James Blunt

The unexplained phenomenon that is James Blunt took the capacity crowd at the Plymouth Pavilions by storm on Friday night, and I have to admit that, for the life of me, I cant see how he does it!

Bearing witness to James in action, there is no denying that he has the ability to wrench high emotion from his army of adoring fans, a large portion of who seemed to be female, like few others that have ever graced the Pavilions stage. He arrived onto the fully carpeted stage, guitar in hand, to a massive reception, wearing an even bigger grin on his face, and started the set with, Give Me Some Love. He obviously enjoys performing, and he obviously loves talking and interacting with the hordes of fans that pack in to see him in action, and they love him, as almost everyone that I have talked to that saw him on the night thoroughly enjoyed themselves, I didn’t, so obviously I am missing something! Now I have been known to quite like monotonous singers, Suzanne Vega and Dido spring to mind, but with James Blunt I found that his slightly raspy voice doesn’t quite seem to fit his style of song, but on the night I definitely seemed to be the exception to the rule. Great receptions to all the songs were given by the crowd throughout the set, notably for High, You’re Beautiful and 1973, as he gave the crowd exactly what they had come to see, a performance full of feeling, sensitivity and, that extra something else that I obviously missed!

Greg Taylor