Concert: John Barrowman at the Royal Albert Hall

Last Monday I went with Gemma and Emma to see John Barrowman in concert. We went last year to see him at the Hammersmith Apollo and had an excellent time, so when the chance came to see him at the Royal Albert Hall we all jumped at it.

The earlier part of Monday was spent in a trip to Forbidden Planet, whilst Gemma was at work, and plenty of eating and drinking. We discovered that Piazza Cafe in Covent Garden has terrible customer service - it took over 5 minutes to get the milk for my tea, and when it came to be time to pay they assumed that we were giving a tip of almost £5 (our bill was only £5.10) rather than us actually wanting change.

The concert itself was fantastic. It started at 7.30 with a typically energetic John bounding out onto the stage (it was a little amusing to watch all of the people arriving between 8.00 and 8.30 who'd made the misguided decision to arrive late to miss the support act). The show was a real mixture of music and chat, photos were used as jumping off points for anecdotes that then led into songs - a mixture of tracks from the current album, from previous albums, and some just because.

Part way through both halves the special guest, Daniel Boys was welcomed onto the stage. He was also fantastic - its really nice to see how he is developing as an artist in his own right since 'Any Dream Will Do'. We saw him last year, the special guests were Daniel, Keith and Ben from the tv show and they performed three or four tracks. This year it was Daniel's turn on his own, and we're sure that within the next couple of years we'll be buying tickets to see his own tour.

Its difficult to try and pick my personal highlights from the show, there were so many. John's parents joining him on stage to demonstrate a dance was fabulous, and his final song 'I Am What I Am' is always going to be something special.