Leo Sayer Cork Opera House 16 September 2018 Still 'Moonlighting' & Rocking @70

Leo Sayer celebrated his 70th birthday recently, not that age matters to this legendary hit maker and consummate live performer. 'Fxxx Old Age' Leo told his adoring Cork audience, during his last show on a short sell out Irish Tour which also included gigs in Dublin & Northern Ireland to equally enthusiastic audiences. Emerging into the limelight for the first time in the 1970s Leo Sayer is one of the music industry's great survivors of UK pop's golden era which saw his music top the charts worldwide and achieve critical as well as commercial success. Falling out of fashion in the 1990s, the decade when music largely turned its back on legendary pop and rock artists, Sayer managed to stage an unexpected comeback in 2006 when a remix of his classic hit 'Thunder in the Night' topped the UK singles charts. Numerous compilation albums and a new studio album followed which slowly saw the singer tour his way back to the top leaving his many well publicised legal battles with former managers and record companies behind. One of the last truly great British live pop artists still touring today, a night with Leo Sayer is a master class in pop music performance. His voice has lost practically none of its power and his on stage energy is as infectious as ever. His Opera House show featured all the Sayer smash hits as well as tracks from more recent studio recordings such as the 2015 'Restless Years' album. Particular highlights at the Opera House were performances of his classics 'Moonlighting' and 'Orchard Road' (2 of his finest ever recordings) as well as a mesmerising extended blues inspired performance of 'Raining in my Heart', showcasing his own brilliant harmonica skills. Leaving the Opera House stage after numerous standing ovations, Leo promised to return soon and his Cork audience were all agreed, make it very soon.