Review: Swindon Link's Tyler Ody, writer of the Autistic Journalist column, achieves S Club live show dream

By Barrie Hudson - 30 October 2023

Arts and CultureAttractions
  • Tyler Ody had the time of his life

    Tyler Ody had the time of his life

On Saturday 28 October we went to see S Club on their Good Times tour at London’s 02 Arena for their matinee show.

I was very excited like any other S Club fan as it has been my dream to see them live.

It was one of the best birthday presents I have ever had, thanks to my parents and younger sister. 

We arrived at the 02 Arena and queued at the doors to go in at 12:30. 

I then brought some merchandise which included a T shirt, a mug, tour programme and a light-up lanyard.

Before the group started their set we had two support acts called Sweet Love and Now United. 

I preferred Sweet Love as I thought they were really talented but Now United were good but not as good as the first act.

S Club came onto to the stage at 14:45 and started the show off with S Club Party, at which everybody was out of their seats.

I was in my element., particularly when they introduced themselves for the new fans who may have not known their names before going into performing Natural.

They also did a tribute to Paul in their performance of Good Times, in which they left the stage and had a video montage of Paul performing as he sang the lead vocals.

Another one they did was when they performed Two in a Million. We all got to put our torches on our phones which made it look like stars in the sky. I got really emotional while singing.

But everybody got excited when Reach came on and during the performance the group brought their kids on the stage which I thought was a lovely thing to do. 

Tina’s little boy was showing off his dance moves which he learnt from his mum.

The last song to be performed was Never had a Dream Come True, during which the group wore white as they did in the music video. 

I really had a blast at the concert - I never felt so happy. It felt like i had a pick n mix with extra sugar on the top. I am still buzzing about the whole concert.

It was a shame Hannah didn’t decide to come back on the tour but hopefully she’ll come back in 2024.

I was so pleased to have the experience to watch them perform live. Despite it not being a full line-up I had the most exciting time of my life.

 

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