Yes, the hits are all here, but Ronan Keating's Destination Wembley must also be one of the most crisply produced live concert releases ever. The staging is superb--a kind of cross between the deck of an aircraft carrier and a Swiss cheese, in which the members of his high-powered backing band nestle in individual circular pits--and the lighting and camerawork are of the highest order. Ronan himself is a consummate showman, even to the extent of flying out over the audience on wires, Peter Pan fashion, towards the end of the show--and no, he doesn't look silly either,... unlike Garth Brooks, who did it with his hat on. Ronan Keating is, of course, more your all-round entertainer than a singer, so much of his material isn't too demanding--he actually lets himself be upstaged by one of his own backing singers when they do a duet--but he shows willing by tackling some cover versions for the benefit of the mums and dads in the audience. One is Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl", an improbable nod to another of Ireland's musical exports; another is Elvis's "In the Ghetto". That's not why his ecstatic audience came, though. They want, and get, "Life is a Rollercoaster", "The Long Goodbye" and so on, all of which he delivers with knobs on (the flying-on-wires episode is one of the most restrained, really). Had there been a stretch of water between Ronan and his audience, he'd probably have walked. This is an essential purchase for fans. On the DVD: Destination Wembley comes with Dolby 5.1 surround and is presented in 4:3 aspect. The disc has a good documentary about the work involved in touring Ronan's monster show, plus a photo gallery and Web link. However, the extras menu has a rather strange layout which only shows one item at a time, so be prepared to skip through several screens using your cursor keys to find all the options. --Roger Thomas [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A live solo performance from Boyzone&39;s wunderkind Ronan Keating including the No1 hit single &39;If Tomorrow Never Comes&39; Tracks My One Thing That&39;s Real Blown Away Lovin&39; Each Day The Way You Make Me Feel Someday Time For Love Nothing At All As Much As I Can Give You Girl Come Be My Baby You Needed Me We&39;ve Got Tonight Love Won&39;t Work Joy & Pain If Tomorrow Never Comes Brown Eyed Girl I Love It When We Do Rollercoaster In The Ghetto Long Goodbye
Former Boyzone star Ronan Keating takes to the stage for a live solo performance recorded at Wembley Arena in 2002. Includes 'Rollercoaster', 'In the Ghetto' and 'The Way You Make Me Feel'.
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