Concert #38:2010.05.30, Royal Albert Hall, London, England

[Pottel]

your english was just fine jbaent, no worries.
also, today ticket pick up went perfect.
there were even three pretty girls handing them out :-)
and yes, i too get a bit sad when i hear the same setlist again, BUT,....and i mean BUT, that setlist is played with such power and creativity (he plays different somehow, every night, new licks and twiddly bits everywhere) that i do not mind. of course i have it easy, seeing all RAH shows, but still, i wanna convince people that the show IS brilliant

[IrisRose]

I have no official answer for the shirt business, but I do remembe reading during the last tour that he wears the same shirt (or a whole bunch of identical ones) precisely so that pictures/videos won't reveal which concert, and one cannot be told from the other.     I think that discussion was on our own forum.    
But, as Matt has said--it's the music.   MK isn't exactly a fashion icon anyway.  

Coyote pedestrian?? Never in a million years.   It might have been the highlight of the show I attended--at least for me.    Partly because I love the song, partly because it was such a great surprise, and partly because the live performance was 'geniusotic"

[cannibal]

I wonder why Mark doesn't want to wear a different shirt ? I'm sort of getting tired of seeing the same shirt in every show

About Mark's shirts... I'm asking myself the same thing since a long time, I think that MK for every tour has set up also his "dressing" room, I mean, if you remember well:

OES TOUR: cowboy shirts
GH TOUR: funny shirts and very "farmer" ones
STP TOUR: no shirts, but T-Shirts, mostly red ones
SL TOUR: mixed shirts, black, white
KTGC TOUR / GET LUCKY TOUR: blue shirts, with T-shirts underweared.
Probably he wants to let us remind the tour only looking him (his pics)


LOL

[draad]

Was nice to meet so many fans before the show - Nelly, Marky, Pottel, Ingrid, BBB, Jeroen. On the way in to the RAH there were John McCusker and Mike McGoldrick leaning against a wall and rolling cigarettes, like naughty schoolboys. They even looked guilty as I jokingly chastised them. Inside, I could feel a really special night building and so it turned out. I thought this was the best of the shows that I have been to. You could really sense that the band had gone up a gear - I didn't think they had any more gears to go up!- and the crowd were very energetic. My friends and I were cheering and standing in our little box from start to finish. A brilliant night and a moderately severe hangover next day .

[Rollergirl]

. On the way in to the RAH there were John McCusker and Mike McGoldrick leaning against a wall and rolling cigarettes, like naughty schoolboys. They even looked guilty as I jokingly chastised them.

I can totally imagine the scene. You acting all daddy-ish, as you do on facebook when we (well, mainly Miriam) swear 

[pjh3121]

I had enough trouble telling the show apart from the 2008 one as it was, without him wearing the same too. When I got back from London, I nearly returned to my old house. 

[JeroenvG]

What a great night and what a great weekend in London. Great to meet Nelly, Pottel, Ingrid, BBB, Isaac and Jeroen G and more. (sorry if I forgot your name it was late that night at Isaac's hotel after that very long walk)
hope to see the most of you in Amsterdam and I promise to do at least two concerts at RAH next time.
Have made some pictures too as I was sitting right in front of MK and will put them up asap.

Ps If anyone is interested in a recording from Kate Walsh I will put them online.

[sweetsurrender]

I have no official answer for the shirt business, but I do remembe reading during the last tour that he wears the same shirt (or a whole bunch of identical ones) precisely so that pictures/videos won't reveal which concert, and one cannot be told from the other.     I think that discussion was on our own forum.    
But, as Matt has said--it's the music.   MK isn't exactly a fashion icon anyway.  

Coyote pedestrian?? Never in a million years.   It might have been the highlight of the show I attended--at least for me.    Partly because I love the song, partly because it was such a great surprise, and partly because the live performance was 'geniusotic"

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I think irisrose explaination about the shirt made the most sense.  If that is the case I see why MK wears the same shirt at every show.

Oh, the shoes, they are no doubt a pair of quality shoes.

allen, thanks for the link to those awesome photos.

[ingridswing]

I second Pottel in this. Just came home from England, doing Bournemouth and first 2 RAH shows. Bournemouth was excellent but ...... RAH (same setlist) was awe, wow, amazing, unbelievable. These were maybe the best shows I've ever seen. Sound was superb, band was enjoying themselves, they really played every little part perfect. 

[goldenheart96]

I'm also back home now and what a fantastic time it was! It was great meeting so many of you! Agree with ingridswing, the first RAH show was mindblowing. Mark seems to play much better than 2008. A more detailed review will follow soon.

[Pottel]

same shirt this night. same denim, same shoes. the band now wear black (most of them, or ohn and Mike at least )

[ingridswing]

And first part of the show Guy wears a jacket, looks good in my opinion.

[goldenheart96]

And first part of the show Guy wears a jacket, looks good in my opinion.

Funny, I thought the same! It suits him very well indeed.

[Love Expresso]

He's fifty now, you know. Times for surfin' shirts are over... 

LE

[ingridswing]

Don't worry, under that jacket are still the famous shirts