Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Freedom Of The Night

She's also recorded a performance at this year's Royal Variety Performance.

It seems she performed both Freedom and Murder. Hopefully both make the TV broadcast, as I can't see them cutting Murder.

 
Good for her. She really did remarkably little for such a long time, and still manages to come back with a profile, success and a sealed legacy. None of that was guaranteed.
 
Well the New Year’s special was predictably joyous. Good mix of her own material and crowd-pleasing covers, very much pulled from her standard festival set at the moment.

www.bbc.co.uk

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's New Year's Eve Disco - Part 1

Get ready to boogie into the new year with Sophie Ellis-Bextor as she leads BBC One’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.
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Few very small niggles

- The Scissor Sisters bit was fun, but I don’t think her and Jake’s voices meshed particularly well. Filthy/Gorgeous in particular sounded like a bit of a struggle for her. A reworked I Don’t Feel Like Dancing probably would have made more sense than that song anyway, novel as it was to hear her being a bit racey.
- I’d have swapped the performance order of LAP and Groovejet around, just to avoid the last song of a fairly covers-heavy set being a bit of a karaoke moment (albiet a wonderful one!)
 
I went to bed early last night with the post-Xmas lurgy so caught up with this just now. Great fun.

I thought the Jake duet was fine, it seemed to go down well. Loved Yes Sir I Can Boogie, and fishing out the ribbon for Freedom Of The Night. Hypnotised has become a bit of a staple and the dance tutorial was cute.

Heartbreak was the one obvious omission.
 
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I liked it overall mainly because I’m glad she’s getting these kind of gigs, it did what was intended.

I don’t think the point for this kind of thing was to have a vocally perfect mesh with Jake. I understand why she spoke to the audience so much during songs for this but she has developed a habit of doing this in her festival gigs too, I hope she cuts it back during her actual tour.
 
I'm going to catch up with this set a bit later :disco:

Is MOTDF racing up the streaming charts again? It better be! Unwritten is!
 
#19 on Spotify for NY. Assume it may hold on again in the top 200 for when they update for the 1st as well, as I’d assume quite a few plays in the early hours of the morning?
 
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#19 on Spotify for NY. Assume it may hold on again in the top 200 for when they update for the 1st as well, as I’d assume quite a few plays in the early hours of the morning?
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Down just 11 places to #30 :disco:
 
Her performance from Dick Clark's (HE'S DEAD, AMERICA, MOVE ON) New Year's Rockin' Eve is now on YouTube:



It is MAD, and wonderful, that she had two huge NYE gigs on both sides of the Atlantic. Especially considering she's not had a hit with a new song in 20 years
 
Have we had the ratings from the BBC New Year’s show yet @lolly ?

I don’t know what Rick Astley pulled in last year but it was 11 million for Sam Ryder.
 
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Have we had the ratings from the BBC New Year’s show yet @lolly ?

I don’t know what Rick Astley pulled in last year but it was 11 million for Sam Ryder.
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In the new ratings thread. 4.687m.
 
Sure it’s a drop off in viewers but not quite ouch worthy as you’re quoting the midnight fireworks figure.

Looking at @lolly old posts

Sam Ryder was 5.569 / fireworks were 11.080
Rick Astley was 5.751 / fireworks 11.418
Sophie 4.687 / fireworks 10.941
 
The way she sings 'I can be for your eyes only' is quite Kylie and I do love an 'A-HA!'

Hopefully this will be on the album even if it isn't a single, and not another Dear Jimmy.
 
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Dublin date added to the tour for 22 May 2025 at the 3Olympia Theatre.

Pre-sale tomorrow, general on Friday.

www.ticketmaster.ie

Sophie Ellis Bextor Dublin Tickets, 3Olympia Theatre 2025 Tour Dates | Ticketmaster.ie

Buy Sophie Ellis Bextor tickets on tour in 2025 at 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin on Ticketmaster.ie
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So this show has sold out already so she’s added a second date the day before (which sounds wrong but is right even though its now the first night).

If there’s a space in the schedule or venue available she’d have been able to drive 2 hours up the road and fill a venue in Belfast when over too.
 
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