Here's a little more info about the gig.

Setlist:
Part 1
Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Vulcan Worlds
Sorceress
Song To the Pharoah King (A good choice as the O2 is hosting an exhibition of some of the artefacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun.)

Part 2
Happy Birthday to Al (with the crowd singing. Al looked very happy)
Guitar Solo
No Mystery
Keyboard Solo
Romantic Warrior / Bass Solo / Drum Solo / Romantic Warrior

Encore:
Duel of the Jester and The Tyrant

All the songs played were brilliantly executed. The musicianship of EVERY member of the band is unbelievable.

One odd point (to me at least) was that Lenny White had his Drum Kit set up looking sideways on. I'm guessing that this is because the band play off one another so much that by doing this he can catch what's going on visually as well as aurally. Whatever the reason it worked.

The second half, as you see, was made up of only two songs and was mainly acoustic. Pam didn't enjoy this part as much as there were a lot of solos. I, on the other hand, loved it because the guys are so brilliant that you just marvel at their technique. Lenny White and Al D in particular were awesome and Stanley Clarke got some sounds out of his stand up bass that I didn't know existed.

The set finished at about 11:10pm and a lot of people had to leave to get transport home. Sorry to say but they all missed an incredible encore. Al D came on stage wearing an Arsenal Football shirt that someone had bought him. It had his name on the back and 54 which was how old he was...bloody gooners!!!!

Needless to say we stayed and were lucky enough to get the last train back...yay!

The only downside to the evening was that when we got back to Rayners Lane we found that our car had been given a parking ticket with a £50 fine....D'oh! An expensive night out but, in all honesty, worth every penny.