Melanie C (Club Academy, Manchester 25/02/12)

basics...
Just three short months after I first saw Melanie C live in Liverpool I saw her again, in Manchester, thanks to a Christmas present from my Mum and sister!! Best present ever! So after a day exploring the Whitworth Gallery (ho hum) and Manchester Museum (very interesting), and a Danish tea at KRO Bar, we went to see Melanie C belt out some tuuuuuunes.

brilliant...
Well it was all brilliant, obviously. It wasn't better than last time, although I liked the support act (Molly McQueen) more in Manchester, and the venue was better in Liverpool (with Melanie C on a raised stage where everyone had a good view), it was just different. The set list was revised too, to 18 songs as follows:

1. Rock Me
2. Yeh Yeh Yeh
3. Weak
4. Northern Star
5. Never Be the Same Again
6. If That Were Me*
7. Fragile*
8. One by One
9. Burn
10. Go*
11. Too Soon*
12. Beautiful Intentions*
13. Drown
14. Next Best Superstar
15. When You're Gone
16. Think About It
17. Stupid Game
18. I Turn to You

The set list wasn't massively different, she still opened with a stonking Rock Me segue into Yeh Yeh Yeh medley type arrangement, and ended with an encore of Stupid Game remixed with Tainted Love and a massively upbeat I Turn To You to jump around to. Replacing Reason, Here It Comes Again, Out of Here, All About You from Liverpool were: an acoustic version of If That Were Me that moved straight into B-side Fragile; Northern Star opening track 'Go'; unreleased - and excellent - Too Soon; and Beautiful Intentions. Yet again, not a single track from This Time, but what was sung was wall-to-wall brilliant, with the new selections surprising and well chosen.

briefly...
Another awesome gig from Melanie C.