Once in a Lifetime Tour featuring David Cassidy; David Essex; The Osmonds and Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers
I have come to the end of coverage of the letter C in my blogging on past concert experiences, (unless I have forgotten any, which is always possible) and will finish things with another guilty pleasure concert. This was, I think, the first “Once in a Lifetime” tour, which has now become an annual event (is there some bizarre logic there?). This show featured four legends from the seventies in concert together. I must admit, it was the presence of David Cassidy that drew Marie and I along to this gig. We’d both enjoyed seeing him at the City Hall a few years earlier, and quite fancied seeing him again. I bought tickets as soon as they went on sale and we ended up with front row seats in the first block. 
The rest of the bill was David Essex, The Osmonds (minus Donnie and Marie) and Les McKeown fronting his version of the Bay City Rollers. The gig was good fun, with the two Davids putting on the best show in my view, and getting the best crowd reactions. Its interesting that the concept continues with this year’s show featuring David Cassidy again, with support from Leo Sayer, Smokie, and Hot Chocolate, all bands that I saw and enjoyed in the 70s. Maybe I should go along again…….
21 Aug
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Posted by David Graham on September 6, 2024 at 5:34 pm
Hello for me the highlight of that particular gig was David Essex but only for the reason that David Cassidy’s short set was hampered by sound problem he couldn’t hear the monitors so couldn’t concentrate on his vocals , Shame I wish I had made it to one of his Newcastle City Hall appearances.
Posted by vintagerock on September 7, 2024 at 11:28 am
Hi David, David Cassidy was tremendous at the City Hall when I saw him Peter