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drakula63 wrote:I've now long since given up the notion that I'll see the Shadows live on stage again. I don't believe it will ever happen. But, do you know what... I don't care!
For me, all my dreams came true when they did their Final Tour in 2004 and then their Final Reunion Tour with Cliff in 2009. In 2004, I was lucky enough to get front row seats in Nottingham and then equally good seats at the London Palladium a few weeks later. To see them so close up and then on stage at the Palladium with Cliff (albeit only for three songs!) was a dream come true. Then, in 2009, excellent seats at both the Nottingham and Sheffield arena shows - the latter being on Cliff's birthday! And it was an awesome experience seeing them playing in such massive venues. I can honestly say that, on both these tours, the Shads were playing as well as, if not better than, they ever had. But now, ten/fifteen years later on... would this still be the case? The Rolling Stones can get away with it because, let's be really honest, they are pretty sloppy live and it's this 'looseness' that is part of their unique charm. The Shadows were always tight and played everything to perfection and a below-par Shads would be noticeable straight away. They finished on top. And for those of us who were there - and for those who weren't - we have the live CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays. That surely is enough? They all said that those would be their 'final' tours, so apart from Hank's small-scale gypsy jazz outings, we must accept that this is the case.
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