10 Friday, July 3, 2009
REVIEWS
Local boy
Seal of
WATCHING Seal in
Birmingham was my first
ever trip to a music event
at the NIA.
becomes
approval
I do have to credit the
NIA for being situated so
well for car parking and
also for it being so easy to
singer in
buy food and drink.
for artist
I am not used to music
venues where you don't
own right
need to queue for 15 min-
utes for an (overpriced)
AS a voice came on the PA sys-
Heath’s finest musical export
and venue
beer and battle your way
from the car park to the
venue itself. So as far as
tem at the National Indoor
took to the stage to a standing the venue goes it was a
Arena, the whole crowd took to
ovation. big thumbs up.
their feet as they were asked
He opened his set with latest The support act for the
the simple question, “are you
single ‘Out From Under’ and concert was a young guy
ready for Ali Campbell?”
immediately had the audience by the name of John
The raucous applause and
up on their feet dancing. Allen and his band.
cheering that responded to this
He took time out to dedicate a The music was a mix of
question meant a definite yes
song to the late Michael acoustic guitar, at times
but they had to wait just that
Jackson, calling him ‘a real tal- in a similar style to
bit longer as an unknown
ent’ and ‘a musical legend’. Ralph McTell and more
female took to the stage.
The audience were clearly Ali lively style songs with
This was Jessica Agombar, a
Campbell fanatics, as evident Status Quo esque guitar
reggae version of Alesha Dixon,
from the way they shouted out solos.
who had the easy task of moti-
their praise for the man Mr Allen was very
vating a crowd already pumped
throughout his set. “We Love engaging when talking
up in anticipation of seeing
You Ali,' a large percentage of about his music and . . .
their local hero.
the audience resounded . . .
Jessica performed a few num-
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