Liverpool Pops, 21 July 2006 - Il Divo again

[Dave]

The Il Divo Divas have been discussing Hayley again and thanks to them, I found the following report:

HAYLEY WESTENRA JOINS THE POPS

New Zealand born, classical starlet HAYLEY WESTENRA has confirmed she will be appearing at this year's Summer Pops in Liverpool as special guest of fellow superstars of opera, IL DIVO.

Still only 18 years of age, Hayley already has a crate full of platinum discs and has sung with many of the greats, including Andre Bocelli, Jose Carreras and Bryn Terfel, as well as performing in front of the Queen and Tony Blair.

Tickets for this show on FRI 21ST JULY are fast selling out, with only a few remaining - make sure you don't miss this amazing chance to see two of the biggest names in classical music!

Still unconfirmed, of course.

Cheers, Dave

[roger]

This event is now *allegedly* confirmed but does not appear on either of the official forums.

From: icLiverpool.co.uk

New stars lend the Pops strong support Jun 2 2006
By Catherine Jones Culture Reporter, Liverpool Echo

SOME of Merseyside's best up-and-coming artists are providing strong support for this year's Summer Pops.

And New Zealand classical starlet Hayley Westenra has also confirmed she will appear next month as special guest of fellow superstars of opera, Il Divo.

Still only 18, she already has a host of platinum discs and has sung with many of the classical greats, including Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras and Bryn Terfel, as well as performing in front of the Queen and Tony Blair.

There are only a few tickets remaining for the show on July 21.


Roger

[Richard]

Hello everybody!

I've removed the question mark from the title of this thread, because we now have proof that Hayley took part in this concert, thanks to Il Divo's forum.

Leo wrote:-

Hayley was on great form, and she got an amazing reception from the crowd. It was really superb. Security kept people waiting to go in during her songs, so no interruptions from that. They got let in during her chats... She really got the crowd going for the boys.

Richard

[postscript]

At long last they are treating Hayley properly--keeping people from waltsing into the auditorium while she is singing. Why does it take so long to get basic courtesies extended to:
1. simply a lovely girl anyway
2. a girl who is the epitome of courtesy and good manners herself.

Is it possible that our raising these matters and complaining about Il Divo's 'staff's' behaviour are read, passed on and are beginning to have an effect?

Peter

[graemek]

Yes Peter,
About time the tide turned. Excellent!!
Good to read, particularly since I just posted an
Edinburgh Castle poster which made no mention of her.
Graeme
Dave, your discussing hayley again link
has shifted.
Graeme

[Dave]

Hi Peter,

I'm glad the correct protocol was used by the venue staff at the Liverpool pops concert, with fewer interruptions from late arrivals. I wonder if it's because Hayley had more support this time, perhaps there was an orchestra sharing the bill with her and Il Divo?

However, I have to say that at Cardiff Castle, which was set up similar to the Il Divo World tour concerts in a massive (but outdoor) arena, the staff also made some efforts to hold back late arrivals at the sides... until Hayley's breaks between songs. Perhaps Hayley's presence and the protests from fans of her *and* I.D. is indeed (finally) having an effect on the way these concerts are organised!

Graeme, I'm afraid it's not very practical to keep chasing Il Divo forum links as there, the mods seem to delete posts fairly regularly and this changes the links. But I've altered it to link to their main forum index page.

Cheers, Dave

[Richard]

Hello again folks!

Here's another brief report from Il Divo's forum.

Nicky wrote:-

Hayley started off the show with a slightly different line up of songs and was accompanied by a beautiful violinist and pianist who really made her set so much more of a show than Manchester. She was wonderful and the crowd really enjoyed it from what I could see.

I hope you're reading this, Fiona! i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Richard

[Richard]

There is another mention of Hayley's performance on Il Divo's forum, signed by three ladies.

Anita, Sandra and Jolande from the Netherlands wrote:-

At 20.00h we were back at the tent just in time to hear lovely Hayley. She was fantastic, even better than we thought than in Rotterdam in April/may.

Richard

[Richard]

Hello again everybody!

There are now four thumbnail pictures of Hayley at the Liverpool Summer Pops by Wire Image:-

www.wireimage.com/GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls====201124&VwMd=i&nbc1=1

Success! I've finally managed to post a working link that only shows all the pictures from the specific event. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Once again I must thank Miriam from Hayley's official forum for the pointer!

Best Wishes,

Richard

[postscript]

And not one of these professional shots were any better, arguably as good(?) as our supposed 'amateur' chaps on HWI!!

Peter

[Richard]

Hello again folks!

Here is another comment from Il Divo's forum.

Laura Elena wrote:-

Hayley sang some Maori songs, "May it Be", one from the Merchant of Venice...just beautiful!! and I also loved that suit she wore. Very Greek looking-like.

Richard

[Richard]

One more from Il Divo's forum.

Hawaiian Trish wrote:-

...it was lovely to sit and listen to Hayley for the last time she has such a beautiful voice.

Richard

[Richard]

Here's another interesting comment from Il Divo's forum.

Irene wrote:-

Something also happened at Liverpool which didn't happen anywhere else was, when Hayley was singing, nobody was allowed to be shown to their seats while she was performing, we do have manners up north.
It can't be nice for Hayley to give her all, and people pushing through to get to their seats, this did not happen, I know I was waiting ages with Cat to get back after a drink, but once Hayley started singing they closed the doors.

Richard

[drew]

Excellent news. Respect at last. Hopefully this will not be a problem in future as we expect her to be in the lead role rather than the support act.

Richard, please make sure that all the audience is sitting down before she appears on BBC1 at 10:50.