

What you may not know about last night's concert is that we had just three rehearsals in Los Angeles prior to the performance before flying to London - and we'd really never worked with many of the guest singers until just hours before showtime. On top of that, during soundcheck, we had an entire gospel choir, ten violins and cellos and six brass trumpets, saxophones and trombones on stage with us for practically the first time!



Earl Slick is still one cool dude and an amazing rock / blues guitarist. Cat Russell was amazing and Gail Ann Dorsey blew the house down. Mark Plati held the fort down with wonderful rhythm. Adrian Belew and Gerry Leonard are such genius guitarists. Holly Palmer sang the hell out of Lady Grinning Soul. Sterling Campbell might be the best rock drummer on the planet with precision beyond belief. He knows David's music like I know jazz. Zack Alford also played amazing drums as did Blair Sinta. Paul Bushnell played incredible bass. Scrote, the visionary of this entire tour, did a wonderful job as music director.



Simon Le Bon, Joe Elliott, Bernard Fowler, Tony Hadley, Tom Chaplin, La Roux - they were all just wonderful. Joe Sumner, Jeremy Little and Alex Painter did terrific jobs on their songs. Angelo Moore is a fantastic performer. Mr Hudson commanded the whole audience on Starman. Gabby Moreno sang Five Years with a vocal range that's just scary - she is quite an up-and-coming talent. Gary Oldman is such a treasure and was so heartfelt on Dead Man Walking and Sorrow.



Please enjoy this video of just some of the highlights from last night. There will be more to come but for those of you who couldn't be with us this is a good first start at some of the magic that went down in Brixton

