Paloma Faith Blomfield, one of the few entertainers born with a stage-name, is now in her 7th year of wowing audiences with her mighty voice and high-camp vintage style.
Last March, Faith released her third record, A Perfect Contradiction, an album defined by huge vocals on tracks that, if you cut them, would bleed soul. Trouble with My Baby is a case in point: a snappy beat ensures a crisp opening, before Faith swoops in with a growl, confrontational and bold: a referential and definitively arch ‘50s vixen.
Likewise, Only Love Can Hurt Like This, with its ooh-ing trumpets and strutting drumbeat, together with Faith’s bellowing mournful grandeur, will stick in your head for days. Faith’s mournful vocals retain an unmistakeable grandeur.
If her music sounds like a welcome throwback, her live shows are just the shame. Think big costumes, big hair, big routines: in fact, her hair is often an attraction in itself, taking on a seemingly endless variety of gravity-defying styles. Faith as a burlesque dancer at university and her showmanship remains undimmed. Expect a night of unrepentant entertainment.
Last March, Faith released her third record, A Perfect Contradiction, an album defined by huge vocals on tracks that, if you cut them, would bleed soul. Trouble with My Baby is a case in point: a snappy beat ensures a crisp opening, before Faith swoops in with a growl, confrontational and bold: a referential and definitively arch ‘50s vixen.
Likewise, Only Love Can Hurt Like This, with its ooh-ing trumpets and strutting drumbeat, together with Faith’s bellowing mournful grandeur, will stick in your head for days. Faith’s mournful vocals retain an unmistakeable grandeur.
If her music sounds like a welcome throwback, her live shows are just the shame. Think big costumes, big hair, big routines: in fact, her hair is often an attraction in itself, taking on a seemingly endless variety of gravity-defying styles. Faith as a burlesque dancer at university and her showmanship remains undimmed. Expect a night of unrepentant entertainment.
| What | Paloma Faith, The 02 |
| Where | O2 Arena, Peninsula Square , SE10 0DX | MAP |
| Nearest tube | North Greenwich (underground) |
| When |
On 23 Mar 15, 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM |
| Price | £32.45-£50.60 |
| Website | Click here to book via gigsandtours.com |
