Listening to her 6 Music interview now, quite light hearted and lots of good details. Absolutely no plans for a DVD which is a bit of a downer, hard to argue with her reasons though. She does promise more albums in the future but hasn't been writing at all...
Did anyone see the Before The dawn concerts? How I wish I could have been there.
I did. She was amazing. She sang Angels at the piano, and you could have heard a pin drop, her voice was so pure and pitch perfect. There was a part when these huge cannons shot out thousands of bits of paper which later sold on Ebay for a fortune. A fake helicopter and beautiful stage craft. Highlight for me was standing up at the end and belting out Cloudbusting along with her. I've been a fan since 1978. She's not bringing out a DVD which is a huge mistake on her part, I feel. A massive let down for those fans who couldn't see her live.
Did anyone see the Before The dawn concerts? How I wish I could have been there.
I did. She was amazing. She sang Angels at the piano, and you could have heard a pin drop, her voice was so pure and pitch perfect. There was a part when these huge cannons shot out thousands of bits of paper which later sold on Ebay for a fortune. A fake helicopter and beautiful stage craft. Highlight for me was standing up at the end and belting out Cloudbusting along with her. I've been a fan since 1978. She's not bringing out a DVD which is a huge mistake on her part, I feel. A massive let down for those fans who couldn't see her live.
Wow, sounds like it was a real special concert. Glad that you could witness that. Yes very dissapointing that there isn't a dvd release, but hey what can we do. Glad that at least there comes a cd-version. cheers
It’s been very exciting to hear all the positive feedback around the Remastered project and the lyric book. Thank you so much for embracing both of them. It means a great deal to everyone involved. I didn’t do any interviews for either project hoping that the work could speak for itself. I read some articles that included a number of inaccuracies and usually I don’t respond. However I do feel I need to address one story which came from a phone interview I did two years ago. I was very disappointed that the use of a quote out of context was timed with the release of the live album and it seemed as if the focus went onto the quote rather than the work. It was deeply frustrating. At the time I discussed the idea of responding to it with close friends and we all agreed it was best to let it go. It seems the quote keeps being used and so I’d like to present my side of the story. Over the years, I have avoided making political comments in interviews. My response to the interviewer was not meant to be political but rather was in the defence of women in power. I felt he was putting a really negative slant on powerful women, referring to a witch hunt involving Hilary Clinton. In response I said that we had a woman in charge of our country, and that I felt it was a good thing to have women in power. I should have been clearer when I then said it was the best thing that had happened to us for a long time - because I greatly disliked the behaviour of the previous PM, who at that point I felt had abandoned us and everybody felt angry and let down. Again with no response from me to the latest resurfacing of this article, it could make it seem like I am a tory supporter which I want to make clear I am not. I won’t be commenting further on this, but feel it’s become so pervasive that I felt I needed to clarify this matter once and for all. Happy New Year,
Live at Manchester Apollo in 1979 in "HD". Only recently came across this footage. A bootlegger was selling it 2 years ago, someone bought it and uploaded to vimeo. This is brilliant stuff and a must-watch.
One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain So hit me with music, hit me with music