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Where's the Concerto?

Paul Mann explains:

"There was a reason for us missing out the second movement that night, but it turned out to have been a misjudgement.

The reason we did it was because the hall was set up for Festival Seating (no seats in the floor level arena.), which is fine for a regular rock show, but no fun at all if you have to stand there listening quietly to a twenty minute slow movement! In the earlier stages of the tour, this had led to some disruption, so we missed it out. However, having made this decision before the show, the audience turned out to be one of the best and most receptive of the whole tour, and we realised that it would have been no problem to play the whole piece.

So, it was a mistake - I'd like to apologise to anyone who was disappointed.

The "Concerto" is missing from this release because I understand that
there are legal restraints, relating to the original RAH CD, preventing us from issuing any more "Concerto" performances for the time being. Sorry about this."