Danes loved Cliff (and Olivia)
CLIFF, JOHN FARRAR, BRUCE WELCH, HANK MARVIN and OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN during their concert in Copenhagen (Pics by Jorgen J. K. Hansen).
FOUR full houses, totalling nearly 9,000 happy fans, went to Copenhagen’s Falcon Center to see Cliff Richard, Marvin, Welch & Farrar and Olivia Newton-John give four brilliant shows on a recent weekend.
Cliff, looking younger and more vital than ever, set the audience clapping and cheering by presenting a mixture of his latest hits, songs from films, soul, Bacharach and good old rock’n’ roll! A brilliant act everybody enjoyed. Cliff has not been in Denmark since 1965, but it certainly was well worth waiting for him.
Highlights of his performance was his present hit in Denmark, “Sunny Honey Girl,” then a breathtaking rock-medley and a surprising version of “I Who Have Nothing,” Cliff accompanying himself on acoustic guitar.
The first half included Marvin, Welch & Farrar, surely Britain’s answer to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. They created some really outstanding sounds, the three of them singing beautiful vocals and adding excellent guitar work. They deserve to be really big as a vocal act, as their singing is better and their beat much heavier than Messrs. CSN&Y.
They also did a Shadow’s act, with Dave Richmond replacing John Rostill on bass. All the old favourites. like “Apache” and “Dance On “ went down very well and the audience really enjoyed this switch back to the good old days!
What a lovely young lady Olivia Newton-John is! A little bit nervous of being alone on the large stage. but the male audience was very soon conquered by her charm and by her singing. She’s got a nice clear voice and got long applause for her hit, “If Not For You.”
Everybody seemed most satisfied with the shows, and the hope is it won’t take another six years for Cliff to come back to Copenhagen.
GEORGE SORENSON, “Elsinore Daily.”