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Sucks to be everyone who isn't.

(Unless you're going to one of the other dates obvs.)

Only info I can find is that she played Pearly Dewdrops Drops and Song to the siren and that she had backing singers. Any info appreciated, I'm out of the country otherwise of course I'd be there!

http://twitter.com/adrianmasters84/status/231886495038963712/photo/1

they had a row about money.

Oomingmak!

as her band appears to be all ex-Spiritualized / Lupine Howl members...

Who I've heard of but I don't know why.

The RFH? I really want to watch a bit of the athletics before I go in for Tuesdays Elizabeth Fraser gig.

That was a pretty poor show I'm afraid ... Sorry to be the voice of gloom but I felt it was really very flat indeed. Shocking backing at times.

a huge fan and he HATED it :/
not good news.

watching this :')

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqhkpLMC3EE

"Yeah, 'course I've seen the Cocteau Twins" suddenly doesn't have the same cache. -50 indie points to me *shrugs*

Still, lucky you guys. :)

....but as above, the band...or more specifically the guitar player needed a kick in the nads.

that would be one of the best things of all in life.

wasn't sure what to expect but I didn't think it would feature about 50% reworked Cocteau Twins material, played and sung beautifully and with great care and passion, the second song was "Blue Bell Knoll" (one of my all time faves), "Ooming Mak", "Pearly Dew Drops Drops" and then "Song for the Siren" in the end, etc. In the rear stalls everything sounded absolutely amazing to my ears. Did I go to the same gig? :) I'm really happy she managed to find people to do this with her on her own terms, and I'm just really happy to hear her sing again. The new stuff sounded brilliant too and I hope it comes out in some form soon... the backing singers finally made it possible to present Cocteaus songs as they were recorded with the multitracked voices. As a fan I just don't see how you can be disappointed with what I saw last night...:P

but I found last night's show really bland. I almost fell asleep (it was quite nice dreaming music I suppose but that's not what I came for). Perhaps it was the mixing, the venue or the MOR backing band but all of the power, melody and rhythm of the Cocteau Twins material and the depth of everything else (from the This Mortal Coil stuff to Massive Attack) was missing.

You could hardly tell when the backing singers were singing and when it was her and her parts felt like karaoke at points. Some of the more stripped down tracks really worked but it mostly just blended into one long track. Everyone seems obsessed with how "ethereal" it was but that's not why I like her, I like her because she spells out every syllable however nonsensical it is and is always front and centre regardless of the noisy backing. She still has a stunning voice but seemed drowned out or afraid to use it.

Perhaps I was just in the wrong mood or expecting something completely different of her (perhaps she's always been like this and Cocteau Twins performances weren't the blast of excitement I imagined they'd be). The fact that she hardly acknowledged the existence of the audience didn't help either. Whatever the reason, maybe it's not her fault, I didn't really enjoy last night although I was expecting to.

i've played the youtube clip of Song to the Siren from last night over and over again this morning and i loved Domino. Agree with the comments on overbearing drums and MOR-y backing at times, but all in all I'm so glad I went, waited 27 years to hear SOS live.
Her voice is so extraordinary and her back catalogue so amazing...I just want her to do my own personal set list. Which I'm going to make now instead of working :)

stage?

last nights gig. I really enjoyed it. Who else went? Anyone go to both nights? How did they compare?

similar are Richard O'Brien or an evil character from a computer game.