Ronnie Wood LondonO2 Forum Friday 21st August

When this concert was announced a few months ago I got the pre-sale link and thought it would be nice to see him in a small venue.
The £200 price tag put me off so I gave it a miss.
It seems like the price put a lot of other people off too as over the months the ticket price kept dropping.
It came down to £100 which, is still a lot, but I decided to take the plunge.
Glad I went as it was an excellent evening.
Support was from Marcus Bonfanti whom delivered a short,punchy blues rock set.
Quick search online and it turns out he was frontman for Ten Years After between 2014 & 2024.
Ronnie and his Ammo band followed and we got 2 hours of songs from his whole career.
Top class band with Andy Newmark on drums, Willie Weeks on bass, Andy Wallace on keyboards, Jerry Lee Schell on guitar and Chanel Haynes on vocals.
Imelda May came on midway through the set and added her distinctive vocals.
All in all a top night!
What's not to like in this setlist?

Setlist
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It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (but I Like It)
(The Rolling Stones song)
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Am I Grooving You
(Freddie Scott cover)
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Take It Easy
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Flying
(Faces song)
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Hey Negrita
(The Rolling Stones song)
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Seven Days
(Bob Dylan cover)
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Remember (Walking in the Sand)
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You’re So Fine
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Wee Wee Hours
(Chuck Berry cover)
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Show Me
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Mystifies Me
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River Deep, Mountain High
(Ellie Greenwich cover)
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Country Honk
(The Rolling Stones song)
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Chain of Fools
(Aretha Franklin cover)
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Boogie
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Spoonful
(Willie Dixon cover)
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Ooh La La
(Faces song)
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Can't You Hear Me Knocking
(The Rolling Stones song)
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I Can Feel the Fire
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Plynth (Water Down the Drain)
(Jeff Beck Group song)
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Stay With Me / Gasoline Alley (intro)
(Faces song)
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Encore:
Breathe on Me
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Outlaws

As we are of a certain age and it costs a lot to get there, with petrol and accommodation along the way, I feel a balance was reasonable. We didn’t shun the stalls completely.

You are also paying for Labour and the rent charged by Fairport . Don't forget that the stallholders have to stay away from home and make their profit from a smaller crowd. Be careful they might not come next time.

… plus staff costs, power to heat the water, power for refrigerated storage, H&S costs, insurance, vehicle costs, various licences, rental to FC etc etc
Ignore me, I’m being facetious, but it really isn’t just the cost of the raw materials!

At last, we teabellies remembered to get a flask! We got a 1.2 Litre Thermos in the sale and it was about £34.  It made seven large cups which we shared. With tea at £2 a cup from the stalls, we had the flask instead and saved ourselves up to £84 on three days’ tea…so it has already paid for itself. I will use it on long work journeys anyway, so it will be handy.

We did support the stalls on Friday and Saturday, having a meal each those nights. But I begrudge paying two quid for some water, UHT milk and a teabag.

Thanks all - I was never a Minnie Riperton fan, I can’t stand Loving You, but I do like this song  

That’s it!  

 Thank you for this, I’ve been busting my brains trying to find it!!

I love the chorus - it was used in a Microsoft advert, or the “la la la” version was, which is probably why I couldn’t remember the lyrics…!

Former Tom Jones, AC/DC, The Firm, Manfred Mann's Earth Band et al drummer Chris Slade has announced his retirement. He's fast approaching 80 and has suffered a minor stroke in the last few years so is hanging up his sticks.

I just saw him the once with Page and Rodgers in the Firm and a fine drummer he was too. Here they are back in the mid-80s filmed in concert in London...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdEmBe24Xa4

The recording uploaded to DIME had this attached, though sod's law says that the song you want is one of the unidentified ones.

1.  Intro
2.  
3.  Hammond Song
4.  Intro
5.  We Are Marshall Gilmour Webbs
6.  
7.  Intro inc. Happy Birthday
8.  Straw Into Gold
9.  Intro
10. In Full Colour
11. Intro
12. The Knowing
13. I'm Full Of Your Love
14. Intro
15. The Great Gig In The Sky
16. Intro
17. Vita Brevis->Between Two Points
18. Intro
19.
20. Les Fleurs
21. Crowd
22. Intro
23. And So It Goes
24. The Moon And The Tide
25. Outro