Concert Review
London, England
Apollo Hammersmith Theatre, London, England
Saturday, November 17, 2001
By Mandy
Arrived earlier, around 6.30, where there was already a large crowd around the foyer, at the bar, buying t-shirts, posters and programmes. We had a brandy (to warm us up and calm us down!!)
At 7.15 the doors opened to the auditorium, we went and sat down, looking around and trying to remember faces, waving to each other, as the lights went down, Sue and Beau were ushered in by security, they were on around Row D, Beau looks like David, Sue looked really happy, hugging friends and fans, and Beau was shaking hands.
David ran on stage to 'heartbeat' and everyone jumped out of the seats, there was quite a surge down the aisles to the front of the stage, he shook hands with fans, some wouldn't let go, he had his ivory shirt on, and the play list was the same as Friday, David said he had wanted to come back here for so long, and talked about going to Australia, and Europe next year, he thanked a lot of friends and colleagues, he also thanked his family.
Half way through David changed into a shiny black shirt, which he looked gorgeous in, when he sang Rock Me Baby, I looked across and Sue and Beau were up dancing and singing, in fact they were up joining in with the fans all night, When he sane I.T.I.L.Y. he pointed at Beau.
Cameras were flashing all around the theatre, but security were a lot more relaxed about photos, they had enough to do trying to get fans to return to their seats (no chance).
A huge pair of knickers were throw on the stage with NOW printed on, he held them up with a skimpy pair and said 'That was THEN this is NOW, The crowd were very noisy, lively and occasionally shouting out when he was trying to tell us things, in the end he gave up and said 'I'll just shut up then' and grabbed his guitar, it must be so annoying for him when he's talking and some idiot shouts out 'David, I Love You' I mean, I'm sure he's heard that one a thousand times already, I know we're all hyped up and excited but GOD, let the man speak!!!
After 3 encores the same as Friday, he left the stage, and as people started to leave, we got down to the front of the stage, where fans had left letters, cards and flowers, I looked up and Beau came walking onto the stage, and he went to the front and signed fan's programmes, he was loving every minute, it was so comical to watch, he is adorable.
We decided to go to the stage door again, we stood around chatting to fans, when after about 45 minutes there were screams and cameras flashing, I looked up and David was on the balcony above the stage door!!!! He asked us to be quiet (which took a while)and he said ' I just want to tell you I really love you and I promise that I'll be back in the Spring' he talked about touring Europe and Australia, He applauded us all, waved and blew kisses (yes, I cried), then Beau came out, and they gave one another a massive hug, Beau waved and smiled, then they went back inside.
After another 30 minutes, David came out again and shouted jokingly 'GO HOME', Sue and Beau both joined him, and they all waved goodnight.
As fans started to drift away, someone heard he was getting ready to leave we dashed round to another exit, and after about 10 minutes David's car pulled out of a different exit, the chauffeur pipped his horn, and David had his window fully down, he had his arm out of the window and waved to us all and shouted 'BYE' It was a wonderful end to a great couple of days.
Finally, I just want to say hi to Mandy H, who I spent the weekend with, Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. SEE YOU IN THE SPRING
Thank you to Mandy for the review, Patty den Dekker for the picture and Erik (David Cassidy Fan Site of Norway).
