By Carron Stacey
WHEN?: 5/12/20
WHERE?: Livestream from The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge
Well, there are seated gigs. And there are seated gigs.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****1/2
WHEN?: Via livestream 27/11/20
SETLIST: Future Nostalgia; Levitating; Pretty Please; Break My Heart; Untitled (with FKA Twigs); Physical; Boys Will Be Boys; Cool; New Rules; Prisoner (with Miley Cyrus); Un Dia (with J Balvin, Bad Bunny and Tainy); Fever (with Angèle); One Kiss; Real Groove (with Kylie Minogue); Electricity; Rocket Man (Elton John); Hallucinate; Don’t Start Now
Lipa, who was shortlisted for 6 Grammys this week, was originally slated to tour 2nd LP Future Nostalgia this spring/summer with 2 dates at London’s 02 Arena.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Theatre Cafe
WHEN?: Available 22/10/20 from 8pm until 29/10/20
SETLIST: Don’t Rain On My Parade (Funny Girl); On My Own (Les Miserables); Whatever (Legacy Falls); Day Of Cries (original); Breathe (In The Heights)
Atkinson was enjoying her 1st West End leading lady role when the world locked down but she’s keen to stress it was no overnight success and urges others not to give up when pursuing their dreams.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: Barbican RUNTIME: 60 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: 14/10/20, new Barbican shows planned for 1-5/9/21 (ticket details below)
SETLIST: Absent Friends; Norman and Norma: National Express; Something For The Weekend; Songs Of Love; Your Daddy’s Car; To Die A Virgin; Becoming More Like Alfie; To The Rescue; A Lady Of A Certain Age; Charmed Life; Tonight We Fly; Our Mutual Friend
‘This has been f**king brilliant. I’ve loved it. Good for the soul,’ remarks Divine Comedy frontman Neil Hannon. ‘Thank you – that’s the end of the tour.’
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: 1/10/20
SETLIST: Who I Am; Blame It On Me; Good Enough; Escape; Fearless (with Nadia Rose); Overload; In And Out Of Love; Into You; Nowhere To Run; Here I Am; End Of Everything; High Heels (with Sink The Pink); I Turn To You
‘The 10-year-old in my head has absolutely collapsed. While 27-year-old me feels the same,’ says south London rapper Nadia Rose (pictured above left) as she joins Melanie C onstage during this internet gig to preview the latter’s new album out today.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: London Coliseum
WHEN?: 25/9/20 RUNTIME: 50 minutes (no interval)
The great singers make what they do seem effortless, that anyone could do what they do, and so it is with Carrie Hope Fletcher.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHERE?: London Coliseum via Stream Theatre
RUNTIME: 50 minutes (no interval)
WHEN?: 18/9 for one-night only
SETLIST: Live In The Light; I’ve Got To Sing My Song; I Know Where I’ve Been; Heaven Help Us All; Don’t Quit: I Will Survive; The Rose; Goldfinger: Diamonds Are Forever; Natural Woman; River Deep, Mountain High
There’s a reason one doesn’t often hear covers of songs best known by artists including Shirley Bassey and Tina Turner.
WORTH A LOOK?: ***1/2
WHEN?: 25/7/20
WHERE?: via internet
SETLIST: Reach; Creep: To You; Waiting For You; Take On Me; Yesterday; My Heart; She Used To Be Mine; Stay; Break My Heart Again; I Wish I Had A River; For All Of Us; A Song For Our Time
Blake Patrick Anderson is one of our favourite musical theatre performers and so it has come as a pleasant surprise during lockdown to discover that he’s also a talented singer/songwriter.
WORTH A LOOK?: ****
WHEN?: 26/6/20
WHERE?: 86 metres above Copenhagen
SETLIST: I Don’t Know What’s Cool Anymore; Vacation; The Spell; 10,000 Nights; Sometimes 2020; Shadows; Fascination
Singers Anders SG and Stine plus band members Anders B, Rasmus, Anders and Troels must enjoy playing midsummer gigs because a year ago they performed their first UK gig since 2013 while at the weekend they staged a Danish show on a hotel roof.
Do you remember the first time? Glastonbury Festival was due to celebrate its 50th birthday this month and to celebrate we’re casting our mind back to the highlights of the five years we’ve attended.
