
Thanos Petrelis LIVE! at the HMV forum, London
by
Evagoras
on Sun 28 Mar 2010 11:59 PM BST
I was privileged to be the only official photographer for the one night only LIVE performance from
Thanos Petrelis, the popular Greek singer, at the London
HMV Forum on 28th March 2010.
With supporting acts from
Ioanna Protopapas, Girl Band '
Candy Rock' and Eirini Papadopoulou, Thanos Petrelis took onto stage at 8pm performing a 3hr set with a variety of tracks from his Platinum & Gold albums including: 1-2-3, Eftihos, Adiorthodi and a few classic Greek anthems and gave an outstanding performance.
The ex 'Fame Story' contestant displayed on stage passion, charisma, gave the crowd exactly what they were expecting and received more
than he bargained for when a lady from the crowd threw her bra on stage
in desperation to get noticed by the heartthrob singer!
During
his second set, Petrelis invited some of the crowd to join him on stage
to dance whilst he sung and at one point offering the mic to one of the
fans to help him with a line from a song. Another lady approached him to
inform the singer (with hand gestures) that she was the one
who threw her bra on stage! At the end of that particular song, Petrelis
got overwhelmingly involved in a group hug by the fans on stage.
The
concert, held inside the Grade II listed building, formally the
'Kentish Town Forum', was a near sellout with the upstairs seated
section totally sold out. This was accomplished by the excellent
organization and promotions of
'Privé
Productions' owned by Polis Policarpou and Andreas Michaelides.
Andreas who currently hosts the 'Drive Time Show' on London Greek Radio '
LGR' 103.3 fm and Polis also a former
DJ on the popular Greek radio station.
Finishing with one of his
most popular songs 'Kernao', Petrelis left the stage to greet some lucky
backstage pass fans for autographs, then left the venue for an after
show party and meal at the '
Red
Pepper Restaurant' in Cockfosters, North London where a few fans
had managed to catch up with him for individual photographs and
additional autographs.