A review of Manchester
Support act Kiara Hunter, not that good but got quite a good reaction considering.  I think her two dancers were keeping most of the crowd awake.

Then a long interval before DJ Darren Proctor warmed up the crowd.

Then another smaller interval before the lights went off and the curtain drops to reveal the set and live band.  The girls entered wearing white tops and combats (Liz - blue, Tash - pink and Jen - white) the stage to much applause and began the show with the high-energy Right Now leading into Turn Me On.  Then the girls slowed things down a bit for Eternal Flame and get the crowd to sing with them.  Then they did a cover of Get Down On It which the band continue to play as the girls left the stage for a costume change.

The girls came back on wearing lovely-coloured-purple and black clothes, Liz and Jen both opting for leather trousers.  Then they continued the show with Tomorrow & Tonight.  Then into Hippy and Get Real before another costume change.

They come back on stage wearing all white and did their slow set starting with Liz on her own singing accompanied by the guitar player.  Then the other two girls appear (I couldn't actually see at this point so I'm going on what happened at Preston).  Then they did Cradle sitting on big bean bag things.  Then when the girls came to the front of the stage Liz noticed that her flies were undone so spent most of the end of the song trying to zip them up and missed her cue to say that she saw people snogging at the back.  Then onto Follow Me were Tash told Jen that she sang the song better, I have to agree I'm afraid.  Then on come the stools for them to perform a new song called It's OK.  Then onto You Are before leaving the stage for another final costume change.

The girls come back on wearing jeans and different coloured tops to perform a speeded-up version of See Ya which goes nicely into I Want Your Love and in the first verse Liz missed one of her lines.  And then Kids In America where they forgot the dance routine.  And then Bye Now, and their farewells to the crowd.

The encore seemed to last for ages.  Then the kittens came back on cause they'd forgotten to do a song, they'd forgotten it the night before too, in fact the night before they couldn't remember what it was called and needed a bit of help from the crowd.  The song they had forgotten was Whole Again, which they really didn't need to sing as the crowd virtually sang it for them. They said that we should get a record deal, they obviously didn't hear my brother! And then onto Dancing In The Street, which everyone seemed to enjoy.

All in all a good night, a bit different from Preston cause Manchester had a bigger stage allowing them to have dancers as well as the band.  But what I did like about Preston was Lil jumping off the stage and onto the barrier during Whole Again.  But Manchester was better cause Jenny and Lil smiled when they saw the "WE LOVE ATOMIC KITTEN" banner I was holding for my brother who is in a wheelchair and couldn't see a thing cause of the big speakers on the stage.

Reviewed by Lynne, England, 2002.