Billy Joel with Rod Stewart opening tomorrow night and JeffLynne’s ELO the next night in Cleveland!

"Take all the pain...It's yours anyway"

BEAT in December

Just saw the BEAT at Orange County Fair always fun.

My next concert is David Gilmour (new album is great by the way) at the brand new Intuit Dome in Inglewood. Not a fan of that area but the arena looks amazing.

Blackberry Smoke for the first time in Edinburgh on Tuesday were fantastic.

I see they have an album of all Stones covers. From a brief listen, it sounds pretty good. Faithful to originals but with a country vibe and a southern drawl instead of Jagger vocals.

Next gig is The Pretenders in October. I will not be videoing from my phone....
I fear Chrissie's wrath!!

Chappell Roan in Glasgow

‘Glasgow Chant’ — a customary happening at the local rock concert — would usually go, “Here we, here we, here we fxxkin’ go!”

At the O2 Academy Glasgow Last night, the 2,500-capacity room was awash with “Chappell, Chappell, Chappell fxxkin’ Roan!”

Quite a ‘femininomenal’ night.

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[www.thenational.scot]

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Leeds fd arena)
Fontaines DC (Leeds fd arena)
Magic Numbers (Leeds brudenell social club)

Ringo Starr in Niagara Falls!

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‘Glasgow Chant’ — a customary happening at the local rock concert — would usually go, “Here we, here we, here we fxxkin’ go!”

At the O2 Academy Glasgow Last night, the 2,500-capacity room was awash with “Chappell, Chappell, Chappell fxxkin’ Roan!”

Quite a ‘femininomenal’ night.

[www.reddit.com]

[www.thenational.scot]

Redditers seem very happy.

The National review struck me as a bit noncommittal, but maybe that's just to my ear and amounts to relative positivity towards a newbie outsider. I think of the Scot default national tone as something akin to skepticism.

What'd you think? I contend that whether you like girly pop or not (90+% of 'em I do not) you're at minimum going to have fun at a Chappell Roan show.

Our May venue changed from 1.5k cap to a 6.5k outdoor site... and could have sold 5k more tickets easily.

I'd have maybe not killed but might have injured somebody to see her in this her breakout year in just a 2.5k cap theater!

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RisingStone
‘Glasgow Chant’ — a customary happening at the local rock concert — would usually go, “Here we, here we, here we fxxkin’ go!”

At the O2 Academy Glasgow Last night, the 2,500-capacity room was awash with “Chappell, Chappell, Chappell fxxkin’ Roan!”

Quite a ‘femininomenal’ night.

[www.reddit.com]

[www.thenational.scot]

Redditers seem very happy.

The National review struck me as a bit noncommittal, but maybe that's just to my ear and amounts to relative positivity towards a newbie outsider. I think of the Scot default national tone as something akin to skepticism.

What'd you think? I contend that whether you like girly pop or not (90+% of 'em I do not) you're at minimum going to have fun at a Chappell Roan show.

Our May venue changed from 1.5k cap to a 6.5k outdoor site... and could have sold 5k more tickets easily.

I'd have maybe not killed but might have injured somebody to see her in this her breakout year in just a 2.5k cap theater!

I am another noncommittal, newbie outsider TBHWY. My motivation was pure curiosity, “What’s all this fuss about?” I even didn’t pay for the entrance. Some unfortunate event at the venue previously ended up putting me on the guest list for a night of my choice for compensation and a complimentary ticket. Blessing in disguise or talk about luck. Now you can kill me!

The show started with a ‘support’ from three drag queens, all British and hired locally. In front of the enthusiastic crowd, they gave a dance performance to thumping music in turn. Did they indicate things to come later? Well, not really.

It is no news that Chappell Roan has built her career on the LGBTQ scene and a strong connection to and backup from it. Her stage presentation, though, was rather simple and there was little flashiness or flamboyance one can easily associate from her background. No visuals, no backdrop, no props, no pyrotechnics and no attire changes after the second song until the end of the encore. Just some lighting. Only three musicians backed her up, all young female players, guitar, bass and occasional keyboards, and drums. Plenty of sampling sounds filled the space, loud and massive, though.

And Chappell. She looked enjoying every moment and the way she did was so infectious. Time is on her side.

Chappell Roan’s meteoric, skyrocketing rise to stardom reminds the general public of Lady Gaga some fifteen years ago. Gaga has survived in the business after all the hype was gone mainly because she is blessed with a genuine talent of singing first and foremost of all. Whether the same thing will happen to Chappell remains to be seen.

Another glowing review (there are some factual errors, though):

[www.glasgowtimes.co.uk]

Re: Chappell Roan Sunday 15.09.2024 in Glasgow, Scotland

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RisingStone
I am another noncommittal, newbie outsider TBHWY. My motivation was pure curiosity, “What’s all this fuss about?” I even didn’t pay for the entrance. Some unfortunate event at the venue previously ended up putting me on the guest list for a night of my choice for compensation and a complimentary ticket. Blessing in disguise or talk about luck. Now you can kill me!

The show started with a ‘support’ from three drag queens, all British and hired locally. In front of the enthusiastic crowd, they gave a dance performance to thumping music in turn. Did they indicate things to come later? Well, not really.

It is no news that Chappell Roan has built her career on the LGBTQ scene and a strong connection to and backup from it. Her stage presentation, though, was rather simple and there was little flashiness or flamboyance one can easily associate from her background. No visuals, no backdrop, no props, no pyrotechnics and no attire changes after the second song until the end of the encore. Just some lighting. Only three musicians backed her up, all young female players, guitar, bass and occasional keyboards, and drums. Plenty of sampling sounds filled the space, loud and massive, though.

And Chappell. She looked enjoying every moment and the way she did was so infectious. Time is on her side.

Chappell Roan’s meteoric, skyrocketing rise to stardom reminds the general public of Lady Gaga some fifteen years ago. Gaga has survived in the business after all the hype was gone mainly because she is blessed with a genuine talent of singing first and foremost of all. Whether the same thing will happen to Chappell remains to be seen.

Another glowing review (there are some factual errors, though):

[www.glasgowtimes.co.uk]

Thanks for the report and the links. I see in the setlist she performed all of "Midwest Princess" except Kaleidoscope. You don't want to miss that... here's a March 2023 in-studio live official vid:
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Except for at a couple of festivals her live show all year has been what you saw. Just her, Lucy, Devon, and Allie on drums, guitar, and bass, a backing track for the other music and backing vocals which are her as well, and a video screen. I'd hate to see it grow bigger, to be honest, because the power is in the songs... the music, lyrics, and her performance of them.

Since you went to the trouble of seeing her live, I recommend going ahead and investing another 49 minutes to listen to her full album... all 14 songs. Call up the lyrics, the songs are lyric-heavy, the songs are narratives with some great stuff in them. The songs change tempo and style a lot, song to song and even within single songs. Some feel like 2 or 3 different songs in one.

Her vocal tone changes a lot too, also both song to song and within single songs. She is always in full control of the varied voices. Her dynamic range and her seemingly easy use of it, including flips, is incredible.

Endless comparisons of Chapprll to predecessors have been made, which is to be expected. But something none of her predecessors and inspirations have ever done is put together 14 such stellar songs on one album. (Her producer Dan Nigro is her co-writer.) IMO with this one album alone she's already surpassed all of the other pop females of this century.

Listening to that closely is the way for a person to decide what they think about her.

I'll make a Stones prediction too. That IF Mick features a guest female vocalist on the next Stones album, or invites a female guest singer on stage again, for any non-gospel song (and not including Sweet Sounds of Heaven, which Gaga has claim to) I'd lay money he'll want Willard, Missouri's Midwest Princess, Chappell Roan.

Samantha Fish 6 Oct
David Gilmour 14 Oct

Patti Smith tonight in Oxford - yay!

Will the rise of the Midwest Princess continue? And will she be Queen one day and succeed the throne after Madonna? That is the question.

I don’t remember there was a video screen at the Glasgow show. As the venues become bigger concurrently with her growing popularity, however, it is inevitable and a matter of time her stage presentation will adopt more visuals on the arena-level tour.

We are witnessing the end of her innocence now.



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Crowded House on Saturday

Hoodoo Gurus on Thursday and The White Buffalo on Friday

“Hot To Go: Glasgow restaurant thanks Chappell Roan for order”

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One last yarn on Chappell in Glasgow.

I was watching the show right behind the sound mixing desk. When the show was over, I asked a staff member for the setlist, which he kindly handed over to me. I thanked him and then added, “Tell her to tour Japan.”

Hope my message inspired her choice of the evening’s after-show meal lol

Dandy Warhols Bimbos SF 12/09

Had a good run of Steve Hackett, Blackberry Smoke, The Struts, the Stones twice, Alice Cooper, and ELO.

All out of tickets...but hockey season starts in 3 weeks!

Crowded House tonight in Seattle

The The in Edinburgh (no support — the group will play two sets with an intermission in between)

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September 26- Kings of Leon
October 6- Ray LaMontagne
October 11- ELO
March 28- Heart
May 1&3- Metallica

The National and War on Drugs Thursday
Marcus King on Sunday
Airborne Toxic Event on Wednesday

Got a couple good ones lined up for October.

Joshua Redman Quartet, featuring Gabrielle Cavassa
Ana Popovic

St. Vincent in Manchester (Support: Anna B Savage)
David Gilmour in London

Also considering Samantha Fish in Edinburgh tomorrow, but it is the last night of the 10 consecutive shows without a day off in this current UK tour. Such a tight schedule and the promoter’s inconsideration. I’m afraid she may suffer from fatigue. Still worth a try? I’ve never seen her live.

Acid Mothers Temple tonight and Neighbor on Tuesday, both in a small venue

Taylor Swift with my (adultish) kids and then Jelly Roll.

Alice Cooper / Primal Scream at Manchester Arena on Thursday

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in May. Probably something will pop up before then.

Ana Popovic tonight!!
Go see her!
She'll blow your socks off!!