Set List:
So Far So Good
Somebody
This Time
Open Road
18 Til I Die
Let's Make A Night To Remember
Can't Stop This Thing We Started
Back To You
Summer Of '69
Everything I Do...
Cut's Like A Knife
When You're Gone
She's Only Happy When She's Dancin'
Hearts On Fire
Heaven
It's Only Love (with Beverley Knight)
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Cloud Number Nine
Run To You
The Best Of Me
Please Forgive Me
Straight From The Heart
I Think About You

Capture stills taken from the DVD::

The Show:
BA's manager Bruce Allen went over to the UK in the Fall of 2005 on a quest to find some stadiums to host a number of BA concerts during the summer of 2006. The results of that trip were that instead of playing in the "usual" cities/towns that BA has played in the past, smaller market cities with football and rugby stadiums would be used as concert venues. Some for the first time.

This show in Bridgend is at one of those stadiums that was holding a concert for the first time. Bridgend is 165 miles west of London and a city where BA drove to/from the gig with the band that was based out of London for the UK dates in June. 13,000 fans filled Brewery Field which is usually used by the local rugby league club, Celtic Crusaders.

The band comes on stage at 8:18pm with plenty of sunlight left and they perform the first ninety minutes with daylight still visible. By the time the encores roll around, the evening darkness has settled in. Total time for the show is two hours and 23 songs. Not a bad gig for kicking off the summer.

The Artwork:
Thanks to Karl Watson for the Bridgend '06 artwork.

The Songs:
With six shows in the UK in June and three more in July, BA came to put on some of the better shows in that country with a bunch of surprises as the shows went on. In Bridgend, treats include She's Only Happy When She's Dancing (complete with Keith's dance moves), a blitstering duet of It's Only Love with BA's usual UK opening act and sensational singer Beverly Knight plus an ultra-rare closing acoustic number of I Think About You. I Think About You hasn't been performed since 1998 and never like this with BA alone on guitar.

On top of the rarities, the new show opener So Far So Good is captured for the first time on DVD as well as Hearts on Fire which has remained in the set lists consistenly since October of 2005.

The Recording:
Although many fans have placed their short BA video clips from their low-resolution cameras at a concert on the Internet for fans to watch, this is the first digital high-resolution video recording made of a BA show since the Tokyo shows from April of 2005.

As you can see by the frame-photos to the left, the filmer was on the floor about 15-20 rows back from the stage on Keith's side. The beginning first song is rather shaky, but the filmer finally gets comfortable and the rest of the show. There is use of the zoom right up to BA's face as well as filming the band straight on as well as some Capture stills from the large screens set up on either side of the stage. This is a unique angle for a concert DVD and similar to the Cleveland '94 DVD that was filmed from the floor.

I graded the concert a B since it is a little shaky at times, but the vantage point and proximity to the stage makes up for it. There are a few "fuzzy glitches" that occur and the time and date stamp remain in the lower right corner, but it's nothing that gets in the way of viewing the DVD.

This recording is available in both PAL and NTSC format. If you specify which format you would like, that is what I will send you. Otherwise, I will send you the standard format for your country.