Ellie Goulding - Girl next door, all grown up

From Ellie Goulding 2011

On the first couple of occasions I saw Ellie Goulding live she was very much the girl next door with a great voice, a talent for song writing, and nervous on stage. When I last saw her at the Apollo she’d developed a “style” – but it wasn’t clear where it was going… Returning to London half way through a tour of the US it was clear she had grown up and was now maturing into the role of musical diva by royal appointment – hair by Adam Reed and couture dress by Jonathan Saunders, flowers strewn across the stage…. The great news is that confidence and style hasn’t distracted from the music. Ellie quickly had the audience totally engaged – admittedly it was made up mostly of fans starved of live performances while she breaks America.  Many of whom had been queuing at Somerset House most of the day. With a set that stretched to 17 songs – the audience got good reward for their enthusiasm – nearly every track on her only album and those on her extended version of the album too. Expectation for the 2nd album will be high – shame none of it was ready to tease fans with live…