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Many Londoners remember Wednesday as the day the tube strike controlled our lives - and sleep quota - for more than 24 hours. The only way to travel from point on the London map to another was to simply ignore the existence of the underground. From Wednesday, 6pm, Central London had become less crowded than usual, making some people question weather or not to keep up with the plans they had made for that night. Martin Luke Brown had planned to have a headline show in London that night. Hours before the show, his twitter account looked like an alternative version of the TFL website, giving us updates on the traffic around London thanks to fans' tweets being retweeted. But this must have worked as the room was getting busier and busier as the sun was setting down on the city.
Around 9:30pm, after two wonderful supporting acts that set the tone, Brown and his band were to enter the stage. Before I could even have a glance at him, some girls were already cheering for the man who will help us to forget the busy and chaotic life outside with his talent. After a few seconds, this tall guy shyly appeared on stage, looking nervous of the response the London audience could offer him. Placing himself just in front of the keyboard, he decided to address the audience a warm thank you for being present in a low-pitched voice - surprising fact as his records is more high-pitched orientated.
Leaving half of the crowd amazed by this fact, Brown started to play and sing his playlist and amazed his audience even more by proving that the talent he has is not only present on a record. This tall 22-year-old blond guy has shown all of us that he was even more talented in real life - which is becoming rare in this computer era.
Before each song, Brown tried to link to his audience even more by sharing the little story which had led him to performed them on stage that night; a way for the artist to break the glass with the people staring at him, making them smile and laugh all along. And it worked... Songs after songs, Brown led the crowd present at The Lexington to the musical world he has built his career around, a sort of contemporary soul world that pleased all of us. Songs after songs, more and more people were cheering before the first note and after the last one of each song to show their support and growing passion for the four guys that were on stage. Songs after songs, a growing part of the audience was dancing to the songs that were played for them.
Before each song, Brown tried to link to his audience even more by sharing the little story which had led him to performed them on stage that night; a way for the artist to break the glass with the people staring at him, making them smile and laugh all along. And it worked... Songs after songs, Brown led the crowd present at The Lexington to the musical world he has built his career around, a sort of contemporary soul world that pleased all of us. Songs after songs, more and more people were cheering before the first note and after the last one of each song to show their support and growing passion for the four guys that were on stage. Songs after songs, a growing part of the audience was dancing to the songs that were played for them.
4AM last night 🍷🎹 pic.twitter.com/oNNF4I0Xjt— Martin Luke Brown (@martinlukebrown) July 9, 2015
About 45 minutes after the first note, Brown announced that the song would be the last - and that we should all grab a beer together. Even though that announcement mainly meant that we had to return our real lives soon, the memory of a great performance would stay in all of our minds.
Martin Luke Brown had told me a few weeks prior the gig that I would not regret being this ticket and that it would worth it. Believe me or not, but he was right. And the fact that he made himself accessible for many hours later that night, made this talented artist even more likable.
Many Londoners remember Wednesday as the day the tube strike controlled our lives for more than 24 hours. I, on the other hand, will remember Wednesday as the day I was glad to realise I had not picked the wrong horse when I chose to listen to Martin Luke Brown.
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