363. Kate Tempest: Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds [12.11.19]

Artist: Kate Tempest

Venue: Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds

Date: 12.11.19

For the first of the evening’s two intimate shows, Kate Tempest walked on stage and made a simple request. In such a small venue she could see right into the faces of the audience and would rather not perform to a crowd of cameras. She therefore asked us to take one shot for social media and then put our phones away, which we duly did.

Tempest took a moment to compose herself and then unleashed an astounding word-perfect set of poetry and rap from her ‘Let Them Eat Chaos’ and ‘The Book of Traps and Lessons’ albums. The powerful lyrics were beautifully set to the haunting beats and  keyboards of Clare Uchima.

As the gig ended there was momentary silence from an awestruck audience, still processing the barrage of wise words and meaningful messages of a truly mind blowing performance.