LIVE AT CADOGAN HALL

There's a long history of acoustic concerts in rock and it has become perhaps a bit cliche. Marillion, though, are able to do an acoustic concert that is as fresh as anything you have ever heard. The 5 members have been playing together for many years and it shows. They are as tight as any other band and each member shows an incredible amount of restraint. Hogarth is the highlight here. His vocals are spot on, and he plays a variety of other instruments too. He introduces most of the songs in an incredibly relaxed manner, even joking that the crowd is not asleep after the 'lullaby for grown-ups' It's Not Your Fault. There's a huge variety of instrumentation here, and the arrangements of well known Marillion songs are, at times, better than the originals. Easter has a particularly beautiful arrangement.

It's a tremendous live show, and one that shows the musical diversity of marillion.