I went to see the Kris Barras Band at The Forum in Tunbridge Wells on their "My Parade" tour and they were BRILLIANT!!
My husband and I had work during the day so we got changed as soon as we got home and then jumped in the car to go to Tunbridge Wells. It's only a half hour drive from our house so we got there at about 7pm, we hadn't had anything to eat so we decided to go to Framptons over the road from the venue to get something to eat.
We went into the venue just as the support band was finishing. I have never been to The Forum before so was quite blown away by how small it was. I looked it up online and it holds 250 people, definitely looked like it was meant to hold less but it was a great venue. I started off standing near the merch stand as I had a great view until 3 very tall people decided to stand in front of me so I moved round to the bar and got a great spot there instead.
One thing I was surprised about was that I felt like one of the youngest people in the crowd, which doesn't happen often lately haha. I was a little annoyed that hardly anyone in the crowd was dancing to the songs, it looked like it was just me, one guy a few rows in front of me and the people right down the front that was getting into it. I pissed the woman off next to me because I was cheering at the end of the songs, not sure why she was pissed off but she gave me some seriously dirty looks when I was cheering.
Now, I had an awesome time, dancing around, singing along to the songs, really enjoying myself but one thing that did annoy me a little bit was that there was a lot of guitar solos, I'm talking nearly every single song. I get that musicians want to show off their skills and I am all fine with that as these guys are amazing, it just got a little dull a few times. There were even people who left the show not long after it started. My husband Sean was outside as it was really hot in the venue and he said he heard people making comments about the band "not being as good as they used to be". I've only seen them twice before this gig and I thought they were brilliant but maybe these people had been following them for years, afterall, a bands style and sound can change over the years.
Anyway, the gig was amazing. I loved hearing the songs from the "My Parade" album as that is the most recent one that I have been listening to. In fact hearing "My Parade" was phenomenal, Kris got in the crowd getting us all to sing in sections. Loved it so much!
They came out singing my favourite song "Hail Mary" so the gig started off amazing for me haha. There was a few songs that I didn't know as they were the older songs but I still got a good vibe from them and had a little boogie.
Kris sang a beautiful song about his dad called "Watching Over Me". He said that he used to be a Muay Thai and MMA fighter and retired in 2014 but his dad who was a musician and influenced Kris musically, never got to see him play in the band because he passed away. So Kris wrote the song about him and it is a truly beautiful song. It brought tears to my eyes thinking about my own who passed away a few years ago. If you are going to listen to it, make sure you have tissues!
They did an awesome cover of "Rock And Roll" by Led Zeppelin, I didn't realise they did this one so it was a nice surprise.
I was quite sad when it ended, I'd had such a good time and I can't wait to see them again.
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