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THE TOUR DE FORCE - LIVE IN LONDON series chronicles guitarist Joe Bonamassa's atmospheric rise from the intimate club environment of the Borderline, to the prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Each individual evening was marked by a unique theme with different set lists, arrangements and ensembles providing the viewer with four unique performances. On this performance from the Hammersmith Apollo, he opens with a short acoustic set before moving into a Rock-inspired evening.. It goes without saying that the challenge was daunting, but Bonamassa more than picked up the gauntlet after it was thrown down and delivers a once-in-a-lifetime performance that more than serves as an appropriate career retrospective for an artist who has already achieved so much.