“This is not a concert, it’s a party” Michael Bublé booms out to his delirious audience here in Manchester from the very start of this bouncing AO Arena gig. His fans didn't really need any encouragement to be fair.
From the moment he bursts onto his impressive stage setting to join his full live orchestra, his devotees are already up on their feet. They wave their arms, they sway those hips, and those in the floor seats closest to the vast catwalk stage will spend the next two hours with their hands aloft phone in hand keen to grab a selfie.
The Canadian crooner is perfectly happy to lap all this adoration up of course. Indeed he positively encourages it.
