thought, looked more like a member of the Small Faces, with his mullet hairdo, and his Italian origins came through when he introduced the numbers. However, he performed the songs and played his guitar left-handed as did Paul, although, he changed to right handed, on the acoustic guitar. He also proved an excellent piano player on the numbers where that instrument dominated, such as The Long and Winding Road, and Let it Be.
The band apparently all met performing in the musical Let it Be and were brilliant instrumentalists, particularly the lead guitarist John Brosnan, with his exciting guitar playing. There was also dramatic drumming from Luke Roberts particularly on Goodbye Tonight. Jill Schoonjians on keyboards played the Auto Harp as Linda did on Hope of Deliverance, a less familiar song. Paul McCanning on guitar and Graham Taylor on keyboards ably supported them.
There were poignant moments when stills of Paul with George Harrison or John Lennon were projected. Emanuele sang a tribute to the two deceased Beatles. He sang Something, whilst playing the ukulele like George, and Paul’s song about John Lennon, Here Today. It was sad to think that they’re no longer with us. Also listening to the lyrics of Paul’s love songs, we remember that his wife too has passed on.
It was great to hear all the old rocky favourites like Lady Madonna, Silly Love Songs, Ebony and Ivory, Got to Get You into My Life, Back in the USSR and many more. There were also quieter songs that Paul wrote for Linda such as Maybe I’m Amazed and My Love.
At the end, the band had everyone up on their feet singing along for a rousing rendition of I Saw Her Standing There and Get Back in real Beatles’ fashion. The largely mature audience in nostalgic mood didn’t want the evening to end. They clapped and cheered, so back the group came for the encore. At first, everyone took their seats as instead of an upbeat number they gave us a rendition of Mull of Kintyre. There was a beautiful scenic video of Scotland, as a backdrop. Then just as the audience wanted, they launched into Hey Jude and everyone was back on their feet again. As the people left the theatre there were excited voices saying how good the band were and what an enjoyable evening it had been. One man even reckoned he had seen Paul McCartney live seventeen times and this Macca concert was every bit as good.
And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make.
Review: Jacquee Storozynski-Toll
http://www.maccatheconcert.com/
@MannyAngeletti
The tour continues - go to website for details
Photos below from the Palace Theatre show courtesy of Roger Powell
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Arthur James – Maldon
We thoroughly enjoyed it and it was much better than we expected. We grew up with the Beatles and it was great to hear the songs again. The band were excellent and took me back to my youth. The Beatles were so influential. Janice James – Maldon I have seen loads of tribute bands including The Bootleg Beatles who are supposed to be the best one, but these were just as good. They didn’t impersonate them they sang the songs in their own right. It was an excellent production especially with all the video footage. It was a great night and very good value for money. |
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