Well, loved the Newcastle and London gigs, but I fear that's the end for me. Hats off to them for learning some new old songs, but the total failure of the great man to engage with the audience has become too awkward to take any more. In some ways it's lovable in a teenage kind of way, but in a sixty-something multi-millionaire it just doesn't work. Fortieth anniversary shows were the ideal opportunity for a bit of banter, a few memories, a joke or two, but we got zilch. It's precious beyond words. You can't help feeling that these people weren't nearly this reticent, bashful, reserved etc when it came to telling the management how much cash they wanted to do these shows.
Sadly, the lack of grasp of humanity displayed in these disengaged performances cuts right through what I once felt to be the incredible feel for emotions exhibited in the early work. It makes it feel fraudulent. And that, is bitters end.

When have you ever heard Ferry talking at length, telling stories or jokes in between songs....never! He doesn't do that, never has and never will. He's Bryan Ferry, not Bono talking his uninteresting political crap or Bruce Springsteen harping on about the good ol' USA. It wouldn't be right, 40th anniversary or not, and I for one am glad he didn't, it keeps his image intact.