Life is richer with stories, like the one where a Hollywood star wants £35 for a programme, or the support act is a Clyde One DJ whose theme song should be Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls from my viewing position if I was allowed to suggest such a thing in today's modern society.
I was a little apprehensive if Wolverine would be able to entertain me with a microphone, some show tunes, an orchestra and some dancers.
I needn't have worried. He was bloody brilliant! (Actually, no blood - this wasn't Logan - but there was a little sweat).
The Glasgow audience had already taken him to their heart with his trips around the West of Scotland meeting the people and sampling the local delicacies, such as a pizza crunch and deep fried Mars Bar. He is a star but he's also down to earth and a decent bloke and this showed in his warmth.
He's also a gifted storyteller, with a great voice, bags of charisma, a wonderful self of humour and a talent to perform. And, at 50 years of age, he is in great shape, still capable of pulling a Wolverine body rage. (Kind of makes me think, where did I go wrong? Never mind. "This is me".)
The interactions with the audience were delightful, especially when he danced with Mary, who didn't want to let him go. We were treated to a solo song from one of his backing singers (Queen's "Somebody to Love") as she's from Glasgow fulfilling a dream she shared with her dad (who was in the audience) to sing solo at the Hydro.
There were surprises and spectacle and even a tap dance to ACDC. The night was special and unique, a story for the audience to tell their friends about how great it was. If you've got tickets for one of the other nights, you are in for a treat.
Set List:
Set 1
The Greatest Show (Pasek and Paul cover)
Come Alive (Pasek and Paul cover)
Gaston (Alan Menken cover)
The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern cover)
I've Been Everywhere (Geoff Mack cover)
You Will Be Found (Pasek and Paul cover)
Somebody to Love (Queen cover) (Performed by Jenna-Lee James )
Soliloquy (Rodgers & Hammerstein cover)
This Is Me (Pasek and Paul cover) (Performed by Keala Settle)
Valjean's Soliloquy / I Dreamed a Dream / One Day More
Set 2
Not the Boy Next Door (Peter Allen cover)
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) / Don't Cry Out Loud / I Honestly Love You / Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage / I Go to Rio (Peter Allen cover)
Tenterfield Saddler (Peter Allen cover)
A Million Dreams(Pasek and Paul cover)
Luck Be a Lady / Singin' in the Rain / I Got Rhythm / Steppin' Out With My Baby / Sing Sing Sing
Tap Dance & Drums Medley: 42nd Street / Thunderstruck / September / Takin' Care of Business / Jump
Nomad Two Worlds - Art Song
Nomad Two Worlds - Inhibition
Over the Rainbow (Harold Arlen cover)
Die Moritat von Mackie Messer (Mack the Knife) (Kurt Weill cover)
From Now On (Pasek and Paul cover) (with Keala Settle)
Once Before I Go (Peter Allen cover)
