Published: 3rd December, 2010 - http://www.meg.ie/ellie-goulding-review/
Ellie Goulding has the world at her feet. A 2010 Brit-award winner, she recently returned from the USA after being asked to perform at the prestigious Roxy theatre in LA and the Hiro ballroom in New York. It was the first time Ellie had ever performed in the US and both shows were packed to the brim with fans and curious music lovers alike.
Ellie's gig in Tripod on Tuesday this week was not, in fact, her first time playing in Ireland. As a matter of fact she had just played to a sold out show in Belfast the previous week, an intimate hotel gig in the Radisson Galway the previous night, a sold-out concert in The Academy last March and supported the mighty Passion Pit in the Olympia the night before her own gig in the Academy. Not bad for a 24 year old from a small town in Hereford whose own mother suggested she should not follow the path of music.
Irish newcomer Niamh Danger, musically known as The Danger Is, opened the show with an electric set buzzing with energy and most certainly did what support acts are supposed to do and warmed the crowd up to a temperature just right for Ms. Goulding's stage arrival.
Opening the show with Under The Sheets Goulding emerged from the back of the stage demonstrating her musical versatility by performing a pounding, and ridiculously catchy, drum solo which left me, and I'm sure many others, wishing they could play the drums too… It's evident from the second she steps on stage that drumming is a real passion for Ellie and the crowd couldn't get enough of it, especially the drum solo at the end of Salt Skin which was met by squeals and shouts of delight.
Ellie's stage presence is certainly something that could, and should, put many veteran performers to shame and have new artists upping their game to try to compete with her. The middle of the gig consisted of a warmly welcomed acoustic set during which Ellie showcased her skilful guitar playing and proved her vocals could stand the test even without a live band behind her.
Her rendition of the Elton John's' Your Song is something that could make even the coldest of hearts feel emotion. Showing her own love for the song by having it as the second last song on her set, only losing out to the much-loved and always crowd-pleasing Starry Eyed.
Speaking to me about the song the previous day Ellie revealed that it was in fact UK retail giant, John Lewis (who feature Ellie's version of the song in their Christmas ad campaign) who chose the song and carefully selected Ellie as the voice behind the campaign.
Ellie also made no hesitation in proclaiming that Human (which is heavily rumoured to be her next single) is without a doubt her favourite from her latest album Bright Lights.
The whole concert definitely went down a treat with the music hungry crowd and Ellie and the band finished their second full tour on what they described as being ''...definitely one of our favourite nights of the entire tour.''
The only critique I have about the night was the fact that unfortunately none of the new songs from Bright Lights (which essentially is a re-release of her first album Lights with the added bonus of six new songs) were included in the set-list, bar Human and of course Your Song. However, this small oversight only just fuels my yearning to see her live again.
By: Lynne Swan
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