Scott Alan
After the success of his previous concerts in London, Scott Alan returned for this one-night only concert. Due to popular demand a second concert was added for the evening. Scott was joined by Natalie Weiss, Cassie McIvor, Ashleigh Gray, Chloe Hart, Jodie Jacobs, Sarah Earnshaw and Daniel Boys. There were also two unexpected special guests…
The concert started with Natalie Weiss singing “I Am a Star”. She’s got an amazing voice, what a great start to the evening.
Next was Ashleigh Gray with “West”. It’s one of my favourite songs by Scott Alan and Ashleigh is such a talented performer. Stunning!
Chloe Hart sang an amazing rendition of “Easy”
This was followed by another amazing performance: Cassie McIvor singing “I’m Not Ready Yet to Grieve”.
Jodie Jacobs came on stage to sing “Surrender”. This song really showed off her voice, loved it.
Sarah Earnshaw’s “Again” was lovely!
“Magic” was sung by Ashleigh Gray. Just perfect.
Natalie Weiss sang a great acoustic version of “Distance You Have Come”.
Then Scott Alan came on stage and sang “It’s Good to See You Again”. It always feel special to me somehow when I see composers perform their own material.
Sarah Earnshaw came back to sing “Watch Me Soar”. Another lovely song and her voice really did soar.
Then Natalie Weiss was joined by the Divo of the evening, Daniel Boys, to sing “Nothing More” Their voices sounded lovely together and it’s such a beautiful song too.
Daniel stayed on to sing “Kiss the Air”. A truly amazing performance! He’s got one of the best voices I’ve heard.
“Say Goodbye” was sung by Cassie McIvor again. What a voice!
For the next song, Scott invited 5 aspiring performers to the stage (randomly picked from the audience), who each sang a couple of lines from “Never Neverland” before one of them was chosen to sing the whole song. The winner, and deservedly so, was Ziggie Sky Ward. No rehearsals, nothing, but she still nailed it. They couldn’t have chosen anyone better.
Next up were some songs from Scott’s new musical “Home”. The first was “My Life” sung by Scott himself. I liked it, especially the lyrics.
Jodie Jacobs and Natalie Weiss then sang “Home”. It’s such an uplifting song.
“And There It Is” was sung by Natalie Weiss again, followed by Chloe Hart’s “I Wish”. Beautiful songs and performances!
Ashleigh Gray then performed a new song from “Home”, “Getting High”. It was quite cheeky, but also very sad in parts.
The next song was another surprise. Stuart Matthew Price was in the audience and was asked by Scott to perform “Free” with Ashleigh Gray. I love the duet version of it and hearing it sung by such talented performers was wonderful.
The last song was sung by Scott again. He asked the audience what they wanted to hear and “Now” turned out to be the most popular. It was a great ending to the concert.
In-between songs there was the usual Scott Alan banter, including lots of swearing. Sometimes it just feels a bit too much for me (not the swearing, just in general), but it’s all part of the fun I guess. It definitely was a hugely enjoyable evening with stunning performances.
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