Danny Bowes & Luke Morley (Thunder) - Hamilton Town House, Hamilton. Wednesday 3rd November 2021

The billing is exactly what's in store for us tonight. The stage setup is two black leather chairs a backdrop and an acoustic guitar nothing more is needed. Danny & Luke appear on stage and the first story tells of their initial meeting at an interview for admission to a school when Danny was seven and Luke was eleven, they have the audience in stitches with their natural interaction, interrupting each other to correct parts of the story and their banter. The stories keep coming and the one thing that is prevalent throughout the evening is how incredibly close friends they are and bounce off each other seamlessly. There are stories about Luke's mums "special friend" Uncle Alf, Danny buying swimming trunks in Macy's in New York and a hilarious anecdote about a megastar who has apparently ridiculously small hands, all I will say is have a look at some of the 80's huge MTV rock videos and see if you can spot who. 

There was an opportunity on some seats who had cards on them for the people to submit questions, and on a serious note one was to find out how Ben (Matthews) the other Thunder guitarist, who unfortunately has had two bouts of particularly serious illness condition was at the moment. The good news is he will be playing the upcoming Thunder Christmas shows but unfortunately his illness now restricts his speaking but he is recovering and still retains his sharp sense of humour, this news received a massive round of applause from everyone there.

Further stories about Tommy Vance at Donnington 1990 and Danny having lost his voice just prior to it, Robert Palmer who Luke played with in the Power Station and Martin Birch the infamous Iron Maiden producer keep us in stitches.

A tale about Top of the Pops and Take That and a story that no evening like this would be complete without, one about Harry James the Thunder drummer and resident comedian and his desire to sing "Fly Me to the Moon" whilst flying onstage but unfortunately with a drunk rigging operator, all the stories need read to be believed and are all taken from the book being promoted which if tonight is anything to go by will be a great read.

The other part to the night was of course the music which I'm sure the majority came to hear and weren't disappointed with, the songs interspaced the stories, "Backstreet Symphony", "Does it Feel Like Love", "River of Pain", "Better Man", "Amy's On The Run" "The Devil Made Me Do It" which is apparently about masturbation, you learn something new every day. "Low Life In High Places", "Like a Satellite", "Serpentine" and set closer "Love Walked In" all songs taken from their vast array of hit albums. Danny Bowes voice just gets better every time you hear it and Luke is one of the most accomplished guitarist and songwriters about, both genuinely don't get enough credit for their talent. 

A great night of storytelling, banter and above all superb songs each one delivered exactly as you would expect these two gentlemen of supreme talent to deliver. 

 A different sort of night but it was relaxing, engaging and very very funny, well worth the price of the ticket.