Olly Murs Gig Review

Olly Murs is the artist notorious for his appearances on the X Factor in 2009, but after failing to take the crown, he’s gone on to prove that you don’t need to be the winner in a talent contest to build a successful career with a string of number one albums and singles.

Cheeky chappy Olly hit Birmingham with a bang last night, with the first of two sold out shows in the city. Revealing to the audience that he narrowly missed getting to the second capital the night before, due to being stranded in Germany due to the snow, “Good old Easy Jet!” the pop superstar proclaimed.

Opening the show with an epic performance of his new single ‘Army of Two’, the crowd immediately went into a frenzy of excitement, screaming his name, singing along and having a right old boogie in their seats. Olly soon launched into fan favourite ‘Dance with Me Tonight’, which had the audience bopping around. Olly kept them glued with his cheeky charm, gaining a delightful reaction from the crowd.

Olly warmed the crowd up, with revealing he wanted to acquire some Brummie slang while he was here, learning certain phrases from some members of his band who were local to area. Trying out his best Brummie accent, delighting fans by shouting “How am ya!” and “Gordon Bennett!”

Donning his trademark trilby, he fired the crowd up with a wide smile, as he got more intimate with the crowd on a walkway over his audience. Moving onto a centre stage, he pleased die-hard fans, with the classic number from his first album ‘Thinking of Me’. Revealing to the crowd that Birmingham had been his favourite gig from his last tour just encouraged the crowds to scream and shout even more.

Moving back to the main stage, Olly pulled out his guitar to play an acoustic version of the ballad ‘Heart On My Sleeve’, revealing to his audience that he learnt to play guitar to attract the ladies. And attract them he did, any mention of the ladies in the crowd or the fact the heartthrob was single, drove the girls wild, with screams and shouts.  

Moving on to please the older generation of his audience, with renditions of The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’ and The Jam’s ‘Town Called Malice’ made the LG vibrate with everyone singing along.

A quick outfit change for the finale, and Olly assured the crowd, he was going to finish the show with a bang, and that he did. Treating fans to firm favourites of ‘Please Don’t Let Me Go’, ‘My Heart Skips a Beat’ and of course ‘Troublemaker’, the vocal power and presence of Olly, along with the audience, made for a powerful set and incredible atmosphere for all there.

Olly heads out to support the King of British Pop Music, Robbie Williams later this year, and is also appearing at numerous festivals across the UK. He may not hold the X Factor Crown, but he is for sure taking over the UK with his charm and music. He’s going to be heading for a bright future in the music industry.

 

By Dayna Farrington