Nerina Pallot live in Manchester
Posted by: dayjay on 15 April 2016
Nerina Pallot is currently on her UK tour and last night I had the privilege and pleasure of watching her live in Manchester. The venue was the Gorilla, which is one I had not been to previously but one that I hope to visit again because it was a lovely intimate venue with really excellent sound. My wife and I were quite literally touching the stage, or resting our beer on the stage as the case may be.
After a decent support act Nerina came on stage at 9pm with a three piece band supporting her. Although I like her music I was not sure what to expect in a live environment, I certainly didn't expect her to be as brilliant as she was. The band were very tight and very accomplished but she was far and away the star of the show, hugely talented and with a lively entertaining personality, she played most of her more famous hits and a few besides. I can quite honestly say that this was the most enjoyable gig I have ever been to.
There are still a few dates left on the tour around the country, I would seriously recommend to anyone who likes good live music to pick one up, at the princely fee of £20, and go and watch her because she is just brilliant.
Saw Nerina in Portsmouth last night. Didn't get home until 1am but it was worth it. The venue, Wedgewood Rooms, is a small one with some 200 or so in the audience so her backing band was small, just three, but the size of the venue adds to the intimacy - I was only five rows back from her and she seems to love chatting to the audience. She played material I was mostly familiar e.g. Rousseau, Idaho, Geek Love, Damascus, and it was wonderful. And then we got to the encore and she sang Sophia......what can I say?......
Oh, and I agree with AndyP19 about Samuel Taylor, both as a support act and as the lead guitar in her band. Bought his CD afterwards and had a brief chat with him. Nice guy and seemed very down to earth. Hope he does well in his career.
Mike