Paloma Faith at First Direct Arena Leeds - Review
This week I've been dancing along to Paloma Faith on the first date of her The Architect Tour. We'd booked the tickets months ago, but were concerned that the whole thing might be cancelled due to the snow. Paloma made it though, as did over 98% of the audience, proving that northern grit prevails. The stage was set with a retro sci-fi feel, seeming like a silver mountain with a matching disc in the background signifying a planet or star. Opening with the title track of her latest album The Architect, she proceeded to sing tracks from her first two albums, and we were back to the retro, brassy tracks that bought her world-wide success. Paloma maintained her good-girl image between songs, thanking the audience for braving the weather conditions to come see her, and imploring the audience respect their bodies in an age of narcissism and body-shaming. Another three songs, tracks from the politically charged new album mixed with her original hits, which is when things got ...