hi everyone and today I'm going to speak to you about one of the great
experiences that I had a about a week ago on June 25th I was able to attend
one of the top concerts on my bucket list it was Phil Collins. He came to
Dublin to the Not Dead Yet Tour for a show on June 25th and it was a great
opportunity for me because Phil Collins was concert that I was always wanted to
go I never thought I would be able to attend that concert because he has some
problems with his hand and he told everybody that he wouldn't do concerts
again because he wasn't able to play the drums and he's a great drummer. I've always
admired him for that, but that made me so sad and this year he announced that he
would be back for like a last tour and I knew that it was my last chance to
watch him and as soon as I was able I got the tickets for this concert. I was
able to get gold circle concerts which is the closest to the stage and it was a
standing ticket and closest to the stage and and that was such a great
experience. So the show had two opening acts the first one was Mike and the
Mechanics. This is a band with one of the members of Genesis - for those who
don't know Genesis, it is the old band of Phil Collins - and guitar player of Mike
and the mechanics is the same guitar player as Genesis. So they played some Genesis songs
and it was really good I really enjoyed it. And then there was Blondies. Everyone
know at least one Blondies song and and the band was great. Their shows are
was amazing. It was so fun because the singer she
still has the rock star pose and everything, which was so
entertaining during the entire show. But the she almost got lost on the beginning of
one track in which she almost didn't hit the tempo for the song and was a little
funny, but it was a great opening show. And then Phil Collins hit the stage it
gave me chills when he hit the stage because his voice is as powerful as
I had imagined and he has this unique voice that you know it's Phil Collins
when he's singing and I'm a big fan of him ever since I was little, my dad
used to listen to his songs and then he made songs for Disney movies - I'm huge
Disney fan - so that reinforced my passion over Phil Collins songs and
then seeing him live, he singing live was just amazing um he didn't play, he sat
down the entire show because he hurt his leg in a previous show on the tour
so the whole show was with him sat down and singing with the band. The band is
amazing. the show has huge productions. They have
like background screens that changes with each song and they have like amazing backgrounds.
There was one time that it was kind of like a funky song (Dancing to the Light, I believe)
and the screen was all red so you could really see the musicians and one other thing is
that he brought his son with him. Nicholas Collins was the drummer of the
tour so it was really cool to see a Collins playing the drums because that's
what Phil Collins used to do and he is a really good drummer I really enjoyed and I
laughed all the time because there was like all the younger girls screaming
because he's like fifteen years old or something like that and girls went crazy over him
but he's a really good drummer and he played the piano with his dad and you
could see Phil Collins face that he was so proud of him and that made
me so happy and it was just great and um I have some notes here so, okay... and he
sang most of his popular songs, he sang some Genesis songs he sang... um it was like a
two-hour concert. It was a very good length for a concert, I did enjoy, I
did sing, I did jump, I did scream and everything it was really good I gave me
chills when he sang In the Air Tonight because I love that song and on the end
of the show and everything ended up I realized that he didn't sang my favorite
song which is Against all odds. I was kind of bummed with that, but since I
just realized that in the end of the show it meant that I really enjoyed the
concert and I didn't care during the 2 hours that I was watching him and
listened to him about it, of what songs he was singing, I was just singing all
the songs and enjoying it. So um I really hope he continues for a long time with
the tours. I know he already extended the tour to December =, which is great
I hope that he continues as a musician
but I know... I also know that he's old, so that's one thing that I had on my
mind: I need to watch this concert because I don't know if I'll have another
opportunity. We may loose him and he's already had the problem with his hand so
he's not playing anymore he may change his mind and not play (sing) again
or do any other tours. So I was so happy I got to watch him live and it was
amazing and it was like a dream come true really because it was one of the
concerts that I really wanted to go and I don't have any regrets on that. It
was so so so so so great. So I also have some other shows that I want to
watch but let's see what happens. And what was your favorite show, the one that
you liked the most when you attended? the one that gave you chills and made you
cry, made you laugh and everything tell me on the comments and also tell me which
was your bucket list shows which? shows you absolutely have to go before you die?
because Phil Collins was one of these shows for me and I want to know yours
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