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Joanna Newsom announces special London show

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Words: Mike Diver
Posted: 06 Nov '06, 17:32

Harp-humping singer-cum-screecher Joanna Newsom - her new album Ys is quite The Good, you know - has announced a one-off London show.

Newsom will play Ys, Don't Look Back style, at the city's Barbican Hall on January 19. She'll be backed by The London Symphony Orchestra.

Photograph by Lucy Johnston

Immediate update: Oh cursewords, this show is, like, sold-out! Oh well...



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album of the year

so far. so beautiful, especially 'only skin'.

waves | 6 Nov '06, 17:35 | Send note | Report this | Reply

yay

I have front row tickets, I hope she plays old songs to and doesn't add the orchestra to them.

gay4conoroberst | 6 Nov '06, 17:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

that

joanna newsom is just about gorgeous.

cyan_scarab | 6 Nov '06, 17:41 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I'm going

i'm on the balcony :(

But I am going! it's going to be amazing.

millionaire | 6 Nov '06, 17:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Fucking sold out

like sufjan...can someone warn me about these gigs in ADVANCE please...thanks...?!

OvertakenByTractors | 6 Nov '06, 17:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

yeah it must be impossible

for people who don't spend 24 hours a day on the internet to get tickets for anything these days, luckily I do.

gay4conoroberst | 6 Nov '06, 18:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

err

and it totally isn't one off. she's touring and also playing Glasgow, Gateshead and Manchester with the Northern Sinfonia.

RockNRollMassacre | 6 Nov '06, 17:50 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I'm aware o' this, now...

...blame newsfeeds and their EVIL.
Update coming...

Mike_Diver | 6 Nov '06, 17:55 | Send note | Report this | Reply

cumscreecher

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spookyelectric | 6 Nov '06, 18:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

off to Manchester we go

I went to see her in Bristol last year because I didn't want rubbish seats at the Royal Festival Hall. This year I have to go all the way up to Manchester because it sold out in London before my friends could get organised. I'll be seeing her in Egypt next time by the way things are going.

Filip | 6 Nov '06, 18:18 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i'm gonna be at the manc one

i predict it will be the single greatest event in my life thus far.

restlessboy | 6 Nov '06, 20:49 | Send note | Report this | Reply

fuck :(

fuck :(

From *joy* to *gutted* in a few paragraphs.

tomddf | 6 Nov '06, 20:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

Yay!

Ys = Album of the year.

Seeing her in Manchester!

TheWildSon | 6 Nov '06, 22:24 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i have

front row centre for the barbican!!!!!!

SEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMENSEMEN

joshua_t | 7 Nov '06, 00:00 | Send note | Report this | Reply

justice (louis armstrong voice)

was aghast to see barbican sold out. was ecstatic to see manchester tickets available today. Ys is ridiculously good, I have no idea how they intend to pull it all off live-how the fuck will she remember all the words? spelunking indeed.

josefk | 7 Nov '06, 10:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

she's been doing most of the album at live shows

since early last year. I think she knows the words pretty well by now.

Filip | 8 Nov '06, 11:42 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I'm going

just. Apparently we have bad seats. This'll be such a lovely evening, I can't wait to hear the climax to Only Skin.

jasminepearson | 7 Nov '06, 13:28 | Send note | Report this | Reply

i'm going

and am salavating as I type.

roastthemonaspit | 7 Nov '06, 14:39 | Send note | Report this | Reply