On the strength of her second album, Amy Macdonald has moved up to bigger venues. From the Shepherds Bush Empire to Hammersmith Apollo and from Cambridge Junction to the Corn Exchange (where I previously saw Sarah McLachlan). I chose this in preference to Hammersmith as it is a more intimate hall. I had the choice of ground floor standing or a seat in the balcony. In one way I was glad that I chose a seat, but Amy's uptempo folk rock fused with a Celtic beat is made for jumping up and down. And that would have probably done me no good at my age. There also seemed few in the audience who felt the way I do about her music, so their participation was sadly lacking.The concert was a run through almost every song from her two albums, and the ninety minutes went in a flash. LA, Poison Prince and Mr Rock & Roll started the proceedings with many of her latest songs in the middle half, including the frantic Love Love. Coming back on her own for an encore, Amy gave a superb solo acoustic rendition of Born to Run before the excellent five piece band joined her for What Happiness Means To Me and a rousing Let's Start A Band. The only thing missing was her cover version of Caledonia found on the live CD that accompanies her latest recordings.
The sound quality did not seem to be the best, but it was just the right loudness. Amy's voice was spot on and she looked great in her sparkly silver dress. It is just a shame she does not have the same enthusiastic following here as in the rest of Europe. Joining 17,000 at the O2 in Berlin would have been great.
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