As good a show as I have ever seen Van perform. I am very glad I didn’t waste my money on tickets for the awful Madison Square Garden – the Beacon Theatre (where I saw him do Astral Weeks live) is a great venue. Sound was fantastic, the band was great, and he appeared to have a good time – although in Chuck Berry fashion he was off stage by 9:59 with no encore.
Set List:
- Celtic Swing (with Van playing sax) (Inarticulate Speech of the Heart)
- Ballerina (Astral Weeks)
- The Way Young Lovers do (Astral Weeks)
- Moondance (Moondance)
- Tupelo Honey (Tupelo Honey)
- Why Must I Always Explain? (Hymns to the Silence)
- Centrepiece (How Long has this Been Going on?) (with Jon Hendricks, Aria Hendricks & Kevin Burke)
- Whenever God Shines his light (Avalon Sunset)
- That Old Black Magic (Days Like This)
- Sometimes We Cry (The Healing Game)
- (Come See Me) Early in the Morning (80 – BB King and Friends)
- In the Midnight (Back on Top)
- I Can’t Stop Loving You (Hymns to the Silence)
- Glad Tiding (Moondance)
- Sack O’ Woe (with Jon Hendricks, Aria Hendricks & Kevin Burke)
- In the Garden (No Guru, No Method, No Teacher)
