Concert Database
This is a table of all of the concerts that I have attended over the years. The asterisks indicate those concerts that I covered for Blues & Soul magazine.
Date | Name | Venue | Price |
16 September 1985 | Bucks Fizz | City Hall, Sheffield | £7.50 |
19 October 1986 | Whitney Houston | Wembley Arena | £15.00 |
9 November 1986 | Pia Zadora | London Palladium | £10.00 |
6 December 1986 | Eurythmics | Wembley Arena | £9.00 |
21 December 1986 | Bucks Fizz | London Palladium | ?? |
3 April 1987 | Phyllis Hyman | Hammersmith Odeon | ?? |
24 April 1987 | Phil Cool / Nothing By Chance | Royalty Theatre | £7.50 |
18 September 1987 | Atlantic Starr | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
13 October 1987 | Regina Belle | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
21 December 1987 | Jonathan Butler | Hammersmith Odeon | £8.00 |
27 February 1988 | New York Jazz Explosion (inc. Roy Ayers & Jean Carne) | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
7 May 1988 | Whitney Houston / Giorge Pettus | Wembley Arena | £16.00 |
8 May 1988 | Whitney Houston / Giorge Pettus | Wembley Arena | £16.00 |
11 May 1988 | Whitney Houston / Giorge Pettus | Wembley Arena | £16.00 |
12 May 1988 | Whitney Houston / Giorge Pettus | Wembley Arena | £16.00 |
14 May 1988 | Whitney Houston / Giorge Pettus | Wembley Arena | £16.00 |
18 June 1988 | Meli’sa Morgan / Najee | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
28 October 1988 | Mica Paris | Dominion Theatre | £7.50 |
3 November 1988 | Keith Sweat | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
20 November 1988 | Will Downing / Dee Dee Wilde | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
1 December 1988 | Bruce Hornsby and the Range | Hammersmith Odeon | £8.50 |
15 December 1988 | Natalie Cole | Hammersmith Odeon | £12.50 |
9 April 1989 | Marlena Shaw | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
19 April 1989 | Commodores | Hammersmith Odeon | £12.50 |
5 May 1989 | Alyson Williams / Tashan | Dominion Theatre | £9.50 |
1 June 1989 | Karyn White | Hammersmith Odeon | £10.00 |
29 June 1989 | Chaka Khan | Hammersmith Odeon | £12.50 |
15 July 1989 | Peabo Bryson, Chapter 8, Lavine Hudson | Hammersmith Odeon | £12.50 |
27 September 1989 | Gloria Estefan | Wembley Arena | £16.00 |
11 October 1989 | Temptations | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
21 October 1989 | Betty Wright / Omar | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
22 October 1989 | Regina Belle | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
2 November 1989 | BeBe & CeCe Winans | Hackney Empire | £11.00 |
5 November 1989 | BeBe & CeCe Winans | Hackney Empire | £11.00 |
25 November 1989 | Alyson Williams / Tashan | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
2 December 1989 | Alexander O’Neal | Wembley Arena | £17.50 |
9 December 1989 | Natalie Cole / Gerald Alston | Hammersmith Odeon | £12.50 |
10 December 1989 | Natalie Cole / Gerald Alston | Hammersmith Odeon | £12.50 |
11 December 1989 | David Peaston / Gerald Alston | Hammersmith Odeon | £11.50 |
9 March 1990 | Will Downing / After 7 | Hammersmith Odeon | £9.50 |
1 November 1990 | BeBe & CeCe Winans | Dominion Theatre | £12.50 |
18 April 1991 | Teena Marie | Hammersmith Odeon | £12.50 |
3 September 1991 | Whitney Houston / Gerald Alston | Wembley Arena | £21.50 |
10 September 1991 | Whitney Houston / Gerald Alston | Wembley Arena | £22.00 |
11 September 1991 | Whitney Houston / Gerald Alston | Wembley Arena | £22.95 |
4 December 1991 | Soul Celebration (inc. Will Downing & Mica Paris) | Royal Albert Hall | £22.50 |
5 November 1992 | The Winans Family | Royal Albert Hall | £20.00 |
3 December 1992 | David Sanborn / Rachelle Ferrell | Town & Country Club | £12.50 |
24 April 1993 | Michael Ball | Hammersmith Odeon | £17.50 |
26 September 1993 | Michael Ball | Dominion Theatre | £30.00 |
2 November 1993 | Whitney Houston | Sheffield Arena | £22.50 |
5 November 1993 | Whitney Houston | Earls Court | £22.50 |
7 November 1993 | Chante Moore | Hammersmith Apollo | £15.00 |
9 November 1993 | Dina Carroll / Eternal | Hammersmith Apollo | £14.00 |
2 December 1993 | Luther Vandross / Dina Carroll | Wembley Arena | £22.50 |
17 December 1993 | Michael Ball | Hammersmith Apollo | £18.50 |
2 February 1994 | Kenny G | Royal Albert Hall | £16.00 |
12 June 1994 | Philharmonia Orchestra | Royal Festival Hall | £5.00 |
11 July 1994 | Natalie Cole | Royal Festival Hall | free |
17 September 1994 | Peabo Bryson | West Springfield, Massachusetts | free |
18 September 1994 | Louise Mandrell | West Springfield, Massachusetts | free |
4 October 1994 | Celine Dion / Martyn Joseph | Cambridge Theatre | £13.50 |
7 December 1994 | Eternal / Michelle Gayle | Hammersmith Apollo | £13.50 |
19 December 1994 | Dina Carroll | Wembley Arena | £15.00 |
21 December 1994 | Michael Ball | Hammersmith Apollo | £18.50 |
8 January 1995 | Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra | Barbican Hall | £6.00 |
25 May 1995 | Celine Dion | Hammersmith Apollo | £15.00 |
10 September 1995 | Michael Ball | Woburn Abbey | £27.50 |
10 November 1995 | Anita Baker / George Duke | Wembley Arena | £22.50 |
26 November 1995 | Michael Ball | Theatre Royal | £20.00 |
7 January 1996 | Jean Carne / Marlena Shaw | The Rythmic, London | free |
18 January 1996 | Percy Sledge | Jazz Café | free |
18 May 1996 | Cybill Shepherd | The Green Room, Café Royal | £55.00 |
9 November 1996 | Michael Ball | Birmingham NEC | £19.50 |
17 November 1996 | Celine Dion / The Corrs | Wembley Arena | £22.50 |
22 November 1996 | Gloria Estefan | Wembley Arena | £22.50 |
20 June 1997 | Brand New Heavies / Omar | Royal Albert Hall | £15.00 |
12 September 1997 | Toni Braxton | Wembley Arena | ?? |
25 November 1998 | Lighthouse Family / Karen Ramirez | Wembley Arena | £19.00 |
7 April 1999 | Michael Ball | Royal Albert Hall | £23.00 |
8 July 1999 | Shania Twain | Wembley Arena | £20.00 |
9 September 1999 | Whitney Houston | Sheffield Arena | £40.00 |
15 September 1999 | Whitney Houston | Wembley Arena | £40.00 |
26 October 1999 | Lynden David Hall | Royal Festival Hall | £13.50 |
10 March 2000 | Ruby Turner | Jazz Café | £24.50 |
25 September 2000 | Trisha Yearwood / Kim Richey | Royal Albert Hall | £21.00 |
23 October 2000 | Michael Ball | Royal Albert Hall | £20.00 |
4 November 2000 | Fourplay | Royal Festival Hall | £25.00 |
10 December 2000 | Ben Sidran Quartet | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £20.00 |
25 October 2001 | The Corrs Unplugged | Royal Albert Hall | £55.00 |
13 December 2001 | Michael Ball | Dominion Theatre | £27.50 |
16 March 2002 | Cybill Shepherd | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £20.00 |
4 May 2002 | Dave McMurray / Bob James / The Rippingtons | Hammersmith Apollo | £28.00 |
12 May 2002 | An Enchanted Evening | Theatre Royal | £50.00 |
21 June 2002 | Michael Ball | Hampton Court | ?? |
1 September 2002 | Michael Ball | London Palladium | £32.50 |
21 March 2003 | Chris Standring | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £20.00 |
1 April 2003 | Ann Margret | MGM Grand, Las Vegas | $49.50 |
4 April 2003 | Gladys Kight | Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas | $74.00 |
12 July 2003 | Shania Twain / The Mavericks / Bjorn Again | Hyde Park, London | £45.00 |
9 October 2003 | Shelby Lynne / Anna Montgomery / Steve Conn | House of Blues, Anaheim | $25.00 |
10 October 2003 | LeAnn Rimes | Pala Casino Resort | $50.00 |
11 October 2003 | Olivia Newton-John | Orange County Performing Arts Center | $60.00 |
30 October 2003 | Susan Egan | Orange County Performing Arts Center | $46.00 |
21 November 2003 | Rita Coolidge | Orange County Performing Arts Center | $56.00 |
30 November 2003 | Freddie Ravel | Beverly Hills | Free |
7 December 2003 | Paul Jackson Jr. | Beverly Hills | Free |
13 December 2003 | LeAnn Rimes / Trick Pony / Aaron Lines | Aladdin Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas | $70.00 |
14 December 2003 | Jennifer York Quartet | Beverly Hills | Free |
19 December 2003 | Peabo Bryson, Natalie Cole, Sheena Easton & Christopher Cross | Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts | $75.00 |
18 February 2004 | David Benoit / Norman Brown / Dave Koz | Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts | $58.00 |
21 February 2004 | Jeanette Harris | Santa Anita Park | Free |
21 February 2004 | Paul Jackson Jr. | Santa Anita Park | Free |
12 March 2004 | The Four Tops | Orange County Performing Arts Center | $95.00 |
20 March 2004 | Kirk Whalum / Brian Culbertson / Phil Perry | Long Beach Terrace Theater, California | $65.00 |
23 July 2004 | Donny Osmond / Shonagh Daly | Leeds Castle, Kent | £35.00 |
1 August 2004 | Michael Ball / Gywneth Herbert | Penshurst Place, Kent | £34.00 |
5 August 2004 | Shakatak | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £20.00 |
14 September 2004 | LeAnn Rimes | Birmingham NIA | £25.00 |
16 September 2004 | LeAnn Rimes | Hammersmith Apollo, London | £27.50 |
9 October 2004 | Michael Ball | Theatre Royal, London | £25.00 |
15 March 2005 | Laura Pausini | Carling Apollo Hammersmith | £30.00 |
16 July 2005 | Michael McDonald / Joan Osborne | Mann Center, Philadelphia | $49.00 |
20 July 2005 | Darryl the Flute Man | Marlton, New Jersey | Free |
22 July 2005 | Buddy Guy / Amazing Grace / Damian / Carli | Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia | Free |
24 July 2005 | Vivian Green | Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia | Free |
27 July 2005 | Vanessa Williams & The Philadelphia Orchestra | Mann Center, Philadelphia | $68.00 |
12 August 2005 | Paul Jackson Jr. | Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia | Free |
19 August 2005 | Steve Cole | Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia | Free |
14 October 2005 | Michael Bolton / Vonda Shepherd | The Centre, Brighton | £37.50 |
18 April 2006 | Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of ‘The War of the Worlds’ | Royal Albert Hall | £50.00 |
27 January 2007 | Toni Braxton | Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas | $79.75 |
24 March 2007 | Michael Ball / Tara Blaise | The Brighton Centre | £29.50 |
19 August 2007 | Andrew Lloyd Webber Gala | The Mermaid Theatre, Blackfriars | £25.00 |
29 February 2008 | Alicia Keys / Soul II Soul | O2 Arena, London | £30.00 |
13 April 2008 | John Barrowman | Hammersmith Apollo | £40.00 |
2 May 2008 | Celine Dion | M.E.N Arena, Manchester | £85.00 |
20 September 2008 | Martina McBride / Jack Ingram | Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, New Jersey | $51.50 |
23 September 2008 | Lynda Carter | Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City, New Jersey | $25.00 |
15 April 2009 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – The London Philharmonic Orchestra |
Royal Albert Hall | £37.50 |
31 July 2009 | Martina McBride | Indigo2, London | £40.00 |
19 September 2009 | Michael Ball | Royal Albert Hall | £35.00 |
10 April 2010 | Dave Koz / Brian Simpson | Pizza Express, Maidstone, Kent | £28.00 |
25 April 2010 | Whitney Houston | O2 Arena, London | £100.00 |
19 June 2010 | Michael Ball | Hampton Court | £85.00 |
8 July 2010 | Elizabeth Cook | Leadenhall Market, London | Free |
4 September 2010 | Mindi Abair / Jeff Golub | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £23.00 |
7 May 2011 | Brian Culbertson | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £28.00 |
3 September 2011 | Jessy J / Paul Brown | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £28.00 |
1 October 2011 | Euge Groove | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £28.50 |
6 October 2011 | Idina Menzel | Royal Albert Hall | £70.00 |
14 October 2011 | Josh Groban | Bridgewater Hall, Manchester | £35.00 |
5 May 2012 | Brian Culbertson | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £28.00 |
21 June 2012 | Carrie Underwood | Royal Albert Hall | £45.00 |
15 July 2012 | Lady Antebellum | O2 Apollo, Manchester | £27.50 |
19 October 2012 | Friday Night is Music Night (Michael Ball, Arts Ed School) | Mermaid Theatre, Blackfriars | £25.00 |
4 May 2013 | Michael Ball | Hammersmith Apollo | £42.50 |
16 May 2013 | Donny & Marie Osmond | Flamingo, Las Vegas | $104.50 |
18 May 2013 | Shania Twain | The Colosseum, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas | $59.99 |
19 May 2013 | Boyz II Men | Mirage, Las Vegas | $75.00 |
25 September 2013 | Nicola Benedetti | Royal Albert Hall | £37.00 |
8 December 2013 | Michael Ball | Phoenix Theatre | £65.00 |
9 May 2014 | Brian Culbertson | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £32.50 |
16 May 2014 | Cara Dillon | Town Hall, High Wycombe | £19.50 |
25 September 2014 | Veronic Dicaire (‘Veronic Voices’) | Jubilee Theater, Bally’s, Las Vegas | $30 |
29 November 2014 | Euge Groove | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £32.50 |
12 December 2015 | Jessy J | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £25.00 |
30 January 2015 | Gerald Albright | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £32.50 |
11 April 2015 | Michael Ball | Hammersmith Apollo | £45.00 |
12 April 2015 | Michael Ball | Symphony Hall, Birmingham | £45.00 |
26 June 2015 | Idina Menzel | Bournemouth International Centre | £85.00 |
27 September 2015 | Nicola Benedetti | Royal Albert Hall | £37.00 |
11 December 2015 | Jessy J | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £25.00 |
20 December 2015 | Clare Teal | Pizza Express, Maidstone, Kent | £30.00 |
25 March 2016 | The Whispers / Howard Hewett / Chante Moore | Long Beach Terrace Theater, California | $75.00 |
2 April 2016 | Samathan Barks | St. James Studio, London | £25.00 |
17 April 2016 | Michael Lington / Nils | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £29.50 |
19 June 2016 | Steve Cole / Nick Colionne | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £29.50 |
9 October 2016 | Rachel John / Kurt Kansley | St. James Studio, London | £30.00 |
15 October 2016 | Laura Pausini | Hammersmith Apollo | £45.00 |
16 December 2016 | Anthony Rapp | St. James Studio, London | £15.00 |
12 February 2017 | Euge Groove | Pizza Express Jazz Club | £28.40 |
15 March 2017 | Lara Fabian | Hammermith Apollo | £63.00 |
15 April 2017 | Audra McDonald | Leicester Square Theatre | £70.00 |
11 June 2017 | West End Live Lounge | Union Theatre, Southwark | £20.00 |
23 July 2017 | David Bedella and Friends | The Other Palace (Studio) | £25.00 |
24 September 2017 | West End Live Lounge | The Other Palace (Studio) | £18.00 |
3 December 2017 | Marisha Wallace (guest Tyrone Huntley) | Charing Cross Theatre | £78.50 |
11 February 2018 | West End Live Lounge | The Other Palace (Theatre) | £25.00 |
1 April 2018 | Musical Marathon | The Other Palace (Theatre) | £30.00 |