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Thank You for the Years Tour 2003
Programme Notes
Programme Notes
From tour programme
I'm not very good at retiring, am I? I tried it first as a 17-year-old, when
I ran away from the bright lights of the West End to a waitressing job...
London
Jun 14 2003, Wembley Arena
Wembley 2003 Photo Gallery
Selection of concert photos
Photos taken at the Wembley concert. Kindly taken and supplied by
fans Paul and Glenn...
Review of the Wembley Concert
Review from Hollywood News
Britain's premier pop diva responded in kind and delivered a sunnily
sophisticated performance with the confidence of an artist in peak...
Still Twinkling, Still Belting
Review from Daily Telegraph
Shirley Bassey has a voice that is remarkably untouched by time. Not
once in this performance, did it betray any signs of frailty or wear...
Cardiff
Jun 11 2003, Cardiff International Arena
Cardiff 2003 Photo Gallery
Selection of concert photos
Photos taken at the Cardiff concert. Kindly taken and supplied by
fans Paul Richardson and Paul...
Bassey Back with a Bang
Review from Western Mail
A resplendent and triumphant Dame Shirley Bassey walked into the
arms of a city she left half-a-century ago, for her concert at the...
Golden Girl Shirley Goes Back to Her Cardiff Roots
Preview from South Wales Echo
Dame Shirley has a special place in the heart of the Cardiff Arena. She
opened the venue and was the first to perform here, and tonight's...
Birmingham
Jun 10 2003, NEC Arena
Birmingham 2003 Photo Gallery
Selection of concert photos
Photos taken at the Birmingham concert. Kindly taken and supplied by
fans Mark and Nick...
Bassey Is Poles Apart From The Obvious
Review From Birmingham Post
How can a star go wrong when she gets a standing ovation even before
she's sung a note? But then this was the one and only Dame Shirley...
Legend Shirley Is Just Spectacular
Review from West Midlands Express and Star
She came, she sang and she was absolutely brilliant. Dame Shirley
Bassey showed why she is still one of the world's top performers...
Manchester
Jun 8 2003, Manchester Evening News Arena
Manchester 2003 Photo Gallery
Selection of concert photos
Photos taken at the Birmingham concert. Kindly taken and supplied by
fans Dave Stevenson, Phil, and Steven Forster...
Guardian Review Of The Manchester Concert
Review from The Guardian
Bassey's James Bond work and dance collaboration with Propellerheads
has ensured her endurance, but her biggest secret weapon is the way...
Ed's Report On The Manchester Concert
Review by Ed
When Dame Shirley entered the stage in her silver shiny sequined dress
radiating as much as anyone can possibly radiate and emitting such...
Shirley Bassey @ M.E.N. Arena
Review
from Manchester Online
It was a quintessentially Manchester sight - middle-aged married
couples sitting next to boys with feather boas  and her fans...
Welsh Diva's Jubilee Year
Review from Manchester Metro
as well as the loyal housewives, excited queens, and the occasional
James Bond fan, Bassey will welcome a new, younger audience...
There Ain't Nothin' Like A Dame
Preview from Manchester Online
Certainly, the Bassey live experience is still a unique celebration of
almost everything that's absolutely fabulous yet also irredeemably...
Glasgow
Jun 7 2003, SECC Finnieston
Wicker's Review of the Glasgow Concert
Review from John O'Groat Journal
Easy to see why she’s been around for 50 years – and, if her latest
Scottish concert is anything to go by, she’s certain to be wooing us...
Reviews Of The Glasgow Concert
From various publications
It was her raunchy performance of Big Spender that drove fans wild,
lifting her flouncy, glittering skirt to flash a pair of pins a woman half...
Belfast
Jun 5 2003, Odyssey Arena
Shirley Proves There's Nothing Like A Dame
Review from The Belfast Telegraph
Here she was at the Odyssey in her sexy gold sequin and chiffon gown,
handing out carnations graciously, receiving presents with panache...
Collected Previews Of The Belfast Concert
From various publications
Not that I'm going to have a lot of time in Belfast where I'm launching
my UK tour. I've a black belt in shopping and I'm peeved that I won't...

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