Support act, The Wind + The Wave played an acoustic set. The Texan duo's performance was a bit earnest and sedate but the girl's vocals were strong if a bit samey. Nothing special.
Kelly without the rest of the Stereophonics played tunes that were special to him from his back catalogue, including his solo stuff. It wasn't a night for rocking out, until the encore, but he gave good banter and showed off his skills with various instruments so all was good. His band were versatile too playing a range of instruments as the need required. He played a couple of covers, bringing back the support act for the Tom Petty/ Stevie Nicks tune 'Stop Draggin' my Heart Around'. They also presented him with a birthday cake on stage and we got to sing him Happy Birthday.
Because it was a quieter show, with less well-known songs, a few in the crowd, notably upstairs, didn't behave themselves and insisted in interjecting whoops and calling out his name. The all-seated venue also suffered from irritating people who kept exiting to buy alcohol, causing the rest of the row to have to stand on the way out and in again, then repeat the process when nature called shortly after.
Overall, I think I prefer Kelly as part of the Stereophonics but it was a different experience. At two hours twenty, he gave us a good value.
Setlist
Hurry Up and Wait (Stereophonics song)
You're My Star (Stereophonics song)
Rosie
Liberty
Suzy
Katie
I Wanna Get Lost With You (Stereophonics song)
Fight or Flight (Stereophonics song)
I Stopped to Fill My Car Up (Stereophonics song)
Before Anyone Knew Our Name (Stereophonics song)
Feel (Stereophonics song)
Mr Writer (Stereophonics song)
Rewind (Stereophonics song)
This Life Ain't Easy But It's the One We All Got (Stereophonics song) (Live Debut)
Rainbows and Pots of Gold (Stereophonics song)
Jealousy (Stereophonics song)
Help Me Make It Through the Night (Kris Kristofferson cover)
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Stevie Nicks cover) (with The Wind and The Wave)
No-one's Perfect (Stereophonics song)
Show Me How (Stereophonics song)
Encore:
Traffic (Stereophonics song)
Step On My Old Size Nines (Stereophonics song)
Maybe Tomorrow (Stereophonics song)
Dakota (Stereophonics song)
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