Front Row Centre, Various 2004/2005 dates Grade: B+ Time: 125 Minutes Format: 2 DVD
Set List:
Room Service
Open Road
18 Til I Die
Let's Make a Night to Remember
Can't Stop This Thing We Started
Kids Wanna Rock
Back to You
Fits Ya Good
Summer of '69
Not Romeo Not Juliet
I Was Only Dreaming
All I Want Is You
Nowhere Fast
Hearts on Fire
The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is You
Cloud Number Nine
Blessing in Disguise
Run to You
Flying
All For Love
Depend on Me
Straight From the Heart
Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love?
Room Serivce

BONUS TRACKS
There Will Never Be Another Tonight
C'mon Everybody
Open Road
Depend On Me

Sample photos taken from the three main sources of the DVD:

Oberhausen:

Sheffield:

Newcastle:

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The Show:
This 2 DVD set is a compilation of the
Sheffield '04, Newcastle '04 and Oberhausen '05 DVDs that were recorded by Steven Stanley from the Front Row of each concert. Hence the name of this complilation being called....Front Row Centre (or Center for the US fans out there).

At the actual concerts, Steven's digital camera could record about 60 minutes of video which is only about half the concert. However, since he did it at three separate shows, I had 3 hours of material to work with in my attempts to take the best performances of the various songs from the three concerts (as well as a few others that were also made by Steven) and tried to create the closest thing to a full BA show from the front row, up against the barrier. Is there a better spot in the house for a show? I think not.

If there were any "non-musical" happenings captured on video, I included them to since that is part of the fun of going to see BA.

The Artwork:
Created by Steven Stanley with his own photos. Here is some custom-made DVD artwork for this project:
CLICK HERE

For printing: Print these straight out of MS Paint then they just cut out and fit perfectly for me. there should be no need to resize.

The Songs:
Since all the source videos were taken on the Room Service tour, the material is linked to the sets lists of 2004 and 2005. Since Steven is such a big fan, he knew when to run the camera and when to let it rest. As a result, ultra-rare performances of Blessing in Diguise, Why Do You Have to Be So Hard to Love, I Was Only Dreaming and All I Want Is You are recorded.

The Recording:
All recordings (except for Hearts on Fire) are flimed by Steven Stanley on his digital camera from the front row of each concert. Location for the performance is awesome and not a soul in the arena could be closer. As a huge fan, Steven knew when to focus on Keith, BA, the crowd etc....

The actual location of each track will be provided for with the DVDs.

All footage was filmed in .mov format which best viewed on small screen on your computer. When put onto DVD, especially when you watch it on a larger screen such as your televistion, the footage is "stretched" to fit your TVs. However...if you watch it on your computer and shrink the viewing screen, you will recapture the higher quality of the original format.