Steve was invited to take the stage with a variety of performers associated with Yukihiro Takahashi's musical career in celebration of his 50 years in music. Although Yukihiro had recently undergone brain surgery to remove a tumor, his recovery was progressing well and it was anticipated that he would be strong enough to join the performance in some capacity.

Sadly however, he had a relapse and was unable to attend and was subsequently hospitalised

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Shortly before the show started, crew showed Steve a back projection to be shown during the performance of the song "Stay Close" (a duet between Steve & Yukihiro that Steve was to perform alone). It contained footage of Steve & Yukihiro performing the song on other occasions. Steve asked that during the solo section of the song a message come up on screen asking the audience to give a wave to Yukihiro. His plan was to film the audience on his phone so that it could be relayed to Yukihiro via social media. The audience responded wonderfully

 

The clip below is the section of the back-projection mentioned above, with the film of the audience inserted for context.

(note this is not the audio from the concert)