Tour Dates 04/25/10 Vic Chicago
Discography
04/26/10 St. Andrews Detroit, MI 04/28/10 Phoenix Toronto, Ont 04/30/10 Club Soda Montreal, QB 05/01/10 HOB Boston, MA 05/02/10 TLA Philadelphia, PA 05/04/10 9:30 Club Washington DC 05/06/10 Terminal 5 New York 05/07/10 National, Richmond, VA 05/08/10 Rams Head Annapolis, MD 05/12/10 Falkoner Theatre Copenhagen 05/15/10 L’Aéronef Lille 05/16/10 Ancienne Belgique Brussels 05/17/10 MCV Utrecht 05/18/10 Olympia Paris 05/20/10 Astra Berlin (Postponed) 05/21/10 Große Freiheit Hamburg (Postponed) 05/23/10 Muffathalle Munich (Postponed) 05/24/10 Theaterhaus Stuttgart (Postponed) 05/25/10 Gloria Cologne (Postponed) 05/27/10 Roundhouse - London 08/08/10 Lilith Fair: Atlanta, GA 08/10/10 Lilith Fair: Birmingham, AL 08/16/10 Lilith Fair: Dallas, TX
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She stopped by Minneapolis to play the Fine Line Cafe, which, not surprisingly, sold-out. I've said this before, but unless you're in the front, seeing the stage is next to impossible, especially if you're short. Do tall people not understand that they're blocking somebody's view if they're in front ? I think this could be rectified easily, if perhaps the stage was higher, but alas, it's not.
Opening up for Sia was Brooklyn's Body Language, who's DIY 80s songs did not really fit well with Sia's pop sound. It was Body Language's last show with Sia, and as sad as that sounds, the band's music remains mostly cheery.
By the time Sia took the stage, the venue is packed from shoulder-to-shoulder. This may be because the Fine Line, for some reason, did not allow for re-entry. Now, this is not the first time that I've been to a show that was "no re-entry" policy, and I never got the logic behind this.
Sia arrived on stage with a glowing unicorn light-up horn on her head. The horn lit up in different colors, controlled by a switch, during her intro song, "The Fight". This is followed by her previous intro song, "Buttons", the hidden gem off of Some People Have Real Problems.
A lot of her songs on this set was from her forth-coming album, We Are Born, to be released in June by Jive Records. Based on what I've heard, they are really quite good. Particularly impressed by "Clap Your Hands" and "The Codependent".
Which brings me to the fact that inbetween songs, Sia would ask for people to shout heckles at her. Most of her comments are pretty off-beat and funny (in a "where the heck did that come from?" way). For instance, she tells us a story about how she had Taco Bell and ultimately got, what she affectionately refers to as, "uh-oh bum". Another odd one, someone shouted out "Pee on You", which apparently was a joke-song that Sia recorded on her tour bus. And yes, they improv the song live. The banters are indeed the best part of the show.
She did two covers, Madonna's "Oh Father" and The Kinks' "I Go To Sleep". The former had a long introduction about how they recorded the song with some altered lyrics, but Madonna's record company rejected it and they were forced to record a "correct" version for We Are Born. Defiantly Sia said that when they do it live, they do it the incorrect way.... and when she said incorrect - literally because the stanza was sung out of order, unintentionally! But hey, it's like no one noticed anyway.
Sia and her fairy-winged bubble machine |
She ended the set with "Breathe Me" from Colour the Small One. She came back, complete with her fairy-winged bubble machine for the two songs for the encore. Almost in unison, everyone held up their phone, camera, recording device to snap this unforgettable moment.
Look for We Are Born in June, preview her new material now if you see her on tour. Well worth it, just for the random banters between the songs.
BONUS: Watch "You've Changed" video by Sia:
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