Live Review: Olly Murs at the Genting Arena

I had previously seen Olly Murs live, as a support act to Robbie Williams, so when I approached the Genting Arena in Birmingham to see him on Saturday 25th March 2017, I was adamant I was in for a good night. Guess What? I was not disappointed.

The thing about Olly Murs is that he is the younger version of Robbie Williams.; the typical cheeky chappie that you can't help but smile at when you watch him perform, whose songs that you can't help but sing along to and who is just an all round entertainer. This cheeky chappie persona really shone, as he belted out hits that fans know and love, such as Heart Skips a Beat, Dance With Me Tonight and Troublemaker.  It was also good to hear some of the new, soon to be classic, hits, such as Grow Up, Kiss Me and You Don't Know Love, as well new album tracks, such as 24Hrs and Back Around.  It was also quite interesting that he put an old album track, I Need You Now, from the album In Case You Didn't Know.

One of the other things that I think makes Olly great is he can sing a variety of genres, not just pop. This was proven when he did a 70's/80's/90's/2000's medley, consisting of That's The Way I like It  (KC and the Sunshine Band),  Never too Much, (Luther Vandross), She's Got That Vibe (R Kelly), Jump Around (House of Pain), Can't Touch This (MC Hammer) and Can't Stop the Feeling (Justin Timberlake). As proven on The X Factor, Olly can take songs and put his own Olly Murs twist on them without any problems. He even did the Travis McCoy rap on Wrapped Up.

The only down side of this show was that although the covers were good, I felt they took up a lot of time, which I felt could have been given to some of Olly's hits that, in my opinion, should have been on the setlist, such as Right Place, Right Time. Having said this, it didn't really matter as Olly more than made up for this by putting on a show full of catchy tunes, dance moves and cheeky chappie charm.

Overall, Olly put on a fantastic show. The audience loved it, I loved it and I am sure, in the future, that I will go and see Olly Murs live again. In fact, I recommend everyone to go and see him because, even if you are not a big Olly Murs fan, or pop music fan for that matter, he is guaranteed to always put a smile on your face.

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