Went to see Lily Allen for free (plus the cost of a tube ride) a couple weeks ago. Since it was supposed to be at a seeecret location, I had to wait around outside for a while until an old school London bus (the kind that loads from the rear) took us to the Tabernacle, a place near Notting Hill. Had to wait around once we arrived there, also. It was weird. Anyway, the concert was good, it was basically the same concert as the one I saw in January at Koko. Lily is still as immature and classless as ever, but her music is a lot of fun. There is some kind of correlation there, I guess. Also, understanding Britishisms makes it so much better. Also also, in the middle of not one, but two of her songs, the band broke into straight up drum and bass. They played “Day ‘n’ Nite” one time. It’s a London thing–people here particularly love drum and bass, I don’t know why.
It’s hard to get a photo of her with her eyes open when she’s singing for some reason, but here’s a couple of photos. Note that since this was a costume themed concert (the theme was London Underground stations), she was wearing a [Queen] Victoria outfit for the greater part of the night, and only changed out of the corset (in which it must have SUCKED to perform…literally…) for the encore.
Old school London Transport bus.
Lily "acoustic".
After changing out of a corset into some more loose-fitting clothing.
25 May 2009 at 2:33 am |
Classless? yeah, only sometimes, Immature? maybe? but when she’s up on stage, it’s a act, and she’s having fun. She wrote that she drinks only 2 glasses of wine (sometimes) before she goes on. It’s a party for her & the audience.
25 May 2009 at 2:37 am |
Iv’ never been to London ( it looks amazing) although a bit intimidating.