As a big fan of backing vocalists I couldn't resist a gig from 60s icon P P Arnold who started out as an Ikette and then sang with pretty much everybody from Small Faces to Nick Drake to Freddie King to Peter Gabriel. And produced two classic singles along the way.
The show started with support act Lady Nade who had a tremendous voice, powerful and solid but whose songs were not as good as her singing.
P P Arold played with a five piece band of guitar, bass, drums, keyboards and of course a backing singer.
She did a number of songs from her recent (2019) album and quite a few covers. The new songs plus her two absolute classic hits were the best bits - the covers of 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'God Only Knows' fell a bit flat for me although the cover of 'Medicated Goo' (Traffic) and 'I'm a Dreamer' (Sandy Denny) were excellent. The newish songs were good original music, from a veteran, but she had assistance from people such as Paul Weller which helps.
Though It Hurts Me Badly
Baby Blue
Different Drum
I Believe
Medicated Goo
I'm a Dreamer
Shoot The Dove
(If You Think You're) Groovy
Hold On To Your Dreams
Eleanor Rigby
Angel of the Morning
God Only Knows
The First Cut Is the Deepest
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