Birmingham - Sun 19 Dec 2010

[alarminglady]

Hi, I just wanted to say I enjoyed Hayley's concert, although as a Rhydian fan, I have to confess I went because he was singing. I loved Mary, Did You Know? especially and I also particularly enjoyed O Holy Night, Silent Night and the 15th Century song/lament? Sorry I'm not sure of its name.

I was the one who recorded some of Rhydian's songs but I was unable to record their duet as security discovered me right at the start It would be lovely if someone was able to capture it at the Barbican, I'll live in hope.

Thank you to Karsten for the lovely photos of Rhydian he was kind enough to send me, it was very kind of you.

I hope those of you going to the Barbican have a safe trip. Enjoy Nicola, I know you will

Just to touch on Jillian's post about Rhydian not using the band, I know he much prefers to sing accompanied by a band rather than backing tracks and I also know he only finished in the War of the Worlds tour the night before at Wembley and he had had a 7 hour battle through the snow to get to there, so it's more than likely there was no time for him to utilise the band.

This post has been moved from the Barbican thread by Richard.

[Steve H]

Back with some more photo's from Sunday.

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[Steve H]

Well thats it for Birmingham, but I am sure I will get some more at the Barbican!

Steve H

[martindn]

3/5? what planet were they on? Are they tone deaf? 10/5 for me!

And they don't even have a comment facility, or they would have heard from me.

I have been attending an average of about 20 concerts a year for the last 50 years. This covers a vast range of music, and many world class artists. This was a genuine contender for the title of the best I've ever been to.

Martin D

[thunderoll]

Hello my great photographers and reporters,

Thank you for your great work. Nowhere else are there so many information about Hayley


Marcus

[martindn]

There are some fantastic photos there. I won't even think about posting any of mine Thank you to all of our photographers.

Martin D

[Jillian]

Hi everyone,

Thank you all for your beautiful photos! You all do such a good job spreading the news of Hayley concerts around the world! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Cheers,
Jillian

[Jillian]

Dec 21, 2010 15:47:56 GMT alarminglady said:

Hi, I just wanted to say I enjoyed Hayley's concert, although as a Rhydian fan, I have to confess I went because he was singing. I loved Mary, Did You Know? especially and I also particularly enjoyed O Holy Night, Silent Night and the 15th Century song/lament? Sorry I'm not sure of its name.

I was the one who recorded some of Rhydian's songs but I was unable to record their duet as security discovered me right at the start It would be lovely if someone was able to capture it at the Barbican, I'll live in hope.

Thank you to Karsten for the lovely photos of Rhydian he was kind enough to send me, it was very kind of you.

I hope those of you going to the Barbican have a safe trip. Enjoy Nicola, I know you will

Just to touch on Jillian's post about Rhydian not using the band, I know he much prefers to sing accompanied by a band rather than backing tracks and I also know he only finished in the War of the Worlds tour the night before at Wembley and he had had a 7 hour battle through the snow to get to there, so it's more than likely there was no time for him to utilise the band.

This post has been moved from the Barbican thread by Richard.

Hi Alarminglady,

Thanks for your post! Fingers crossed that Rhydian will have had time in London to do some rehearsing with the band for the new concert.

I guess another point is that Stephanie from 'Raven' - the string quartet - was also sick that evening - another factor that may have hindered the band trying new things that night.

I'm glad you enjoyed Hayley - it's nice when you get pleasantly suprised by things that you didn't think you would! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif Was the lament 'Veni Veni Emmanuel'? Mary Did You Know is an old favourite of Hayley's - I believe she recorded it first when she was 14?

Cheers,
Jillian

[martindn]

Hi Jillian,

No, the "lament" I think was probably Corpus Christi Carol. Or possibly the Coventry Carol. Both were sublimely beautiful.

Further to the above, the Birmingham Mail does have a forum, although you cannot it seems comment against individual articles in situ. So I registered, started a new thread and had my say.

forums.birminghammail.net/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=32670&sid=f557033121d54dfb2a71ec0c7ef3bce2

Martin D

[BenCMitchell]

Hi folks

I have tried time and time again to try and upload some pictures to Photobucket, but for some reason its not responding. For those that are friends with me on Facebook, I have uploaded all the photos I took of this concert. If you aren't friends with me and are on Facebook, just type my name in, and my profile picture is a picture of a sunrise.

Oh btw, if you do add me as a friend, leave me a message saying you are from this forum, as I may not know who you are!

Be warned, there are quite a few pictures!

Cheers,
Ben

[Jillian]

Hi Ben!

Nice photos! Some good ones of Hayley, AJ Moore and Rhydian. Good work and thanks for sharing! Hopefully photo bucket will work for you soon.

Cheers,
Jillian

[Jillian]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had any full length photos of Hayley's arrivals at any of the concerts?

Cheers,
Jillian

[spiderman]

Dec 22, 2010 2:16:22 GMT Jillian said:

Hi Ben!

Nice photos! Some good ones of Hayley, AJ Moore and Rhydian. Good work and thanks for sharing! Hopefully photo bucket will work for you soon.

Cheers,
Jillian

can someone send me the url? there are soo many ben mitchells on facebook