Took up a friend’s great idea and flew to Adelaide to see the concert, as I had missed it in Melbourne. Bev spirited me off for coffee at Joe’s cafe at Henley Beach (named in 19thC after the english town of Henley-on-Thames and promoted in 1860 as ” being free from all the noxious smells which have the cause of complaint elsewhere”!
New York’s Paul Simon and Newcastles’s Sting together at the front of a 15 piece band, shared the singing but not the harmonies! Sting, no Art Garfunkel-style foil (more a companion voice), was a more polished and energetic performer – at ease in chat; smooth in introduction. He did a very beguiling interpretation of Simon’s America! Simon was lively, especially in numbers like “Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes” and “You can call me Al”. Awesome in “Bridge over Troubled Water”!

Adelaide jazz singer Jo Lawry, who has been touring with Sting for five years, had as triumphant a homecoming as a backing singer can, cutting loose with a searing vocal solo on “The Hounds of Winter” and receiving a warm reception from the crowd and the stars of the show (she was introduced by Sting as “Jo Lawry from Willunga”). SHE WAS AWESOME! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w0PSx_FL3ec