I first saw the Brand New Heavies as an audience member at Pebble Mill, which was a lunchtime chatshow. I was wandering around BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham and was asked if I wanted to watch the show. I think it was Judi Spiers rather than the Titchmarsh who presented.
I did remember more clearly the Brand New Heavies who were promoting Midnight At The Oasis, their current single. It was my first real experience of a live band, I was quite impressed. I carried on following their music but it's only now fourteen years later that I've been able to go to a full live show.
Support was a.human. Started a wee bit strangely but actually turned into a quite a rip-roaring set. A good warm-up. They were certainly a lot of fun.
The Heavies started with a couple of their instrumental tracks and jams (as they themselves started out) before N'Dea Davenport came on for the vocal tracks. You can tell they've been doing this for almost 25 years because they are a fantastically tight live band. 90 minutes of relentless piano, brass, bass and soulful vocals (Jan Kincaid has a marvellous voice I think). I bopped and sang a left exhilarated ![]()
Setlist (in no particular order)
BNH
Ride In The Sky
Dream On Dreamer
Midnight At The Oasis
Back To Love
Spend Some Time
Daybreak
Let's Do It Again
All Fired Up
Dream Come True
Never Stop
Don't Let It Go To Your Head
Jump 'N' Move
You Are The Universe
Sometimes

