Getting closer to his fans than ever before, this is Ronan Keating at his live best. The former Boyzone who performed in Mumbai a few years ago to a sold out show, brings his music in a full on concert performance. Keating takes to the stage for a live solo performance recorded at Wembley Arena in 2002.

Filmed live in front of 12,000 ecstatic fans at London's Wembley Arena, ‘Destination Live '02’ captures a spectacular Ronan Keating performance especially if you haven’t seen one.

All his hits are here from the infectious Lovin Each Day and Rollercoaster, mixed with the anthemic ballads When You Say Nothing At All and The Way That You Love Me Feel to the smash hits from his album If Tomorrow Never Comes and I Love It When You Do.

This man is a real musician who also focuses on music and does not make so much fuss about his own person, which is especially amazing in his appearance and therefore all the more pleasing. There is no big show, just the band, background singers and Ronan on a fairly simple stage. He mostly sings the titles from the then new album “Destination”, but of course his two huge hits Life Is A Rollercoaster and When You Say Nothing At All are all here.

So the hits are all here, but Keating's Destination Wembley must also be one of the most crisply produced live concert releases ever. The staging is superb, a kind of cross between the deck of an aircraft carrier and a Swiss cheese, in which the members of his high-powered backing band nestle in individual circular pits--and the lighting and camerawork are of the highest order. Ronan himself is a consummate showman, even to the extent of flying out over the audience on wires, Peter Pan fashion, towards the end of the show.

Keating is, of course, more your all-round entertainer than a singer, and makes everyone happy by bringing on cover versions for the benefit of the mums and dads in the audience. One is Van Morrison's Brown-Eyed Girl, an improbable nod to another of Ireland's musical exports; his ingenious interpretation of the Presley hit In the Ghetto. I find classic In The Ghetto particularly interesting, I would love to hear it from him as a studio version if ever he does it one day.

There’s also The Long Goodbye, Come be my Baby, We’ve Got Tonight, If Tomorrow Never Comes, Long Goodbye which he delivers with practised ease.

Ronan did not disappoint me with a superb performance and endless energy and enthusiasm. Plenty of his hits thrown it with super vocals make this a great watch. Ronan captures the audience with his charisma and gives out that feel good factor that just makes you want more. If you're a Ronan fan this DVD is a must and if you were lucky enough to be part of the audience you can relive the moment. Ronan never fails to thrill and his sex appeal cannot be ignored.

However mention must be made that the synchronization is out between the words coming from his mouth and the music. So might think there’s a technical glitch here, but it passes out smoothly.

Destination Wembley comes with Dolby 5.1 surround and is presented in 4:3 aspect. The boonus features on the disc is a documentary about the work involved in touring Ronan's monster show in the form of ‘Destination Everywhere: A special documentary featuring 24 hours in the life of Ronan on tour”  plus a photo gallery and Web link.

I strongly recommend this DVD to everyone, it is probably Ronan Keating at his best.

Running Time: 88 minutes

Genre: Music, Rock/Pop

Publisher: Universal Pictures

Year: 2002

Reviewed by Verus Ferreira