KENNY ROGERS

We went to the Kenny Rogers concert at the Adelaide Festival Theatre tonight (Royce's Christmas present) and what a great night it was.  Royce is a real Kenny Rogers fan and whilst I like some of his music I wouldn't have gone out of my way to go to his concert.  Having said that, I am glad we did go.  I enjoyed it much more than I had expected.  We went out for tea at Fasta Pasta first then headed into the city.  We had to do a bit of a circle loop to get a park but after that all went well.
The first act was a young South Australian woman and for the life of me I cannot now remember her name but she had an amazing voice and I will have to try to remember her name so we can see if she has a CD out.  We think her name was Amber Lee Pointon or Polton or something like that - anyone heard of her?  I will try to find out her name and see how we go. 
When Kenny Rogers first walked onto the stage I thought "OMG he is old and looks like he is pissed".  Appearances can be deceptive.  Whilst the guy is in his 60s and is not a high energy act, he can still entertain.  He sang many of his old songs - including one from the 1960s when he fronted First Edition.  I am not sure of the name of that song but it was something about checking the condition of his condition!  It was certainly very 60s when mind altering substances were all the rage, but it was still a pretty good song and I bet if it was re released now it would sell well!!!!!  Lots of the old favourites and some newer ones as well.  He also engaged the audience really well during the whole show.
We had a really good time and for us old codgers it wasn't even a real late night - home by 11pm.
It was also surprising how many 'young' people were in the audience.  The place was packed with very few empty seats and whilst the majority were our age or older there was a good showing of under 30s.
It is now 11.20pm and time for all good (older) people to hit the sack.   Talk again soon.