The Tale of how Mickey Bubbles blew me away...

[elisi]

Ages ago, in spring sometime, my younger s-i-l B bought tickets to a Michael Bublé concert, as a birthday present for my older s-i-l, H. She got four tickets, because she thought it'd be a fun girls night out, and I happily said yes because hey - girls night out! (No children or husband! That happens like... never!) I wasn't particularly bothered about Mr Bublé (although 'Feeling Good' is one of my alltime favourite songs), and did think that £50 a ticket was RIDICULOUS, but hey - good company and fun would surely be had.

So last night me, H, B and K (younger b-i-l's girlfriend) set off to Sheffield (driven by younger b-i-l, bless him!) and H & B brought a bottle of something pink and bubbly and four glasses, so it was an enjoyable journey.

Anyway, like I said, I didn't really have any expectations... and then it started (this was filmed at the start of his tour, at the same venue we went to):

Damn, he can really *really* sing... And then, after a couple of songs, he started chatting. And would you believe it, but he's funny and charming too! A note-perfect entertainer who manages to create intimacy despite the fact that there were 12,000 people there. (I think. It was thereabouts anyway.) He went on to talk a little about himself, saying how he was now engaged... and then waited for the audience reaction, and chuckled:

"Well thanks! Half you booed, and all your boyfriends and husbands turned to you and went 'He's so gay!'"

This made us laugh, because H's husband wrote 'He's gay!' on their calendar on date of the concert... Anyway, Mr Bublé then continued, and started being not just entertaining, but awesome:

"As it happens, I'm not gay. But - if I was I'd announce it to the whole world, and be *proud*!"

And then he went off into pure brilliance by adding:

"And I'd totally bone you!" [he pointed to guy on the first row] "No really, have a look. Have you seen those arms?"

Clearly I'm easy. ;) (His fiancée is Argentinian btw, and, as he put it, if Tiger Woods had been married to an Argentinian, he'd be missing a few vital parts of his anatomy by now...)

Anyway, he also introduced his band, which was absolutely brilliant. One of the trumpeters had a solo later on, and clearly the man has lungs like a whale, because I have NEVER heard anyone hold a note for that long. Damn.

So, there was lots of great songs (go look it up on youtube - descriptions really don't do it justice) and we were enjoying ourselves plenty, despite being rather far back. Except then some crew people came along and began putting together a little platform almost right next to where we were sitting - and he proceeded to walk down one of the aisles and get onto the platform and was like... 10 feet away from us!!!!elventy!!! (H: "OMG THIS IS THE BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!!")

Those tickets? Worth every penny!

Oh, and the first encore was 'Feeling Good' which made me verrrrrry happy! :) And at the very, very end he turned off his microphone and just sang. And this after two hours of performing, and he sounded *great*. (Not a bum note the entire evening!)

So yeah, that was my brilliant night out! Have I mentioned how much I adore my in-laws? 'Cause they're all awesome. :)

And then Darcy and I went to Sainsbury's this morning to do the shopping and I bought Bublé's album, and Darcy told me I was pathetic. But then he's been telling me that for years, so I'm immune by now! ;)

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

I'd say Buble earned his CD royalties ;) That's great that you had such a fun time. With concert ticket prices so high these days you really hope to get something fun and memorable out of them. I've heard his music and he was on Dancing With the Stars once but I can't say I paid him any particular attention. But you're right, he sounds like an engaging entertainer.

[elisi]

Entertainer is absolutely the right word - I was expecting a singer (which would have been perfectly nice), but then I got wit and charm and all the rest thrown on top, and it's so rare to see. Old-fashioned in the best sense of the word. :)

[calturner.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you had a fantastic evening! Have I mentioned how jealous I am yet? *g*

[elisi]

It really was fantastic! And you got to have dinner with JM, so I think you're still ahead... *g* (I'm still kinda going '£50!!!' and then 'But it was worth it!')

[teragramm.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you had such an awesome gils night out.

[elisi]

Thanks! It doesn't happen often, so I'm treasuring it even more! :)

[spikereader.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the evening - it sounds absolutely amazing, and I'm positively green with envy. I was almost prepared to pay quite a bit more than £50 for tickets a while ago but talked myself out of it. One day though, I'll get to see him live.

[elisi]

I'm sure he'll be back! And maybe we could have an LJ-friends girls night out? That would be awesome! :)

[spikereader.livejournal.com]

That would indeed be amazing.

[elisi]

*crosses fingers hopefully*