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On this day, 5 January 2003, Irish singing legend Van Morrison played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall
Sir George Ivan "Van" Morrison OBE (born 31 August 1945) from Northern Ireland has a recording career spanning seven decades.
Much of Morrison's music is structured around the conventions of soul music and early rhythm and blues. An equal part of his catalogue consists of lengthy, spiritually inspired musical journeys that show the influence of Celtic tradition, jazz and stream of consciousness narrative, such as the album Astral Weeks. The two strains together are sometimes referred to as "Celtic soul", and his music has been described as attaining "a kind of violent transcendence".
Morrison's albums have performed well in the UK and Ireland, with more than 40 reaching the UK top 40. He has scored top ten albums in the UK in four consecutive decades.
Setlist
Inarticulate Speech of the Heart No. 1
I Will Be There
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Once in a Blue Moon
Foggy Mountain Top
All Work and No Play
In the Midnight
I Don't Worry About a Thing
(Mose Allison cover)
Early in the Mornin' / Goldfish Bowl
I Like It Like That / Kansas City
Carrying a Torch
Days Like This
Whinin' Boy Moan
Have I Told You Lately
Streets of Arklow / You Don't Pull No Punches But You Don't Push the River
Northern Muse (Solid Ground) / When Heart Is Open
(w/ No Prima Donna)
Stop Drinking
Precious Time
It's All in the Game / You Know What They're Writing About
(Love Is a Many Splendoured… more )
Encore:
Brown Eyed Girl
Gloria
(Them song)
