SADE "Soldier of love" World Tour 2011
LG Arena, Birmingham - May 29th 2011 support act: The Jolly Boys (Picture left: My girlfriend making sure we get a portion of fries before the show) Shortly after entering the massive building that houses the LG Arena we came across an acoustic stage where a local band called "Charishma" performed. We only enjoyed one song but really liked what we heard. The music was very much in the same vain as tonights' main act: SADE Before Sade came on we had the pleasure of enjoying a strange yet remarkably compelling music act from Jamaica: "The Jolly Boys" - all 'old age pensioner' type musicians but really fun to watch and listen to as they mostly delivered cover songs from Johny Cash's great "Ring of fire" to the Rolling Stones classic "You can't always get what you want". All presented in traditionally instrumented Jamaican style. Their gig lasted just under an hour and only a couple minutes later the main show began. "Soldie