1 April 2010 Cafe Coast Restaurant Perth

[missembar]

Apr 1, 2010 10:16:19 GMT 10 12ktina said:

MissE, Thank goodness the gastro has cleared up!

Restaurant opens at 6pm
Dinner starts at 7pm
Damien (the main course!!) on at 8.45pm!!

See you there around 6-6.15!!

COOL....off to pack. See ya tonight

[Trilly]

Miss E! lovely to see you around, chook! ;D

Have a ball tonight ladies...and don't play any mean April Fool's jokes on D, willya?.. *hint hint*

[erinbella]

Have fun tonight Tina and Miss E !

[shimmery]

Hope you have a fantastic time Tina and Miss E and Tina hope your friends love their Damien concert experience as well!

[Glawz]

Have a wonderful evening ladies.

[nixter]

Have a wonderful time tonight W.A.
I think these have been Damien's best Concerts.
Lots of variety.

[shadow]

we went tonite it was very fab of course
as always damien was well loved by the crowd and certainly sounding amazing. after how many shows how does he do it
thanks for singing many of my favourite..beautiful, unordinary word (YAY) guitar man etc as well as annies song Hallelujah Nessun Dorma danny boy to get to you some amazing irish songs they were quite stunning
only wish he would sing more from his latest album though
the songs are too good to not be sung at these concerts!
many thanks also damien for the single! how sweet x
another top night thanks for coming to WA! x seems a few peeps
went so let them tell the rest

[12ktina]

Yes, another lovely night had by all!

Damien was in fine form and the night just flew by!!! I felt like he sang about 4 songs, but the set list indicates that he sang 15!!!

Remember June
TGTY
Beautiful
Unordinary World
Horses/Ride on
Annies Songs
Everybody's talking
Nessum Dorma
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Fields of Ahtersomething
A fast irish song
Guitar Man
Danny Boy
Wicked Game
Hallelujah

Damien was doing a fabulous job of entertaining the crowd as per usual. The crowd was appreciative without being too loud, altho there were a few loud ones, to be sure! (Particularly MissE who nearly deafened me..... altho I did poke her in the back a few times to send out a wolf whistle on my behalf!! She has a wicked whistle!!)

I have a few photos which I will try to post, but I did not take too many, MissE was snapping away and it looks like some of her shots were fantastic!! Looking forward to seeing her shots

Damien was accompanied by Eric and Cesar, who is another Chilean guitarist and flute player. He played the cutest little guitar thing, and some beautiful pipes ~ a gorgeous way to start Danny Boy! He did very well, as I think he has just joined them for the Perth shows... not sure if Indi will be back again?? I did miss her violin playing during certain songs!

I gave Damien and the band a little present of an Easter basket with some Eggs, a bunny and some Rabbit Ears (these were all given to George before the show, and he told me that they were all eating them backstage!!)...... to my surprise the rabbit ears appeared on stage just before they began and Damien put them on for a short while during the show and said that they were from me!! He looked so cute in them!!!

There was a motley crew of people waiting to see Damien at the end of the show, but you could see that they were keen to hustle him out of the back door into the waiting van. However, he was grabbed by some very determined fans (not me!!) who would not leave without their photo, which he agreed to very graciously of course........ even being manhandled by someone who was very drunk, not pretty!!! I held back a bit because I could see he wanted to go, but he was looking over to me and he leant over and gave me a big hug and kiss and said that he thought I had already left as George told him my DH had wanted to go (which he had). So we had a very very brief chat, but it was lovely to feel special ~ I am soooo lucky, Damien is so kind to me every time!

oh, I forgot to mention that we were all given signed copies of the Forgive/Forget single on our arrival! Damien said later that he was like Oprah giving something to all of the crowd, but he didn't have any cars to give away! He encouraged everyone to download Hallelujah on i-tunes, the most I've ever heard him plug something - finally!!! I think it will be very popular. So great to get a copy of the single for everyone tho!!

Damien is on a plane at about 8am to Melbourne for the telethon, then back in the evening to Perth for the next day's show! They wouldn't have arrived back at their hotel until after midnight tonight! The band were all staying in Perth, and George was wondering what they should do. We suggested the beach or Fremantle.

[aislingn]

Were they the uilleann pipes? they are lovely to listen to! the irish version of the scottish pipes!

[12ktina]

Apr 2, 2010 2:14:56 GMT 10 aislingn said:

Were they the uilleann pipes? they are lovely to listen to! the irish version of the scottish pipes!

No aisling, I think it was chilean. It was just a single pipe, like a recorder

[aislingn]

Oh they are lovely too(i study all this sort off stuff!) perhaps D will have uilleann pipes when he comes home!

[princess1]

It sounds like you had a great night Tina & MissE and wow you got a free single , its great how Damien makes you feel special hey Tina, he's such a lovely genuine and generous person Thanks for the report

[astrokath]

Tina, that sounds great! So nice of D to give out singles, and the set list sounds wonderful too.
Glad it all went well and you got a brief time with Damien, and that photo of him in the bunny ears is too cute!

[thebraff (Braffy)]

Thank you Shadow and Tina for yur reports.

Tina, it would have been the tin whistle. Did Cesar play it at the start of Remember June too? It is such a lovely intro at the concerts.

Fields of Athenry and Rocky Road to Dublin would be the songs that you didn't catch the names of.

Great news about the single for everyone. Yes, please do download Hallelujah. I have already bought it and it is superb I have it on repeat.

I love it when you get that little bit of personal attention. I mean, after all, what would a visit to Perth be if Damien didn't get a little and from Tina or if he couldn't give Tina a and It just wouldn't seem right
Have a nice holiday Tina.

Shadow are you going to any more of the Perth shows?

[12ktina]

Braffy...... the whistle was made of wood, not tin........ does that make a difference?? He did play it at the start of RJ ~ it was just gorgeous!

And yes......... got to love the personal attention to make you feel special!! I like your thinking Braffy...... I'm sure Damien would feel ripped off if he didn't get a and a from me when coming to Perth!!