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siouxsie
Electric Ballroom
Wednesday 24 October
Siouxsie Sioux has captivated audiences since 1976 as frontwoman for Siouxsie and the Banshees. Returning in 2007 with her first ever solo record, 'Mantaray', she headlined the John Peel Night for the BBC's Electric Proms.
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Sorry, we were only able to keep performance videos online for a week after the festival. But you can still watch an interview with Siouxsie.
on the bbc
- Radio 1
- Radio 1 hosted Siouxsie as part of John Peel Night.
what happened
Minute by minute report, via text message, by the BBC's Kate Lawrence.
- 19.43 - They are soothing us with noodly saxophone music over the tannoy...
- 20.02 - Mohicans are flopping but the anticipation mounts... The lights come on! People scream! Bah, they're just testing them.
- 20.41 - The noodly sax is still going on and there's no sign of the dark priestess yet...
- 20.56 - Still waiting... There are a HUGE number of goths in the toilets where they've been hiding all this time it would seem. The hairspray is flying!
- 21.04 - Woo hoo! Mary Anne Hobbs is on stage: "The Queen is up in the palace!"
also at bbc electric proms
- Performed alongside Siouxsie:
- Agaskodo Teliverek
- Radio Luxembourg
line-up
- Mark Ronson with special guests and the BBC Concert Orchestra
- Paul McCartney
- Kaiser Chiefs via David Arnold
- Bloc Party
- Ray Davies and friends
- Agaskodo Teliverek
- Amar
- Amplifier
- Battles
- Ben Westbeech
- Basquiat Strings
- The Beatles: Help!
- Blanche
- Bob Dylan: The Other Side of the Mirror
- Breed 77
- Charlie Louvin
- The Chemical Brothers
- Cold War Kids
- The Coral
- Daft Punk: Electroma
- Duke Special
- Durrty Goodz
- Editors
- Edwyn Collins
- The Enemy
- Estelle
- The Flaming Lips:
UFOs at the Zoo - Ghetto
- Hadouken!
- Justice
- Kano presents London Town
- Kid Harpoon
- Noah and the Whale
- Once in a Blue Moon:
A tribute to Lal Waterson - Maps
- The Metros
- New Cassettes
- Radio Luxembourg
- Reverend and the Makers
- The Riff Raff and Riz MC
- Sam Isaac
- Sigur Rós: Heima
- Siouxsie
- SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS with Jamie Cullum
- Taio Cruz
audience reviews
DannySioux
Siouxsie's performance was out-of-this-world. She never fails to disapoint. She was in great voice as she soared her way through a collection of new songs from her amazing debut sol album ' Mantaray' as well as performing a few of her hits with The Banshees. Her performance of Cish Cash was a real treat. Looking forward to seeing her again at The Roundhouse on Fireworks night.
Coolest mum
Great gig...as a 40 something fan I have to give Siouxsie credit...she looks fantastic and sounds the best I've ever heard her. The new album really rocks and she pulled off a great performance. Was a little worried when she started playing lasso with the microphone cable(!) but she kept it under control and the karate kick that banished the microphone stand into the crowd showed us she meant business! What a role model for all us older fans...I'm off to buy the hair dye and leathers tomorrow!
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Sidney Rosa
Think Siouxisie was fab. I saw her last week on the 2 nights at Astoria but the lighting and sound systems made last night really special. Siouxsie's voice was spellbouding as usual and she looked like a model right off the catwalk. It would say is not 21 would you?Great evening, let's do it all again!!God bless John Peel!!!XsidX
jo and dee
A long time waiting for the goddess to return,and what a return it was, sexy raunchy and fab music, the vocals sound as good as the infamous Nocturne tour, it was good to see young fans there and appreciate what is a true legend of music, can't wait for the roundhouse gig.
les
It was a great night, the venue was intimate with great accoustics, the rendition of her new work was superb especially the hard version of into a swan brought the house down. I was right at the front and in my previous 4 visits to see her last time in 92 had never been this close, everybody was jumping up and down especially to Dear prudence and Arabian nights atmosphere took you back to a time sadly long ago, she is still an awesome beauty certainly the greatest female singer of all time with a massive stage presence can still twist the audience to a frenzy with a twirl of her hands and a swirl of her hips, your comments on the band were justified and you can never replace members like Severin, Budgie,S mith and all, but never the less Siouxsie is the band and over the years change is inevitable, yesterday was John Peel night and perhaps I feel some of her early hits would have hit the spot to mark the celebration. but if you missed last night you missed a great night.
Angel'a Death
Siouxsie put on a stunning performance, opening with 'dear prudance', a real upbeat number ...I used to run into my school library and sing on the top of my voice when I was about 14, fun memory much lol-age to myself!...she looks really stunning and could still move in typical siouxsie-esque snake-like manner, whilst holding a note and making it seem so smooth and effortless, a true performer, my only critique would be there were not enough of her old songs, I'd have liked to have heard her do 'cities in dust' and 'face to face' ..but then we all have our favourites!....although, that said, I preferred her live version of 'swan' , very powerful!..she chose what I considered to be a rather odd closing number as an encore, cover version of 'The Doors' song 'hello I love you', she did it very well, but both Wolfie and I were surprised she had not ended with something like 'spellbound'....a great evening, I can now say I have seen a living legend....thanx!
Ian James
Absolutely stunning !! - how good does Siouxsie look (and sound) ?. Really enjoyed the new material too - no sense of nostalgia for me just a bright future for one of music's brightest stars. Girl Power anyone ? - no Siouxsie Power thank you very much. Probably the most worthwhile female act there is (along with P J Harvey of course) - looking forward to watching it all over again on TV.