Gig – Paloma Faith
Venue – Sheffield 02 / 20.05.10
Attendance – 1950ish
Ticket price £14.00
Beer price £3.20
Hackney born Paloma Faith entered the stage promptly at 9.00 pm, dressed in what can only be described as a court jesters outfit. The kooky, former magicians assistant, entertained a packed crowd of mixed ages, parents with their children had purchased tickets and made the evening a family night out, Quite strange but then easily understood with the way the show panned out like being in a theatre. After her opening song she giggled and said “Hello this is like being at a harvest festival ?”
The stage had been well presented with props , Mirrors , Steps , everything she needed to really turn the night into a cabaret. In the 3rd song she pulled out of the crowd a guy from Sheffield and sang to him as he sat on a stool holding his hand throughout the song and ending giving him a big kiss on the cheek ( Lucky Devil ! ) Moving into songs by what she claims are her influences such as Eta James and Billy Holiday the evening moved on with the crowd gobsmacked at the quality of her voice. Rattling through most of the new album and including hit songs NEW YORK and STONE COLD SOBER , Paloma paused and asked the audience to wave there hands and create her own water feature claiming looking out from the stage she felt like she was in an aquarium… and that the crowd were her sea anemones… bonkers but it worked!
A great gig with a host of summer festivals to perform at Paloma Faith is well worth catching a glimpse of definitely not a flash in the pan!
Rob Burns
is it just me or is she trying a bit too hard to be crazy?
not quite as bad as miss ‘im mad me’ gaga, as PF’s music has infinitely more merit, but its in the same ballpark (if i act wierd, people will think im cool… hmmm…)
because of this, I find her slightly irritating as a person, which therefore puts me off her as a performer
she can sing though…
steve el mundo on June 18th, 2010