Delerium in London
I went to see Delerium last night at the Islington Carling Academy. Was absolutely brilliant.
It took a little while to fill up so I managed to snag a nice spot near the front and grab a quick pint to whet the whistle. The pint at £3.35 was quite fairly priced for London.
Met I couple other people while I was there, rather unsurprisingly there were quite a few who had come from far a field, well further a field than I. Birmingham and Peterborough I have to admit aren’t that far a field but still.
Once the support acts came on things got a bit more interesting, don’t they always. Sadly I can’t remember either of the support acts names but the first was very good. It started off a bit flat but picked up as it went which was good. The second support act was basically just a DJ and while quite good did drag on a bit longer than it probably should have. A short break in his set might well have helped.
Then finally Delerium came on, I’m currently listening through the over 100 tracks I have of them to work out what the first song was. The second though was After All when their vocalist Kristy Thirsk magically pranced out from the back. It was absolutely great especially hearing both Silence and Incantation live. They are two absolutely amazing tracks.
My thanks to Facebook adverts for telling me of the event.