Last week I went to see a Queen tribute concert at The Eastwood Theatre (a massive venue where all the big people play…such as primary school talent shows and retarded kids doing Shakespeare).
I had seen this band before, about six years ago in The Pavillion Theatre in the centre of Glasgow. I remember this gig being great, with the sell-out crowd constantly on their feet singing along to absolutely every song.
It was therefore a bit of a disappointment when my friend Oliek and I turned up to find the theatre just over half-full. Not only was there a small crowd – but a lot of the audience were young children – probably between the ages of 5 and 12. Perhaps they had mixed up the dates for their tribute acts and turned up to a Queen gig when instead they were here to see Gary Glitter.
The bands name is “Magic…A Kind of Queen”. A very clever name you would have to agree, what with the song, album and tour of 1985 being called “Queen…A Kind Of Magic”.
The same guys also do an E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra) tribute where they are called – “Magic…A Kind of E.L.O.”
This doesn’t work at all.
Anyway, the first half of the gig was pretty flat, so when it came to the half-time interval, Oliek and I decided to hit the bar in an attempt to loosen up a bit for the second half.
On bottle of beer and four aftershocks later the show had started again and the audience participation was in full-flow…even if there were only two of us singing along. In reality there might have been – but I was so aftershocked up I didn’t really care.
And who ever said they didn’t need alcohol to have a good time – in this instance it helped immensely!
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What a load of rubbish. I have seen the band doing ELO many times and they were fantastic at it. Just because the lead singer doesn't look like Jeff Lynne doesn't mean they arn't right!
The keyboard player is fantastic and the backing vocals are amazing.
They don't replace the real thing though...
Thanks for the comment anonymous - I would agree that Magic are very good at performing ELO. I was just pointing out that the name "Magic...A kind of ELO" doesn't work at all - bearing in mind how clever the name "Magic...A Kind of Queen" is - nothing to do with the talent of the band.
But you're right - they don't replace the real thing!
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