Last night my amazing friend Renee (fondly known to me as Renoir) took me as her guest to The Hospital Club in Convent Garden.
The Hospital Club in a multi-storey building with bars, funky decor, artworks, exhibitions and meeting rooms dispersed throughout the establishment. The Club features and promotes music, visual and performing arts, and have fabulous facilities to do so.
In the basement last night- which is both a stage and a recording studio, and is equipped with state of the art lighting, cameras and sound equipment, not to mention divine acoustics- Ren and I witnessed two outstanding performances. The first act was Mr Hudson- who was attired in a wicked, double-sided, black and white suit- pressed out a high energy set, and entertained the crowd, and I thoroughly enjoyed his music, lyrics and overall performance...now for purchasing his tracks on i-tunes...:)
After a brief intermission, the 'headline' act, Florence and the Machine, made their way out onto the dry-flower-clad stage for a simply unbelievable performance. Sipping a Mojito in celebration of a Mercury award nomination that very same day, Florence owned the stage from the opening track Between Two Lungs, and commanded the attention, heart and emotions of every person privileged enough to be standing before her, until the Rabbit Heart finale. Songs like Hurricane Drunk, Cosmic Love, Dog days are Over, and Drumming Song captivated me completely, and left me speechless and spellbound.
Truly unforgettable show.
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