Cue the excitement from the crowd as the track drops its beats and explodes in to life. Kicking off with ‘Lights’ from her 2010 debut record (originally not on the album, but later added as a bonus track). A few minutes later Ellie returns for an encore. ‘Love Me Like You Do’ arrives two thirds of the way through the set, and the amazing ‘Anything Could Happen’ is the last song of the set, bringing with it a huge party atmosphere. ‘Only You’ picks up the pace again, but it is her bigger hits that of course cause the mass singalongs and excitement from the audience. We of course get a couple of her recent collaborations too ‘Powerful’, ‘New Love’, ‘I Need Your Love’ and ‘Close To Me’ cause the room to shift tempo during the set. ‘Power’, ‘How Deep Is Too Deep’, ‘New Heights’ and the gorgeous ‘Flux’ immediately stand out in the live setting. Most of tonight’s set is made up of tracks from 2020’s ‘Brightest Blue’ and sit comfortably beside her back catalogue tracks.
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By the end of the track she is fully centre stage and in full light. The song itself is very stop/start and Ellie slowly makes her way across the stage in time with the verse and choruses. A few moments later the band start the opening notes of ‘Start’ as Ellie arrives quietly on stage to excited screams from the audience. The crowd are successfully warmed up.īang on 9pm, the lights in the auditorium dip and the crowd comes alive as the band arrive on stage in silhouette. The final track ‘Die On The Dancefloor’ is an indie pop ash up that the likes of Joel Correy, Becky Hill and Deadmau5 would crave. ‘Boring People’ and ‘Don’t Say It’ immediately show depth in the young starlets’ songwriting. First song ‘Girls Like Sex’ is filled with enough bop to get the room jumping along. Flitting between prowling the stage and playing guitar, she mixes up her set and delights the early arrivers.
Her brand of indie-pop riles the crowd up and she is warmly received. Usually at home playing arenas these days, Herefordshire born Ellie Goulding arrived in Birmingham at the intimate o2 Academy as part of a 6-date UK Tour promoting last year’s ‘Brightest Blue’ album.
Photography & Review by: Glenn Rossington
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