Stars: Ronan Keating

Summary: Ronan Keating performing live in concert in London's Wembley Arena. The tracklist includes: 'Blown Away', 'Lovin' Each Day', 'The Way You Make Me Feel', 'Nothing At All', 'You Needed Me', 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'I Love It When We Do', 'Rollercoaster', 'In The Ghetto' and 'Long Goodbye'. 19 tracks. Plus a documentary featuring twenty-four hours in the life of Ronan on tour.

Former Boyzone member Ronan Keating remains as popular as ever and to prove it this DVD sees him performing in front of 12000 adoring fans at Wembley Arena. Ronan treats them to many of his greatest hits including "Lovin' Each Day," "If Tomorrow Never Comes," "Nothing At All," and many more.

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Yes, the hits are all here, but Ronan Keating's Destination Wembley must also be one of the most crisply produced live concert releases ever. The staging is superb--a kind of cross between the deck of an aircraft carrier and a Swiss cheese, in which the members of his high-powered backing band nestle in individual circular pits--and the lighting and camerawork are of the highest order. Ronan himself is a consummate showman, even to the extent of flying out over the audience on wires, Peter Pan fashion, towards the end of the show--and no, he doesn't look silly either, unlike Garth Brooks, who did it with his hat on.

Ronan Keating is, of course, more your all-round entertainer than a singer, so much of his material isn't too demanding--he actually lets himself be upstaged by one of his own backing singers when they do a duet--but he shows willing by tackling some cover versions for the benefit of the mums and dads in the audience. One is Van Morrison's "Brown-Eyed Girl", an improbable nod to another of Ireland's musical exports; another is Elvis's "In the Ghetto". That's not why his ecstatic audience came, though. They want, and get, "Life is a Rollercoaster", "The Long Goodbye" and so on, all of which he delivers with knobs on (the flying-on-wires episode is one of the most restrained, really). Had there been a stretch of water between Ronan and his audience, he'd probably have walked. This is an essential purchase for fans.

On the DVD:Destination Wembley comes with Dolby 5.1 surround and is presented in 4:3 aspect. The disc has a good documentary about the work involved in touring Ronan's monster show, plus a photo gallery and Web link. However, the extras menu has a rather strange layout which only shows one item at a time, so be prepared to skip through several screens using your cursor keys to find all the options. --Roger Thomas

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Documentary - 1. DESTINATION EVERYWHERE, Stills Gallery
Year:	2002
Release Date:	November 25, 2002
Runtime:	88 minutes
Certification:	Exempt.
Catalogue Number:	907 482 1
Keywords:	Music, Live, Rock, Pop, Destination, Wembley, Performing, Keating, Arts, Popular, Ronan
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts