Lee really did rock it in Loughborough! The audience were with him from the word go - and it was a sell out, too, which always helps!
I've been to *ahem* quite a few Lee concerts, but have never seen a tour reaction like that - the ovation at the end was akin to his last night in Joseph, with the cheering, screaming, whistling and stamping! After his standing ovation for Anthem, a lady who worked there asked, "does this often happen?" She was assured it did, and she said she had never seen anything like it - and, as I mentioned, she was a member of staff, so presumably witnessed most of the artists who appeared there.
I agree with everything you have said A/Liz, like you I have been to one or two Lee concerts. It was an incedible evening from start to finish. The Magic of Mead indeed. Fabulous!