Canterbury Arena, Christchurch, New Zealand

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1. Debs says:

   October 21, 2010 at 11:07 pm

   The best con­cert I have been too in a long long time — Mick Huck­nall you are a truly amaz­ing singer and per­former — your band are bril­lant — thank you — so sad this is your Farewell Tour — your music will live on forever in my hear …
2. Miss Martha High says:

   October 21, 2010 at 2:43 pm

   I’m the black lady with Blonde hair; I sang backup vocal­ist for The” God­father of Soul, James Brown” for 36 years. I now travel with Maceo Parker, occas­sionaly. I was on stage rehears­ing when, Mick came to rehearsal, in Augusta Ga., to per­form with Mr. Brown at his birth­day bash that night! I was so embarassed & hurt when Mr. Brown did not remem­ber who he was and snarled at him. Mick , ( simply ) left the stage and did not return. I was told he left town either that same day or the next.
   I have only seen Simply Red’s con­cert on TV. It was soooo amaz­ing, I felt like I was there in the audi­ence. I have loved Simply Red for ages and still do. My dream is to attend one of his con­certs and hope­fully sing one of Mr.Brown’s songs with him. I recor­ded a few duets with Mr. Brown,in the past (“ Sum­mer­time” ). If that never hap­pens, just attend­ing one of his con­certs, would be one of pray­ers answered. May God con­tinue to bless you. You spread so much love,threw your music .…, it shows when you are per­form­ing. Thank you for the chance to express my love for ‘Simply Red’!
   Always,Martha High
3. Katie Kokiri says:

   October 21, 2010 at 9:29 am

   I write with a small tear in my eye — I saw you in Lon­don in 1996 just before I left the UK to move to New Zea­l­and and loved you then.… I was hon­oured to see your last con­cert here in Christ­ch­urch — Mick’s voice was amaz­ing and the band were so tight and just fant­astic . You will be missed. Chur Bro’s. (ooh that soun­ded a bit kiwi for a scots girl to say)
4. Lissie says:

   October 21, 2010 at 4:21 am

   It was my sev­en­teenth birth­day on the 19th of Octo­ber, and my dad took me to the con­cert as a sur­prise. I had no clue what­so­ever where he was tak­ing me, but I loved it. The music was fant­astic, even though I only knew a few Simply Red songs. Now, I know quite a few more!
   So, thank you so much for mak­ing my birth­day so much fun! I had an awe­some time.
   –Liss
5. Cathy says:

   October 20, 2010 at 11:45 pm

   Simply Red! Simply Amaz­ing! A fant­astic show for Christ­ch­urch! I was lucky enough to see the first con­cert 20+ years ago and I’m so pleased I was able to see the con­cert last night. Mick Huck­nall has an amaz­ing voice….so dis­tin­guish­able from any­one else. I hope we hear some­thing new from him soon. And the band were just amaz­ing! This con­cert and final tour is part of music his­tory and Mick Huck­nall and his band mem­bers have left us with a fant­astic leg­acy of music and songs. The stand­ing ova­tion last night was well deserved. I just wish we could have heard more. Farewell Simply Red….we will miss you.
6. Tim says:

   October 20, 2010 at 11:23 am

   Great con­cert last night. 5th time I have seen Simply Red live and they didn’t disappoint.

   It didn’t look like there were many people under 30 in the audi­ence but then what do you expect for a band that has been around 25 years!

   Thanks for the memories.