Caro
Emerald is easily one of the hottest artists to
of come out of Holland in a very long time, her
debut album 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room
Floor' was number 1 un her own country for 27
weeks beating the record previously set by Michael
Jackson with his 'Thriller' album which sat at
the top of the charts for 26 weeks.
Now 2 albums into her career Caro Emerald is a
worldwide star and is currently on a sold out
run of shows around the UK and is also close to
selling
out many dates to her forthcoming UK arena tour
which has just been postponed from March 2014
to October 2014 whilst Caro Emerald becomes a
mum for the first time.
Tonight we headed down to the Cliffs Pavilion
in Southend to watch Caro Emerald, the show was
sold out months in advanced and you could tell
that the crowd tonight were super excited about
the next couple of hours as many people took to
the venue and their seats super early in anticipation
for the show ahead.
Caro
Emerald and her band took to the stage dead on
8.30pm tonight and right from the start she had
the crowd bopping their head along to the likes
of 'One Day' and 'completely' and moments after
these songs she spoke to the crowd to say she
had picked her outfits for the night and the shoes
to go along with them but because they are all
massive skyscraper shoes and the stage is on a
slight slant she will bring each pair of shoes
out to have centre stage whilst she plays the
whole show barefooted which was a wise move considering
her recently announced pregnancy.
As
the set progressed Caro and her bands poppy-jazz
sounds were really warming on the crowd as people
got out of their seats to dance down the aisles
until the kill joy security told them to go and
sit back down, Caro acknowledged this and told
them not to worry you will be up dancing again
later.
Now Caro is one talented musician who totally
looks and sounds the part on stage and it seemed
like she was having the time of her life tonight
smiling throughout the set but her 8 piece backing
band were equally as good and she made sure that
each and every member of the band got the recognition
that they deserved as she announced their names
during solos and gave them chance to stand out
when she disappeared for quick outfit change and
that was the great thing music was played constantly
apart from the short 2 minute wait for the encore.
During
a 24 track 2 hour performance Caro played all
the hits like 'Pack Up The Louie', 'Liquid Launch’,
‘Dr Wanna Do', 'Tangled Up', 'Coming Back
As A Man,' but it was the likes of 'A Night Like
This', 'The Other Women', 'That Man' and set closer
'No Me Quite Pas' which had the whole venue up
on their feet singing and dancing the night away.
Overall tonight was fantastic and it come across
more like a show than it did a concert and that
is because there were no support bands it was
just Caro and her 8 piece band and the music flowed
constantly for over 2 hours even during outfit
changes just like they would in the West End and
I am sure that everyone left the venue tonight
with a big smile on their face and the music of
Caro Emerald going around there head.
Next time Caro is back in the UK will be for an
Arena tour in just over 12 months and I seriously
recommend you book your tickets now before they
sell out as Caro Emerald is quickly becoming one
of the most talked about artists around at the
moment and tonight’s show proved exactly
why.
Caro Emerald 5/5
Review By Trigger
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