SHAKIN' STEVENS
Frankfurt Opernball - Germany
21st February 2004

  
 


2004 Opernball Brochure

 

1.

This Ole House

2.

Give Me Your Heart Tonight

3.

Marie Marie / Oh Julie

4.

Baby It's You

5.

It's Late

6.

Turning Away

7.

You Drive Me Crazy

8.

With My Heart

9.

So Long Baby Goodbye

10.

Stand By Me (encore)

11.

Rockin' The Night Away

THE BAND
Martyn Hope - Lead Guitar
Stuart Colman - Bass Guitar
Howard Tibble - Drums
Elio Pace - Keyboards / Squeezebox / Backing Vocals

LINKS

  Tony Rivers - Backing Vocals / Guitar

www.frankfurter-opernball.com

  Anthony Thompson - Backing Vocals / Guitar

     Tickets for this event (attended mostly by the rich and famous) were extremely expensive, costing hundreds of pounds per head.  A number of dedicate Shaky fans travelled across Germany just to greet him at the stage door of the Royal Opera House, whilst a few managed to get tickets for the concert which lasted approximately 45 minutes.  For the encore Shaky chose two songs that as far as I know he has never performed live.  One was the Ben E King classic "Stand By Me", followed by his self penned rocker "Rockin' The Night Away".
A new addition to the band is Elio Pace on keyboard and vocals.  He said after Shaky invited him to play in the band, "It was an offer I couldn't refuse as I was a big Shaky fan back in the 80's."
A visit to his website where you can sample his talent, is highly recommended.... www.eliopace.com.
Incidentally, lead guitarist Martyn Hope is also part of The Elio Pace band.



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