The Hollies - Concert Review

Blackpool Grand Theatre, 6^th November 1999 - by Sune Eriksson

After a 4 hour drive by car, me , my wife and our two sons who are 19 and 21 years old entered the ferry in Gothenburg to go to Newcastle.
We came to Newcastle Friday morning after 24 hours of stormy weather and set course for Blackpool. The concert was to take place Saturday evening
the 6 of November so we had the whole day to enjoy ourselves on the pleasure beach.

We went to the grand theatre in good time before the concert to get in the right mood.

They started up with "Here I Go Again" and during the show they played all the big hits from the sixties. Sadly in my opinion not "The Very Last Day" which is my favorite and was a big hit in Sweden. The best songs were sang by the King of the stage, Tony Hicks. When he sang "Running Through The Night" and "When I´m Dead And Gone" it was fantastic. I can only agree with my sons when they said that he is really cool.

Other highlights were Alan Coates singing "Butterfly" and a top version of the Beatle song "Blackbird" and when they played "He Ain´t Heavy, He´s My Brother", Allan Clarke showed the audience that he is one of the best singers in the rock´n roll history.

I also must give a big credit to Alan Coates, Ian Parker and Ray Stiles. Thank´s to them the band sounds like we want them to do, only much better
and with a drummer like Bobby Elliot it can not be much better.

Of course the concert ended much too soon and the next time I hope to see them in Sweden. I have a lot of friends who also would like to see them.

Sune Eriksson Hölö Sweden

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