Any reviews from the last gig of the tour at Chipping Norton?
Hi Bernie,
Sorry, I meant to post a quick review when we got back but sadly failed.Yeah,it was a great show to end the tour. A lovely theatre serving great Hooky in a lovely town next to a super pub on a lovely spring Saturday.Can't go wrong really! The three of us were staying at the recommended Crown and Cushion up the hill a bit from the theatre and we popped down to the Chequers next door about an hour before the show where it was nice to meet the chaps outside having,variously, a few pints of Landlord and some chips. Chris suggested we visit the nearby Rollright standing stones on the Sunday,which we did.Peggy told us to expect a "mellow" show as he gave us the impression he'd had a few.If he had,however,it certainly wasn't apparent on stage as the band were incredibly tight throughout.Same set as the rest of the tour and no guests but great acoustic versions of Lancashire Hills,Portmerion and Hiring Fair to name three that particularly stood out-with some great vocal delay from Simon on the latter.Overall,the audience were a little reserved-I suspect a large number of tickets are sold to "friends" of the theatre who might not,necessarily, be mad Fairport nuts-but they all seemed to enjoy it. The chaps were on good form afterwards and Ric was slipping away to Spain for a few days the day after to do some recording with Vo.Even managed, along with Simon, to get a quick one in at the Chequers afterwards. All in all a lovely weekend and a great show to end the acoustic tour.I suspect the next time we see the chaps it'll be within a stones throw of Chipping Norton but in slightly less intimate circumstances!
