The Corrs live at the Royal Albert Hall for Teenage Cancer trust
First things first, Teenage Cancer Trust is an incredible organisation, and these annual shows not only give us a host of amazing performers at one of the best live music venues in the country but also raise awareness and, more importantly, cash for people who really need it. So, if you have any going spare, feel free to drop them a penny or two.
But now, on to the musical side of things, what an incredible night of Irish music at the world-famous Royal Albert Hall. On support duties were Belfast two-piece Dea Matrona, fledgling singer/guitarists Orláith Forsythe and Mollie McGinn breeze through a bunch of numbers from their self released debut For Your Sins and warmed the crowd up nicely. Highlight was radio radio-friendly single, Red Button showcasing their impeccable harmonies in a Stevie Knicks est number that was in sync with their seventies glam motif.
The main event is one of Ireland’s most popular and biggest selling artists of all time, The Corrs, and they do not disappoint with a catalogue of hits that would be the envy of any band out there.
Opening with Only When I Sleep they blow the auditorium away vocally on that power chorus, before The Corrs take us to pop heaven with Give Me A Reason. Andrea Corr is quite simply stunning as she floats around the stage, giving off maximum manic pixie dream girl (woman) energy. Clearly she has been underrated over the years, not placed in the same bracket as Irish female legends like Sinead O Connor or Dolores O’Riordan, but she definitely belongs in that category.
What Can I Do is as charming and breezy today as it was in 1997, Dreams is one of the all time cover versions and witnessing the RAB sing in unison is a sight to behold. However I’ll always associate this song with David Brent and so should you…
So Young is a gleeful pleasure, ironic as they evidently haven’t aged a bloody day. It’s like they found the fountain of youth over there in Dundalk because although the band are 50+ they genuinely don’t look any older than when i used to watch them on Top of the Pops in the late nineties.
Runaway is one of the most romantic songs of the last 30 years and they do it justice tonight with a little added oomph for the occasion, there’s tears around the great hall.
With Caroline flawless on the drums, Jim getting affectionate shout outs from the audience as he switches seamlessly between guitar, keyboard and piano and Sharon transcendent on violin, their parents must have some good genes.
An unbelievable show for an unbelievable cause. Corr blimey!
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