The Upcoming
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Cinema & Tv
      • Movie reviews
      • Film festivals
      • Shows
    • Food & Drinks
      • News & Features
      • Restaurant & bar reviews
      • Interviews & Recipes
    • Literature
    • Music
      • Live music
    • Theatre
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
  • What’s On
    • Art exhibitions
    • Theatre shows
  • Tickets
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Support us
    • Contact us
  • Interviews
  • Competitions
  • Special events
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Sundance London
      • Cannes
      • Locarno
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • RSS

CultureMusicLive music

Tim Burgess at Islington Assembly Hall

Tim Burgess at Islington Assembly Hall | Live review
18 December 2013
Gemma Whitfield
Avatar
Gemma Whitfield
18 December 2013

Many of us will recognise mop-haired Brit rock legend Tim Burgess as the lead singer of The Charlatans, who have achieved seventeen top 30 singles and four top 10 hits in the UK singles chart since 1989. But tonight at Islington’s Assembly Hall in North London, fans are gathered for Tim’s solo material and his most recent album: Oh No I Love You.

Burgess takes to the stage sporting a Nike jumper, jeans and his trademark blond bowl-cut, rousing applause from the crowd – all avid fans of the lead Charlatan. White, the first track off the new album, features a delicious piano riff reminiscent of The Strokes. Burgess’ vocals have a creamy, soothing texture – the song is almost psychedelic, and the audience loves it. Other impressive new material includes the funky The Great Outdoors, Bitches and a tender, touching performance of A Case for Vinyl. Before this recent album, it had been nine years since Burgess had released any of his solo endeavours – and so as different as the new material may be compared with The Charlatans’ music, it is warmly welcomed and celebrated by the crowd. 

The audience are treated to some festive numbers including Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, to which the entire hall merrily sing along. Tim carries a naturally endearing and irresistible aura that draws listeners in – the London crowd fall in love with him all over again tonight.

 

Gemma Whitfield
Photos: Francesca Capra

For further information and future events visit Tim Burgess’s website here.

Watch the video for White here:

Related Itemslive musicreview

More in Live music

Live from the Barbican: Moses Boyd

★★★★★
Dan Meier
Read More

Weezer with the LA Philharmonic and YOLA at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Online

★★★★★
Jessica Wall
Read More

Birdy at Wilton’s Music Hall Online

★★★★★
Mark Worgan
Read More

Bat for Lashes Online

★★★★★
Jessica Wall
Read More

Barker-Turner Overdrive: An Evening of Duets at the Tunbridge Wells Forum Online

★★★★★
Catherine Sedgwick
Read More

Ben Howard: Global Transmission from Goonhilly Earth Station live stream

★★★★★
Sylvia Unerman
Read More

The Sherlocks at Sheffield City Hall Online

★★★★★
Francis Nash
Read More

The Snuts at Stirling Castle Online

★★★★★
Jessica Wall
Read More

Valley Maker – When the Day Leaves Livestream

★★★★★
Jasper Watkins
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap
  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • Kaleo – Surface Sounds
    ★★★★★
    Album review
  • London’s Michelin-starred restaurants open al fresco right now – and all those re-opening in May
    Food & Drinks
  • Weezer with the LA Philharmonic and YOLA at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Online
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • The Motherhood Project: An interview with creator and curator Katherine Kotz
    Theatre
  • Ride or Die
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • The Last Photograph
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Fear of Rain
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • House of Cardin
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Chiswick Playhouse Recharged: An interview with producer Wayne Glover-Stuart
    Theatre
  • 50 Next unveils the new generation of food industry pioneers
    Food & Drinks
  • Arlo the Alligator Boy
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • London’s Michelin-starred restaurants open al fresco right now – and all those re-opening in May
    Food & Drinks
  • Campfire in Kings Cross: Two Tribes deliver everything you’ve been missing with a night of beer, BBQ and live music
    Food & Drinks
  • Live from the Barbican: Moses Boyd
    ★★★★★
    Live music
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • Support us
  • What, when, why

Copyright © 2011-2020 FL Media

The Wind in the Willows at the Duchess Theatre | Theatre review
Trinity Presents The Last Word pop-up | Restaurant review