What Heaven!!!!!!!!
Okay, so already we're sitting in the circle at Wilton's Grand Music Hall which is I think the last surviving Music Hall, built by John Wilton in the 1850's, a glorious, crumbling, peeling building where circus acts, original burlesque, opera and choral were performed until 1880. So, good.....in fact fan-freaking spine-tinglingly AMAZING already......
Onstage walks, in fact oozes, Little Annie, who I've heard of but never heard and was a REVELATION to me, like Liza Minelli, Shelley Duvall, Eartha Kitt and Carol Channing wrapped all in a 40's suit and sequinned shoes with this VOICE which is smokey basement bars in New York personified. OMG, please check her out, Nahid's seen her loads of times and was already a fan. In fact talking of Nahid, let me redress the balance from yesterdays pee pee picture and give you a bit of Nahid resplendent in her finery last night B.A.B.E.!!!!!!!!!!
In fact a SNARLING babe!!!
Of course Paul, Nahid, David and I were all there to see Marc Almond, in probably the most perfect setting you could choose....but also we had the one and only Baby Dee, who Superduck introduced me to about a year ago, but I've never seen live and who performed this song before accompanying Marc on HARP and accordian and is GENIUS GENIUS GENIUS!
Wilton's is a wonderful historical relic which they're trying to save I believe from demolition, it is so great that music is still performed here, there was a girl called Celine as first support who performed some original music hall bawdy numbers with no accompanyment at all and it was amazing, the acoustics were perfect.
If you want to do something to make sure this precious music hall doesn't die, find out about making a donation at http://www.wiltons.org.uk/friends/.
I have to say Marc Almond was looking incredible. The last time I saw him sing live he came on stage at the Royal Festival Hall to sing a song with Antony Hegarty and looked so frail, it was his first performance after his near-fatal motorbike accident, but last night he gave his ALL, was in amazing voice and seemed so thrilled to be surrounded by such an ensemble.
Can't wait for his new album......or Baby Dee's......or Little Annie's!!!!
Madame x
Onstage walks, in fact oozes, Little Annie, who I've heard of but never heard and was a REVELATION to me, like Liza Minelli, Shelley Duvall, Eartha Kitt and Carol Channing wrapped all in a 40's suit and sequinned shoes with this VOICE which is smokey basement bars in New York personified. OMG, please check her out, Nahid's seen her loads of times and was already a fan. In fact talking of Nahid, let me redress the balance from yesterdays pee pee picture and give you a bit of Nahid resplendent in her finery last night B.A.B.E.!!!!!!!!!!
In fact a SNARLING babe!!!
Of course Paul, Nahid, David and I were all there to see Marc Almond, in probably the most perfect setting you could choose....but also we had the one and only Baby Dee, who Superduck introduced me to about a year ago, but I've never seen live and who performed this song before accompanying Marc on HARP and accordian and is GENIUS GENIUS GENIUS!
Wilton's is a wonderful historical relic which they're trying to save I believe from demolition, it is so great that music is still performed here, there was a girl called Celine as first support who performed some original music hall bawdy numbers with no accompanyment at all and it was amazing, the acoustics were perfect.
If you want to do something to make sure this precious music hall doesn't die, find out about making a donation at http://www.wiltons.org.uk/friends/.
I have to say Marc Almond was looking incredible. The last time I saw him sing live he came on stage at the Royal Festival Hall to sing a song with Antony Hegarty and looked so frail, it was his first performance after his near-fatal motorbike accident, but last night he gave his ALL, was in amazing voice and seemed so thrilled to be surrounded by such an ensemble.
Can't wait for his new album......or Baby Dee's......or Little Annie's!!!!
Madame x
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