Suzanne Vega

[Ash Armstrong]

Just back in from seeing Suzanne Vega live at De Montfort Hall. Wowzers!

And folk-singer Sam Lee in support was bloody good too, so I bought his CD and got it signed. Listening to that now. Gorgeous!

[Ash Armstrong]

Suzanne Vega setlist:

Marlene on the Wall
Small Blue Thing
Caramel
Gypsy
In Liverpool
The Queen And The Soldier
When Heroes Go Down
( with 'Lipstick Vogue' by Elvis Costello snippet)
Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)
Last Train from Mariupol
Solitude Standing
Left Of Center
I Never Wear White
Some Journey
Luka
Tom's Diner

Encore:
Dreaming
Tombstone
Rosemary

[Olorin]

I see she's still rockin' that scary hat....

I've seen her three times and she always puts on a great show. One of those shows was a double header with Duncan Sheik. They actually performed a couple of songs together. What a great evening!

She always connects well with her audience during concerts. Some of her stories are pretty funny too. I'll always remember the one about her mom and step dad giving their cat a Viking funeral on the East River (in NYC). Well, they didn't set the raft on fire, but they did wash and blowdry the dead cat first. To be clear, I adore cats and am made unhappy about any suggestion of mistreatment toward them, but they do die, and the thought of kitty floating on a little barge downstream past the iconic New York skyline struck me as surreal.

[Ash Armstrong]

I see she's still rockin' that scary hat....

I've seen her three times and she always puts on a great show. One of those shows was a double header with Duncan Sheik. They actually performed a couple of songs together. What a great evening!

She always connects well with her audience during concerts. Some of her stories are pretty funny too. I'll always remember the one about her mom and step dad giving their cat a Viking funeral on the East River (in NYC). Well, they didn't set the raft on fire, but they did wash and blowdry the dead cat first. To be clear, I adore cats and am made unhappy about any suggestion of mistreatment toward them, but they do die, and the thought of kitty floating on a little barge downstream past the iconic New York skyline struck me as surreal.

Lots of stories in the show, and she's funny! Really good night out.

[rePete]

Always wanted to see her live. Nice pics - she looks great. Glad to hear she sounds great too!

[Ash Armstrong]

Always wanted to see her live. Nice pics - she looks great. Glad to hear she sounds great too!

Five days younger than me!

[patrickq]

Suzanne Vega setlist:

Marlene on the Wall
Small Blue Thing
Caramel
Gypsy
In Liverpool
The Queen And The Soldier
When Heroes Go Down
( with 'Lipstick Vogue' by Elvis Costello snippet)
Rock in This Pocket (Song of David)
Last Train from Mariupol
Solitude Standing
Left Of Center

“Left of Center” is a classic imo.

[RelayerI]

Saw her at the Birmingham Odeon back in the mid 1980's.

I'm old...

[Olorin]

I forgot to mention, at the first concert I saw her, she did an autograph session, so I met her and got her autograph.

[Ash Armstrong]

I forgot to mention, at the first concert I saw her, she did an autograph session, so I met her and got her autograph.

I would have liked that, and originally I'd taken a half-day from work to try and catch her pre-show in the afternoon, but the unfortunate circumstances of this week (two funerals) have rather taken over my time.
Oddly, there was no Suzanne Vega merch at all, though there were CDs and LPs for the support act, folk-singer and song-collector Sam Lee. I bought his most recent release last night and he was on his stall in the foyer during the interval signing stuff. Lovely, open, friendly guy, totally genuine. He has a book out too, called The Nightingale (link to an review article attached) which I've just ordered. The CD, Old Wow, is just gorgeous. He's been involved in the music for a forthcoming film as well, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, starring Jim Broadbent, which opens in UK cinemas at the end of April. I'll be looking out for that. It's based on a book which I had heard of but hadn't gotten around to buying/reading.

[John Southworth]

Glad you enjoyed the concert.
Shame you missed the main event; Blackburns win at the Kingpower!,😎

[Olorin]

I would have liked that, and originally I'd taken a half-day from work to try and catch her pre-show in the afternoon, but the unfortunate circumstances of this week (two funerals) have rather taken over my time.
Oddly, there was no Suzanne Vega merch at all, though there were CDs and LPs for the support act, folk-singer and song-collector Sam Lee. I bought his most recent release last night and he was on his stall in the foyer during the interval signing stuff. Lovely, open, friendly guy, totally genuine. He has a book out too, called The Nightingale (link to an review article attached) which I've just ordered. The CD, Old Wow, is just gorgeous. He's been involved in the music for a forthcoming film as well, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, starring Jim Broadbent, which opens in UK cinemas at the end of April. I'll be looking out for that. It's based on a book which I had heard of but hadn't gotten around to buying/reading.

The time I got her autograph, she had merch, because what she signed for me was a CD. The second two times, I don't recall any merch. I would attribute that to the venues, as at one of them I've never seen merch at any show, but at the other, upon occasion there's been merch.