Not a Book: The Chicks

Yes I know you already know that this is where I went last Sunday, but as they’re supporting Bruce Springsteen in Hyde Park this weekend as well I’m going to have a little moment about them here too because: it’s been twenty years!

I’m not a big concert person. I should probably start with that. Well, at least I wasn’t when I was younger – not living in a big city meant the cost of going to them was often too much once you added the transport and then they were so often on a weeknight and that didn’t work for school. I’ve been ticking off a few acts I’ve always wanted to see over the last little while and revisiting some others (hello Darren Hayes) and The Chicks were the big one I wanted to do this year and it was amazing. They did Glastonbury the week before so I can offer you a little taste of the live experience here:

I’ve had Goodbye, Earl stuck in my head all week, which is fine except that you just have to be careful not the sing the lyrics out loud because people might get the wrong idea about you! Anyway, they did everything I wanted them to (bar that one song they never do), they sounded as good as they do on the records and the band is super slick. Just exactly what you want from a gig. There last tour was 2016/17 and I hope it’s not another six years until they come back. I’ll be in line when they are.