Channel 4's Club 140 review of Concert
07/10/02
It’s less
than 8 months since Will Young was crowned Pop Idol winner, yet last weekend he
played to a packed at London’s Docklands Arena.
He was joined by his old pop idol chums Gareth Gates and Zoe Birkett, who each
performed their own material, joined him.
Club went along to see if these reality TV singers look set to go the distance.
Or will
It be a case of Hear’t day all over again.
Pop Idol runner –up Zoe kicked off the concert by belting out a series of
Up-tempo dance numbers and gyrating in tight jeans and a denim crop-top.
She then retreated from the stage to make way for the boys, who both performed
tracks from their new albums.
Will looked like he had been on stage forever, with an assured air as he
thrilled
The audience with his fab forthcoming single Over you
At times Gareth Gates looked a little out of his depth on stage at London’s
Docklands arena, when he struggled with his vocals
But he had the lion share of the girl fans in the audience – judging by the
banners and
The screams when he wiggled to his current hit Suspicious Minds.
His costumed varied from trademark leather and denim to a dashing black suit
for his duet with Will.
Gareth was obviously worried that his stammering problem would ruin the flow of
the gig on his tour with pop idol bud’s Will Young and Zoe Birkett.
At London’s Docklands Arena on the weekend pre-recorded messages linked his
numbers, which seemed really weird!
But the crowd were forgiving and loved it when cameras zoomed in on Gareth’s
Phone to display more messages,
But the true star of the show was Will Young who proved a versatile performer –
he positively smouldered on Light My Fire, but he and Gareth had the crowd
swooning on Long and Winding Road.
Clubs favourites were Ticket to Love, made with legend Burt Bacharach and Over
to You, set to be Will’s new single.
His first album is From Now On is out this week and he’s reportedly made £1
million
From tickets sales. No wonder he was smiling
The Will, Gareth and Zoe show ended with the trio singing Al Green’s
“Let’s stay together”. The boys were smart in their funky black suits,
while Zoe looked gorgeous in a simple white dress.
The highlight of the night was when a walkway was lowered across the arena and
The trio walked along it, just inches from the exited audience.
All in all a great show