Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It is a little under two years since Alison Moyet wowed the audience inside the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, the November evening being one of the most hauntingly beautiful to have taken place inside the grandness of the city’s prestigious venue. Time never diminishes such a talent like Alison Moyet, the setting may change, the atmosphere may vary, but for legends of music, to which Ms. Moyet undoubtedly belongs, what remains is the sheer exuberance and the depth of their passion for the chance to perform in front of an audience.

It may be argued that this is the very least that they should be doing, but time is a clever beast, it offers us the chance to reminisce but it comes with the perspective of what the artist achieved when they were younger, when the audience were more inclined to grasp hold of initial fancy, love and ardour. It is only with time do we come to truly appreciate what that artist has meant to us, where their music has led us, and it is that, in the February cold that seemed to creep through the rows and aisles of the venue and bite at the heels of the crowd, that Alison Moyet shone like a star and glowed like a welcoming lamp in the darkness.

It is a testament to the iconic singer that she keeps on astounding the crowd, that her voice has never wavered in its sincerity and passion, and even in the role of support to Tears For Fears in their own return to the city, her performance was exemplary, shrouded in mystique and probing the mind of the audience to the point where they called for more at every opportunity. It was also laid back, cool, strictly enjoyable and across songs from both her solo career and her time with Vince Clarke in Yazoo such as Beautiful Gun, All Cried Out, The Rarest Birds, Only You, Love Resurrection and Don’t Go, that sense of cool was fiery, forceful and scorching.

A performance in which to take everything from at the newly-renamed M & S Bank Arena, all that you could ever want from Alison Moyet.  

Ian D. Hall