Reggie The French Bulldog Steals Matt Shine On Stage.
Kyle Richards - Freelance Stage Music Reporter 1st/04/2023
Matt Goss Experience - Review Brighton Centre
Matt Goss is tonight at the Brighton Centre on the 5th Date of his UK tour. So my partner and I were given free tickets for the show, upon entering the Brighton Centre we both noticed that the top tier, balcony, and all side seating had been curtained off, due to incredibly poor ticket sales for the event.
The centre staff were very friendly and told us that all ticket holders had to be moved forward so the audience were all on the same level and to hide the empty seats are the back of centre.
The lighting of the centre was very dark in the hope they could try and hide the empty rows of seating but it all felt quite intimate.
The blue backlit stage looked quite impressive with the ‘M.G’ moniker illuminated on the backdrop and the Orchestra podiums was set up in a typical Vegas old Big Band style.
The band was running behind and everything seemed rushed because of the late schedule but before we knew it, the 15-piece Orchestra was assuming their positions and the pianist/music conductor walked on to big applause as people mistook his silhouette for Matt. The audience’s blushes were short-lived though as Matt swaggered onto the stage looking somewhat old and tired in his black suit.
Matt performs his Cole Porter Las Vegas residency show, which he has been doing now for the past 10 years whilst residing at the Gossy Room, except this time he is beside the seaside. On Matt’s official website, I did some research and we also told that the show will lean heavily on the works of Cole Porter (but not exclusively) along with the material of his own delivered in a similar style.
Whilst in Vegas he was dubbed ‘Britain’s Sinatra’ so we were intrigued by the hype.
The show tried its best to bring Vegas to Brighton yet lacked the excitement of Vegas and what the Vegas atmosphere brings to a show.
Matt Goss having done some research on YouTube and on watching some vintage BROS video's does try's his best to deliver a Sinatra-style show but to be honest their no one like Sinatra.
I feel the days of him singing as a live artist are coming to end, with the fact that he drinks too much on stage for me is quite embarrassing, and looking at him he looks unwell and reminds me of my Father who sadly passed away to Cirrhosis of the liver.
For myself and my partner, the highlight of the whole evening was seeing Reggie the French Bulldog as he got the biggest applause of the evening and rightly so Reggie is beautiful and is becoming a bigger star than his owner.
As we left the building, a few fans were waiting outside for a hopeful glimpse and maybe chat with the man himself.
The evening was not all bad the orchestra was out of this world and played beautifully and that for me was worth the 2-hour show.
The show was ok nothing special but not worth what we paid for tickets, I think next time I will hold off buying tickets on the day of release as my friend got hers for just £5.
ReplyDeleteFlew in from Belfast as expecting a spectacular show, what I do get for for £80 tickets, 2 min meet and greet, poor quality picture and show put on in a empty Brighton centre. never again.
ReplyDeleteLets start with the facts. Matt Goss is a mediocre singer at best. He sings out of key, hits wrong notes, and has virtually no real technique. His style is fake and he painfully forces inflection into his voice.
ReplyDeleteThe venue at Brighton was empty with thousands of unsold seats, The band and orchestra were the only thing that make his show worth watching. To make the claim that Goss is the next Sinatra is simply insult to Sintra and is preposterous. Matt just doesn't have the raw talent of Sinatra. His obvious obsessives about himself and constantly tells the audience how talented he is. His lack of skill in his chosen craft. Perhaps a little less time in the make-up chair and doing his hair system and a little more time in the practice room is a good idea for him. To be perfectly honest I found him to be incredibly hypocritical as well. He talks and talks onstage about what a gentleman he is and how he believes in civility and then proceeds to be rude to others when he can't get his own way.
Goss covers a number of Cole porter songs in his show fails to ignite me and others. Matt straining to reach a pitch that is quite obviously beyond him. Even when singing own tunes he struggles, most of them are melodically pointless and harmonically ambiguous. Again, the band and Orchestra are the only thing that saves the show from utter failure.