DiS is excited...
We're off to see Björk on Thursday, but Jude Rogers of our sister site The Lipster was at her first of three (London) Hammersmith Apollo shows last night to deliver a pretty tasty-looking setlist.
The Lipster enjoyed a week of exclusive Björk content last week - if you missed it, click here.
Last night's setlist...
'Earth Intruders'
'Hunter'
'Unravel'
'Hope' (with Toumani Diabate)
'The Pleasure Is All Mine'
'Dull Flame Of Desire' (with Antony Hegarty)
'Joga'
'Vertebrate by Vertebrate'
'Where Is The Line'
'Desired Constellation'
'Army Of Me'
'Innocence'
'Who Is It'
'Vökuro'
'Wanderlust'
'Hyperballad'
'Pluto'
Encore:
'The Anchor Song'
'Declare Independence'
Look out for a 'top-ten' feature on Björk later today featuring contributions from both m'self and editor of t'other new DiS-sibling website The Quietus, John Doran.
Björk on tour...
April
17 + 20 London Hammersmith Apollo
22 Plymouth Pavillion
25 Wolverhampton Civic Hall
28 Belfast Waterfront
May
1 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
4 Sheffield City Hall
July
5 Hertfordshire Knebworth House
harro
im going to iceland in 2 weeks. im staying at Hotel Bjork.
Truefact.
i stayed there!
it's nice though quite noisy. there was nearby construction taking place at the time (early last year). have a good'un.
nice hotel that is
ive walked passed it a few times, on the icelandic musical hotel note spot the leifur erikson hotel
I stayed there in 2006
what's musical about it?
Blue Lagoon
I went a year ago, and stayed at the Hotel Klopp in the centre of Reykjavik..It was freezing. Dont miss the Blue Lagoon, a great experience.
Did anyone support her?
And will they be supporting on Thurs?
^ this
I also want to know. I'm also super excited
Also, I'm also also. Also?
Leila supported
but I missed her. Bjork was onstage at 9.15 (well, just after). I think the set times will be the same on Thursday (they were the same in Manchester).
Leila was weird
I didn't quite get it, and thought most people were standing around going WTF... but at least they just wheeled her stuff off and Bjork was pretty prompt getting on :o)
Support
I was at the Manchester gig and Leila Arab was the support if you can call it that... she was terrible. You get the best support.. a guy called Toumani Diabate. Follow the link and scroll down http://bjork.com/ We didnt get the added treat either, you get Dull Flame Of Desire with guest Antony Heggarty from Antony And The Johnsons. Enjoy it, she was magnificent at Manchester.
Also go here
http://www.bjork.com/facts/gigography/2008.htm to view the pictures from manchester and Mondays gig.... click details next to the gig date.
You lucky lot
going to the Hammersmith gigs, i tried to get a ticket for Sunday but sold out. Might go to the Finland gig, thats a bit extreme and expensive but what the heck, you are a long time dead.
Bjork on Zane Lowe
Listen to Zane Lowe interview with Bjork 15/4/08
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio1_aod.shtml?radio1/zane_tue
Leila "supported"
Also - i don't remember her playing "Where Is The Line" - but she was on 5 minutes late so may have cut it.
she did
with rahzels beat boxing being played on a tonori-on..it was a bit of a mess tho to be fair
hmmm
i musta just been caught up in the moment then... or maybe it segued into desired constellation which made me forget it?
last night
Having Mark Bell from LFO doing the beats and bass for Bjork was amazing. I thought having Matmos with her last time couldnt be beat but hearing the thunderous rendition of 'Declare Independence' or the way 'Hyperballad' mixed into LFO's 'Freak' convinced me otherwise.
the sound was terrible tho
made a lot of the beats seem quite sludgy
It was great at the very front
but I can imagine it was less good further back- that's how the Hammersmith Apollo normally is