CONCERT REPORTS: Dublin September 11, 12, 14 & 15, 2012

[jdhayes]

Sorry for my reference to Thursday night. I am so grogged from driving up and down from Limerick at all hours I hardly know what day it is. I meant Friday of course.

[holydove]

I am so excited to hear that Leonard did Anyhow in concert (& with new lyrics, different from the new lyrics in soundcheck, no less)!! That had to be totally awesome! I echo Tineke's hope that this has been captured on video -( where are you, Al or Marie - I'm depending on you & your brilliant videography).

(Tineke: guess your plans changed & you couldn't resist staying for one more. . .good decision, I'm happy for you!)

[MaryRachel]

Video uploaded by xMaryyyxx - Thanks!

Sept 11

Democracy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZuHDbBtT0c

glad you found my Democracy video, I just uploaded another one from the 11th, not spectacular quality but as video from these shows seems to be fairly scarce so far I thought I'd share anyway.

Come Healing - 11th Sep

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtAykdQroFE

[sturgess66]

Thanks Mary Rachael. A nice video! Got any more?

Video uploaded by darren72ful - Thanks!

Sept 11th

Dance Me To The End of Love (includes Leonard taking the stage) & The Future (partial)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keLC63qgEtM

[sturgess66]

Sept 11th

Video uploaded by rosskelly009 - Thanks!

So Long Marianne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_dZ8JNGz-A

Famous Blue Raincoat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H2NRDdlQ_k

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And - Sept 15th

Uploaded by BashBranagan - Thanks!
(not up close but audio is good)

Sisters of Mercy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oWTPhzobjQ

Suzanne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_V5MEJrJkc

Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsIFJl4YcT8

[IrishAL]

I am so excited to hear that Leonard did Anyhow in concert (& with new lyrics, different from the new lyrics in soundcheck, no less)!! That had to be totally awesome! I echo Tineke's hope that this has been captured on video -( where are you, Al or Marie - I'm depending on you & your brilliant videography).

Anyhow,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz9j3GCYiPQ

was lucky to capture this ...had 2 seconds left on by battery when this was finished !


albert

[Aido]

Hi Gwen, it was great meeting you last night. We were sitting beside you and didn't let the celebs behind us put us off Leonard!! At last I have managed to put a face on someone else from this forum!! I was beginning to believe it was all the work of ONE very fertile imagination! I agree that last night was absolutely fantastic. Leonard was in rare form as were the whole band. I also thank others who commented on my "Lament for Dino". I gave Alex more eartime last night and now accept that he is a great addition to the whole setup (I DO still miss Dino though!) Oh I really hope we'll "walk this floor" again next year and welcome Leonard back again........here's hoping!

Great meeting you to! It took all my self control during Hallelujah to not turn around and tell them to STFU! But hey, they can't take away from the wonderful night though maybe Charlie Bird and Niall Stokes behind us would have been better Thanks for letting me escape out for the encores BTW

WILD HORSES wouldn't have stopped you!!!

[TineDoes]

I am so excited to hear that Leonard did Anyhow in concert (& with new lyrics, different from the new lyrics in soundcheck, no less)!! That had to be totally awesome! I echo Tineke's hope that this has been captured on video -( where are you, Al or Marie - I'm depending on you & your brilliant videography).

Anyhow,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz9j3GCYiPQ

was lucky to capture this ...had 2 seconds left on by battery when this was finished !


albert

Albert, Thank you so much for capturing this and uploading it now. It is every bit as wonderful as I remember it.
Tineke

[holydove]

OMG, Albert!! thank you sooo much, you are my hero, I love you forever!! That video of Anyhow is MAGNIFICENT!! Thank you for the continuous close-ups, it's absolutely perfect!! What an amazing, priceless performance! I am literally trembling with joy from watching that! Leonard's smiles - my oh my - utterly sublime! Thank you again & again & again for that BRILLIANT video!! And thank your batteries for not running out before it finished!

BTW, it was really wonderful seeing you & Marie in Dublin (sorry we didn't get there the 2nd night). Looking forward to seeing you both again (you will be in Paris, I think?)

[sturgess66]

I am so excited to hear that Leonard did Anyhow in concert (& with new lyrics, different from the new lyrics in soundcheck, no less)!! That had to be totally awesome! I echo Tineke's hope that this has been captured on video -( where are you, Al or Marie - I'm depending on you & your brilliant videography).

Anyhow,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz9j3GCYiPQ

was lucky to capture this ...had 2 seconds left on by battery when this was finished !


albert

Fantastic Albert! We're lucky you captured it - and thanks for sharing!!
Have Mercy ...
Love the arrangements!

(And - if the battery was waning - dare we hope you have more from the 15th? )

[bridger15]

I am so excited to hear that Leonard did Anyhow in concert (& with new lyrics, different from the new lyrics in soundcheck, no less)!! That had to be totally awesome! I echo Tineke's hope that this has been captured on video -( where are you, Al or Marie - I'm depending on you & your brilliant videography).

Anyhow,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz9j3GCYiPQ

was lucky to capture this ...had 2 seconds left on by battery when this was finished !

albert

OMG OMG OMG. I shrieked and I laughed and I laughed and I shrieked. This is the best one yet!
LC loved the crowd's boisterous response. (this audience certainly did not sound reticent as reported on the forum)
Thank you again Albert for an outstanding capture of another historical first performance of one of his new songs.
---Arlene

[Cheshire gal]

Priceless!

[MaryRachel]

from the 11th

Going Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHswr-e9X2w

I Can't Forget
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unPk7-Tu7_c

Heart With No Companion (for some reason my camera decided to go blurry during this one, sound is ok though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlJPNtXgv94

[tomsakic]

I never heard Anyhow as a song to be laughed at its lyrics.

[TipperaryAnn]

Have just returned to computer world. ( Although I did have Joey's ' Notes from the Road' on the mobile and couldn't resist the occasional (expensive!) peep at Leif's intruiging blog on it.) It's good to take a break from computers and, dare I say it, from the forum, at times, but since returning I have really enjoyed reading all the Kilmainham concert reports posted so far and find myself agreeing with most of what is said.
Of course we are privileged to be able to afford one concert, not to mention the multiples some of us here have clocked up - anyone who noticed the girl begging in the cold on Colbert Bridge must realise that. But for the moment all I want to say is : Leonard is wonderful, the band is wonderful, the whole LC concert experience is wonderful. He is a great old trooper and long may he continue to work his magic.