LEON BRIDGES // O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW
Singer, songwriter Leon Bridges danced the crowd dizzy at Glasgow’s O2 Academy in the south side of the city, and didn’t they just love it!
LEON BRIDGES AT THE O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW - 09.11.18
PICTURE BY: STEVEN WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY
★★★★☆
The soul singer from Texas has built quite a following in the UK and his sell out gig in Glasgow only emphasised this. Supported on this leg of the tour by Amber Mark, Bridges danced his way onto the old Glasgow stage, leaving the audience enthralled by his voice and his moves. There’s hints of Sam Cooke, there’s hints of Otis Redding, there’s hints of Marvin Gaye, and in his feet there’s more than a hint of Michael Jackson too.
Opening with If It Feels Good, he had the crowd on their toes from the word go, and hardly let up all evening. Bad Bad news, Better Man, Shy, the top numbers kept coming, and whenever the opportunity arose, Bridges showed off his moves again, wowing the Glasgow audience.
Bridges setlist this evening compromised the majority of tracks from both albums, 2015’s debut Coming Home, and 2018’s release Good Thing, with the newer songs going down well with the crowd, but the older numbers from the debut album had them really moving.
Smooth Sailin’ and Flowers closed the first part of the show, while Bridges took a well-deserved break, before returning to the stage, guitar in hand and finished the encore firstly with crowd favourite River before closing the set with Mississippi Kisses. The band took their bows to an ecstatic audience, with Bridges and his band in full appreciation.
This was an evening full of energy from the stage and from the fans. Great soul music, tunes to get you moving, songs to get you singing and a star to get you smiling. Bridges is the real deal, a great live performer.
SETLIST: | LEON BRIDGES : O2 ACADEMY, GLASGOW - 9.11.2018
If It Feels Good (Then It Muse Be)
Bad Bad News
Better Man
Shy
Coming Home
Beyond
Chocolate Hills
Georgia to Texas
Lions
You Don’t Know
Lisa Sawyer
Hold On
Brown Skin Girl
Mrs.
Smooth Salin’
Flowers
ENCORE:
River
Mississippi Kisses