Due to the recent Big Reunion boom, it’s acceptable for us all to openly admit that we still love the bands we listened to in our teens.
It’s also acceptable to see their comeback shows, and if you didn’t see Blue at Shepherd’s Bush last night then I’m afraid you missed out on something special.

Duncan and Simon saying hello to the queue.
Billed as a night to remember some of the old classics as well as to showcase tracks off the fourth album ‘Roulette’, last night Blue managed to prove that they’re not a bunch of old codgers panting around the stage and, even better, they are still relevant.
Despite being ten years older than when we last saw them, they’re all still incredibly handsome, still able to keep up with the subtle yet smooth choreography and they can still charm the pants off a crowd of any age.
The show opened with Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word and included all of the old favourites All Rise, Guilty, If You Come Back, Bubblin’, an encore of One Love, and Too Close with special guest Alexandra Burke.

Only a few Roulette tracks were performed including the Eurovision entry I Can and latest single Hurt Lovers but despite a lot of the crowd not knowing the words to sing along, a feeling of contentment still buzzed in the Empire as everyone watched the UK’s most talented man band perform in their home town after a decade’s absence.
I have never seen a queue so long or heard a crowd singing along so loudly, and I expect this to be the case when they go on tour in October after The Big Reunion shows.
Here’s to the next generation of Blue fans, and to those of us who have the lyrics burned into our memories from the early 2000s.
Roulette is out now and you should all buy it.