X Factor Live Tour 2015 Manchester Arena Review
X Factor Live Tour
Manchester Arena
20 February 2015
Reviewed by Lisa Lambert
The X Factor live show is currently touring the UK and we had the pleasure of seeing them at the Manchester Arena on Friday evening.
The arena was full and we had great seats on block 103 row B seat 1 and 2, the view was great we could see everything. There are great facilities and lots of places you can buy refreshments from.
The show started and the crowd went wild and up from out of the stage popped Fleur East singing Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore and what a great start to the show, great stage presence, dancers, fab costumes it really got the crown in the mood.
Before each act they showed clips on the big screen from the X Factor journey which I thought was a nice touch to the show and reminded you what it was you like about them during the auditions and live shows.
Lauren Platt was up next and she WOWED the audience she was fantastic, she sang 2 songs, Teardrop/Happy by Massive attack and Pharell and then, How Will I Know by Whitney Houston, some of the crowd were up dancing and really starting to get into the show now.
Hilarious, make you smile and feel good it could only be Stevi Ritchie performing Livin’la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin. I was in fits of laughter the performance was brilliant it really was lively, the dancers and the show he put on was fantastic.
There was a short interval before the second half of the show and for me it was a crowd pleaser as everyone around us was up dancing and participating and really getting into the swing of things definitely more upbeat than the first half with tracks like Blame It On The Boogie performed by Only the Young, Footloose performed by Stevi Ritchie, Jailhouse rock performed by Only the Young to name a few.
Lauren Platt performed Let it Go from Frozen and well the whole crown joined in the little ones knew straight away what it was and well how could you not have a show without a Frozen song in, its everywhere these days and everyone even them mum and dad knew the words and sung along.
Well by this point there was still no sign of the winner Ben Haenow but he came and the crowd went wild you couldn’t hear yourself think for the screaming. He did five songs in the homerun of the show for us and he was brilliant. He finished with his winners song Something I Need by OneRepublic and everyone was stood up all through his songs getting involved with the lights on their phone the whole arena was joining in.
The whole show was fantastic great performances, the audience was fab and made a great atmosphere, costumes and staging were well thought out and goo use of pyrotechnics. We had a fantastic night.
Set list
Fleur East – Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore
Lauren Platt – Teardrop/Happy by Massive Attack and Pharrell
Lauren Platt- How Will I Know by Whitney Houston
Jay James – Changing by Paloma Faith and Sigma
Stevi Ritchie – Livin’ la Vida Loca by Ricky Martin
Andreas Faustini – Listen by Beyoncé
Only The Young – I Wanna Be Like You from Jungle Book
Stereokicks- Let it Be/Hey Jude
Paul Akister – Clown by Emeli Sande
Fleur East – All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor/ Bang Bang by Ariana Grande, Jessie J, Nicki Minaj
Andreas Faustini – I Didn’t Know My Own Strength by Whitney Houston
Entire cast – Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
Stevi Ritchie – Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Fleur East – Thriller by Michael Jackson
Lauren Platt – Let It Go by Idina Menzel from a Frozen
Andreas Faustini – Chandelier by Sia
Only The Young – Blame it on the Boogie by the Jacksons
Paul Akister – Ghost by Ella Henderson
Stereokicks – Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) by the Backstreet Boys
Jay James – Skyfall by Adele
Stevi Ritchie – Footloose by Kenny Loggins
Fleur East – If I Ain’t Got You by Alicia Keys
Only The Young- Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley/ Twist and Shout by The Beatles
Lauren Platt – Don’t You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia
Stereokicks – Run by Snow Patrol
Andreas Faustini – Earth Song by Michael Jackson
Fleur East – Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
Ben Haenow – Come Together by The Beatles
Ben Haenow – Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran
Ben Haenow – Highway to Hell by AC/DC
Ben Haenow – Jealous Guy by John Lennon
Ben Haenow – Demons by Imagine Dragons
Ben Haenow – Something I Need by OneRepublic (winner’s song)
Entire cast – Never Forget by Take That
Rating: 5/5 
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