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Everyone else covers Leonard's songs to a greater or lesser effect, but I would like to hear Leonard sing ALWAYS in Auckland on 29th October.

Leonard's version of Irving Berlin's ALWAYS is stunning and magical.
We played Leonard's version as as one of our wedding songs last year and had hoped to hear him sing it at his concert here last year.

That was not to be, but can we make a special request to hear him sing it on October 29th in Auckland? We'll be sitting in Row 4 so Leonard will definitely hear our thunderous call of appreciation if he is able to meet this request. He will also be able to hear our thunderous calls of appreciation during the concert even if he is unable to meet this request.

Chris and Kerry
"I'll be loving you...."

It's funny you should mention Leonard's version of "Always". Just this past week a previously uncirculated bootleg of the April 27, 1993 show in Odense, Denmark, was graciously shared on dimeadozen, from the analog master. Three encores were performed, with "Always" being one of them! Since we didn't even have a documented set-list for this performance on The Future tour, it stands as the only known performance of this particular song. I think it would be great for Leonard to introduce such selections into the setlist, as in my opinion the current setlist needs a HUGE overhaul!

Hey ChrisNZ,
" I`ll be loving you AAALWAYS..."
you are so right, would love to hear that song in Salzburg, Basel and....!!!
thanks for your post, Greetings Susanne