Björk in London: setlist, excitement, etc

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by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 19 comments 11:01 April 15th, 2008

DiS is excited...

We're off to see Björk on Thursday, but Jude Rogers of our sister site The Lipster was at her first of three (London) Hammersmith Apollo shows last night to deliver a pretty tasty-looking setlist.

The Lipster enjoyed a week of exclusive Björk content last week - if you missed it, click here.

Last night's setlist...

'Earth Intruders'
'Hunter'
'Unravel'
'Hope' (with Toumani Diabate)
'The Pleasure Is All Mine'
'Dull Flame Of Desire' (with Antony Hegarty)
'Joga'
'Vertebrate by Vertebrate'
'Where Is The Line'
'Desired Constellation'
'Army Of Me'
'Innocence'
'Who Is It'
'Vökuro'
'Wanderlust'
'Hyperballad'
'Pluto'

Encore:

'The Anchor Song'
'Declare Independence'

Look out for a 'top-ten' feature on Björk later today featuring contributions from both m'self and editor of t'other new DiS-sibling website The Quietus, John Doran.

Björk on tour...

April
17 + 20 London Hammersmith Apollo
22 Plymouth Pavillion
25 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
28 Belfast Waterfront

May
1 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
4 Sheffield City Hall

July
5 Hertfordshire Knebworth House

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harro

im going to iceland in 2 weeks. im staying at Hotel Bjork.

Truefact.

Chimpo | 15 Apr '08, 11:13 | X | Reply

i stayed there!

it's nice though quite noisy. there was nearby construction taking place at the time (early last year). have a good'un.

greatallgreat @Chimpo | 15 Apr '08, 11:20 | X | Reply

Did anyone support her?

And will they be supporting on Thurs?

silentlyamused | 15 Apr '08, 11:23 | X | Reply

nice hotel that is

ive walked passed it a few times, on the icelandic musical hotel note spot the leifur erikson hotel

Scatterheart1985 @Chimpo | 15 Apr '08, 11:38 | X | Reply

^ this

I also want to know. I'm also super excited

Also, I'm also also. Also?

dove_from_above @silentlyamused | 15 Apr '08, 12:17 | X | Reply

Leila "supported"

Also - i don't remember her playing "Where Is The Line" - but she was on 5 minutes late so may have cut it.

grinwithaspin | 15 Apr '08, 12:40 | X | Reply

Leila supported

but I missed her. Bjork was onstage at 9.15 (well, just after). I think the set times will be the same on Thursday (they were the same in Manchester).

Abso @dove_from_above | 15 Apr '08, 12:42 | X | Reply

Leila was weird

I didn't quite get it, and thought most people were standing around going WTF... but at least they just wheeled her stuff off and Bjork was pretty prompt getting on :o)

Ruby_Tuesday @Abso | 15 Apr '08, 14:03 | X | Reply

last night

Having Mark Bell from LFO doing the beats and bass for Bjork was amazing. I thought having Matmos with her last time couldnt be beat but hearing the thunderous rendition of 'Declare Independence' or the way 'Hyperballad' mixed into LFO's 'Freak' convinced me otherwise.

Poke | 15 Apr '08, 14:13 | X | Reply

she did

with rahzels beat boxing being played on a tonori-on..it was a bit of a mess tho to be fair

rosbeef @grinwithaspin | 15 Apr '08, 14:18 | X | Reply

the sound was terrible tho

made a lot of the beats seem quite sludgy

rosbeef @Poke | 15 Apr '08, 14:22 | X | Reply

hmmm

i musta just been caught up in the moment then... or maybe it segued into desired constellation which made me forget it?

grinwithaspin @rosbeef | 15 Apr '08, 14:46 | X | Reply

It was great at the very front

but I can imagine it was less good further back- that's how the Hammersmith Apollo normally is

citizenmeh @rosbeef | 15 Apr '08, 14:49 | X | Reply

I stayed there in 2006

what's musical about it?

H-Stein @Scatterheart1985 | 16 Apr '08, 09:20 | X | Reply

Support

I was at the Manchester gig and Leila Arab was the support if you can call it that... she was terrible. You get the best support.. a guy called Toumani Diabate. Follow the link and scroll down http://bjork.com/ We didnt get the added treat either, you get Dull Flame Of Desire with guest Antony Heggarty from Antony And The Johnsons. Enjoy it, she was magnificent at Manchester.

kpeecee @silentlyamused | 16 Apr '08, 18:57 | X | Reply