Jimmy Barnes

It's been a long time coming but last night we went to see Jimmy Barnes at the Enmore Theatre. After a few pull-outs by some of Donna's friends it ended up being me, Jo, Donna, Di, Ryan, Tanya and Philippe. Ryan and Tanya came down from Newcastle for the weekend and we took them to Toko in Surry Hills for the best Japanese on Friday night! Sorry, random tale of yummy food but it's always about good food/wine when they are around.

After a day of walking into the city (dodging "pilgrims" at every turn due to World Youth Day) and shopping - I bought a great new pair of sunnies from my birthday money - saw a great watch too but I guess that will have to wait :(

We rocked up at the Bank Hotel around 7.30pm and had a few beers (or Vanilla Mojito's for everyone else!) before walking the short distance to the Enmore Theatre at 9pm. Jimmy had just taken the stage when we arrived. We found our seats in the dark and watched Jimmy as he belted out songs from his new album like only Jimmy can. It was when he played his first "hit" of yesteryear that the crowd when nuts and young and old fled to the front of the stage even though it was a seated event.

It wasn't long before we were all up and dancing around to "Working Class Man", "Khe Sahn", "Good Times" and "When the War is Over". He had a great band with him, 2 of his daughters as backing singers and entertained the way only a seasoned performer can.

The man who must be pushing 60 played for nearly 2 1/2 hours to a crowd that was loving every minute and had not one but two encores, finishing up with "Goodbye" and still left everyone wanting more.