Ladies, keep listening to Release the Stars and give it a bit more time because it is fantastic live!
It was a great show last night. I wasn't sure if anything could top the Glasgow show but this did it. The venue was great (The Old Vic) and really suited him. A beautiful old theatre with fab acoustics. He sang one song without a microphone to test it out and it sounded great.
He played all of the new album and a few old favourites plus a couple of the Judy Garland songs (his voice was pretty amazing on those...as it was throughout the whole evening). I'm not going to give a full review on here - I'm sure you'll read better ones on the Rufus site anyway.
The only song I don't like on the album is Tulsa and his live performance didn't win me over either. Crap song basically.
The encore was hilarious. He sat wearing a dressing gown on a chair centre stage and put on diamond earrings and a ring, applied bright red lipstick and then stood up and was surrounded by the band (now wearing tuxedos) while he disrobed and then was revealed in full 'Judy' outfit with a black jacket, hat and black tights. He's got the most amazing legs!! They then went into a full dance routine of 'Get Happy' - great fun.