DRIFTERS at THEATRE SEVERN

THE DRIFTERS THEATRE SEVERN SHREWSBURY SUNDAY 20th OCTOBER 2013.

Having saw the show last year and enjoying it despite the fact that the Drifters were 4 young lads in their 30s with no real connection to the hit records, I was looking forward to seeing them again this time.

Overall I have to say I was dissapointed. This was their diamond anniversary show but a lot of the major hits were left out. The dance moves were not as slick as last year and for me the emphasis was on the new material. While this new material was ok it was not The Drifters sound a style that has become their trademark over the years. Last year the audience were up on their feet dancing from early in the first half but tonight it was the latter part of the second half.

One plus tonight was they brought on from time to time Maurice Cannon a former Drifter and more in keeping with the age you would expect to see. Another plus was the use of a video screen charting the history of the group and its members over the years, a nice distraction from what was going on at stage level. The guys came on wearing crowns, who knows what for, when they took them off placed them on a throne, then moved them back and for several times! They must symbolise something but what?

To finish they left the stage, returned plugged Cds and other merchandise along with their Xmas show and their facebook site, sang another song and left the stage only to return. Good I thought they are going to do the 1970s hits. How wrong I was they took a bow left the stage and then came on for another bow. Talk about milking it!