Comments on: Moonshadow – Yusuf Islam at the O2 Dublin http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/moonshadow-yusuf-islam-at-the-o2-dublin.html Musicals, plays, shows, hotels and attractions for theatre breaks in London midweek or weekend Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:52:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anon http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/moonshadow-yusuf-islam-at-the-o2-dublin.html#comment-19900 Anon Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:17:54 +0000 http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/?p=1711#comment-19900 Deary me, conspiracy theories? I was at the concert. The first 50 minutes were great and were well received by everyone. 'Where do The Children Play' was almost worth the entrance fee alone. After the 20 minute interval Yusuf played one track then exited the stage with no obvious explanation other than we were in for a surprise. Then the musical production started. It's all a matter of taste, but really I thought it was dire and tedious. It wasn't what I wanted to see and there was no obvious end to it so I left. In fact it lasted 50 minutes or so with no communication about when Yusuf would return, if at all. The audience became restless and, yes, behaved badly. Really there's no mystery, just bad planning and communication. A terrible shame for such a promising gig and a legendary guy. It's unusual for a performer to lose the connection with an audience as badly as this in Dublin. I've not seen anything like it in 25 years. I'd say the next few concerts will be better managed. Deary me, conspiracy theories? I was at the concert. The first 50 minutes were great and were well received by everyone. ‘Where do The Children Play’ was almost worth the entrance fee alone. After the 20 minute interval Yusuf played one track then exited the stage with no obvious explanation other than we were in for a surprise. Then the musical production started. It’s all a matter of taste, but really I thought it was dire and tedious. It wasn’t what I wanted to see and there was no obvious end to it so I left. In fact it lasted 50 minutes or so with no communication about when Yusuf would return, if at all. The audience became restless and, yes, behaved badly. Really there’s no mystery, just bad planning and communication. A terrible shame for such a promising gig and a legendary guy. It’s unusual for a performer to lose the connection with an audience as badly as this in Dublin. I’ve not seen anything like it in 25 years. I’d say the next few concerts will be better managed.

]]> By: Andy http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/moonshadow-yusuf-islam-at-the-o2-dublin.html#comment-19835 Andy Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:44:05 +0000 http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/?p=1711#comment-19835 Thanks ever so much for your report Colette, it's great to hear from somebody who was really there at the Yusuf concert in Dublin. It's really hard to get an accurate idea of what the discontent was all about over in Ireland on Sunday. I can't believe that genuine fans would pay good money to buy tickets with the intention of spoiling the show. It seems the "Moonshadow" part of the show had been advertised in advance so you wouldn't expect complaints simply against the fact that this wasn't a straight forward Cat Stevens concert. Were there any long delays or big problems getting the musical part onto the stage which might have caused the audience to lose patience perhaps? I'm trying to avoid adding to the conspiracy theory here if at all possible. "Adults in their 40/50s" can be hard to please sometimes :-) Thanks ever so much for your report Colette, it’s great to hear from somebody who was really there at the Yusuf concert in Dublin. It’s really hard to get an accurate idea of what the discontent was all about over in Ireland on Sunday. I can’t believe that genuine fans would pay good money to buy tickets with the intention of spoiling the show. It seems the “Moonshadow” part of the show had been advertised in advance so you wouldn’t expect complaints simply against the fact that this wasn’t a straight forward Cat Stevens concert. Were there any long delays or big problems getting the musical part onto the stage which might have caused the audience to lose patience perhaps? I’m trying to avoid adding to the conspiracy theory here if at all possible. “Adults in their 40/50s” can be hard to please sometimes :-)

]]> By: Colette Cumbers http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/moonshadow-yusuf-islam-at-the-o2-dublin.html#comment-19829 Colette Cumbers Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:03:56 +0000 http://usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/?p=1711#comment-19829 I was at the show on Sunday in Dublin and am so ashamed how some people conducted themselves. The booing started early on and not during the musical part. This booing was coming from adults in their 40/50's. Yusuf did inform us of a "surprise" in store and it had been advertised all over the newspapers that it was Moonshadow, the musical. From talking to other people at the show in my opinion I believe this was staged/ a conspiracy to give Yusuf bad press and it succeeded. Never in my life have I experienced anything like it to the extent that I was ill all day yesterday. I felt threatened when that booing, bile language started. This was no ordinary disgruntled audience, this was organised and staged. I would now like to apologize to Yusuf for the bad conduct of the Irish. I do intend writing also to the O2 and the promoters of the show to complain of their lack of security and general well being of the audience. It should have been nipped in the bud at the first sign of trouble. Yours sincerely. Colette Cumbers I was at the show on Sunday in Dublin and am so ashamed how some people conducted themselves. The booing started early on and not during the musical part. This booing was coming from adults in their 40/50’s.
Yusuf did inform us of a “surprise” in store and it had been advertised all over the newspapers that it was Moonshadow, the musical. From talking to other people at the show in my opinion I believe this was staged/ a conspiracy to give Yusuf bad press and it succeeded. Never in my life have I experienced anything like it to the extent that I was ill all day yesterday. I felt threatened when that booing, bile language started. This was no ordinary disgruntled audience, this was organised and staged.
I would now like to apologize to Yusuf for the bad conduct of the Irish. I do intend writing also to the O2 and the promoters of the show to complain of their lack of security and general well being of the audience. It should have been nipped in the bud at the first sign of trouble.

Yours sincerely.
Colette Cumbers

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