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Posted by: Prettylittlebry 14th July 2020, 10:27 AM

Delta has recorded a new album and taking it on a tour of Australia in 2021.

No idea if the album will be released around the same tome but Keep Climbing is the lead single from the album!

Posted by: slowdown73 14th July 2020, 05:55 PM

Keep climbing is a poor lead single. Hopefully better stuff to come!

Posted by: isanka 16th July 2020, 02:11 PM

I don't like Keep Climbing. Hope her new album will have some great powerful pop songs.

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 16th July 2020, 03:14 PM

new single "Paralyzed" out tonight

Posted by: Monzo 17th July 2020, 06:07 AM

Paralyzed is just beautiful.

Posted by: isanka 17th July 2020, 07:29 AM

Thanks i will listen later.

Posted by: slowdown73 17th July 2020, 08:23 AM

I’ve ordered the CD single from her Australian store. It includes keep climbing and another new track.

Posted by: Monzo 18th July 2020, 08:46 AM

I never understood why Delta kind of vanished from the UK market after two successful albums, anybody knows why? Did her third album "Delta" just fail to chart in the UK because of poor sales or was it never officially released back then?

Posted by: WinterFreeze 18th July 2020, 09:03 AM

I always thought it was because the press in the UK blamed her for breaking up Brian & Kerry. I could be wrong though.

Posted by: WinterFreeze 18th July 2020, 09:05 AM

Just ordered it from JB Hi-Fi. It’s reasonably priced as well for the three track single.

Posted by: dannjohn 18th July 2020, 09:59 AM

‘Paralyzed’. Wow. Incredible

Posted by: slowdown73 18th July 2020, 01:43 PM

Paralysed is definately a lot better than keep climbing.

Posted by: trauts25 21st July 2020, 04:26 PM

Not sure if anyone saw Lorraine this morning but there was a hint of a uk tour following next year .... eeek!

She always gave a stunning performance of paralyzed on the voice finale on the weekend, how this song isn’t a global #1 I have no idea
https://youtu.be/1b-7lOrAn94

Posted by: dannjohn 10th August 2020, 04:07 PM

I cannot believe more people are not talking about 'Paralyzed'... it's utterly breathtaking..

Posted by: gooddelta 10th August 2020, 04:22 PM

Yeah, it's my favourite single of hers since Enough on the last album, it's stunning and so anthemic. Shame she's a 'legacy act' in Aus, so will probably never dent the charts there again. It was only five years since Wings was No.1 too.

Posted by: JosephStyles 10th August 2020, 04:26 PM

I adore Paralyzed! More than Keep Climbing for sure, it's a stunner

Posted by: Prettylittlebry 16th August 2020, 06:09 PM

Delta has released the story behind “Paralyzed” and she came through so strong 💙

Posted by: dannjohn 17th August 2020, 02:07 PM

I saw that! It's so sad!

Think the album is called 'Bridge over Troubled Dreams'.

Posted by: slowdown73 21st August 2020, 12:54 PM

Back in 84 is out today and it’s quite good!

Posted by: JosephStyles 21st August 2020, 12:57 PM

Another great song, and it's just a b-side too Super excited for the album.

Posted by: M4NGO 22nd August 2020, 08:52 AM

Back in 84 is quite the tune! My favourite thing I've heard from her for a long time!

Posted by: gooddelta 27th August 2020, 09:39 AM

Yes, another great song, the b-side to Paralyzed on the physical single so not sure if it will be on the album.

Reminds me of Anna Bergendahl, it's amazing Delta hasn't represented Australia at Eurovision yet, practically any of her recent songs could give them a top 10 finish.

Posted by: Prettylittlebry 17th September 2020, 03:51 PM

New single Solid Gold is out now

Posted by: slowdown73 17th September 2020, 10:59 PM

Has anyone received their physical copy of paralysed?

Posted by: dannjohn 18th September 2020, 07:35 AM

‘Solid Gold’ is so good

Posted by: WinterFreeze 18th September 2020, 08:02 AM

I have, a few weeks ago. But I’m in Australia so that’d be why.

Posted by: slowdown73 18th September 2020, 09:11 AM

Mine still hasn’t arrived from the official store.

Posted by: .MIKE. 19th September 2020, 05:11 PM

I LOVE solid gold!

Posted by: dannjohn 21st September 2020, 03:05 PM

My CD came today! (and tshirt!)

Posted by: jark 22nd September 2020, 02:56 PM

Back In 84 is SOOOOO GOOOOOD. I like Solid Gold too and hope both make the "album" (if there is one), but I don't understand why Back In 84 is not the single. Instant Delta classic.

Posted by: dannjohn 24th September 2020, 12:20 PM

it is strange... 'back in 84' felt like a promo single more than a bside

Posted by: Lomadz 24th September 2020, 03:18 PM

Solid Gold is not great, sounds cheap. Other 2 are excellent. Is she still big in Australia? Views on YouTube are terrible.

Posted by: The Architect 7th November 2020, 09:55 PM

Not sure where to put this but Delta has gone all out and added pretty much everything to Apple Music, Spotify etc.

I Don’t Care EP
Live Album
EP’s for old singles with all the b-sides (including the 2 previous tracks on,y available in Japan. Flawed and Never Fades Away)

Posted by: Rossco 7th November 2020, 11:48 PM

Yes! I can finally have a copy of You and You Alone and Stay!

Posted by: gooddelta 8th November 2020, 12:40 AM

I downloaded the I Don’t Care EP, in case it’s whipped off iTunes again at some point. The rest I have on various imported CD singles plus I have the Japan album and the live album but it’s great to have them available to stream and add to playlists etc!

The only official single missing by the looks of it is Happy Xmas (War Is Over) which was the b-side to Not Me, Not I here and a double a-side with Predictable in Australia (and a #1 there). Maybe it’s a rights issue?

Posted by: JosephStyles 8th November 2020, 12:46 AM

This is amazing news! I've downloaded a few bits and bobs to replace lower quality MP3s I've had for a while

Recently been starting to fill in the gaps in my Delta CD collection - I nabbed I Don't Care on CD single for ~£40 which felt like a bargain, not having the stickers knocked a good £50 off the price also bought the alternative I Can't Break It to My Heart CD single at what looked like a pretty reasonable price for what seems like a rare item. Diving in at the deep end before I buy some of the cheaper Aussie-only singles

Posted by: gooddelta 8th November 2020, 09:14 AM

Wow, nice purchase! Have never found the I Don’t Care single for less than around £80. It’s a big gap in my collection. I did finally order the Paralyzed single recently, along with the Olivia DVD as I was ordering the new Kate Miller-Heidke album from there anyway. Just waiting for them to arrive...

Posted by: The Architect 9th November 2020, 08:52 AM

So are ‘Alcohol’ and ‘No Communication’ the only two songs not available?

They were both pre-order exclusives for Child of the Universe back in 2012.

Posted by: dannjohn 9th November 2020, 10:16 AM

Their both on UK Spotify?

Posted by: dannjohn 9th November 2020, 10:16 AM

The only one that seems unavailable is 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'.

Posted by: The Architect 10th November 2020, 09:16 AM

What’s ‘Four Short Words’ from? I don’t recall it originally being apart of Out of the Blue EP.

Posted by: gooddelta 10th November 2020, 12:42 PM

Apparently it was a promotional track for Pepsi, I'm not sure it ever got a physical release but I definitely remember hearing it somewhere at the time. Some of the tracklistings have been revised, Flawed and Never Fades Away are now on the Too Little Too Late EP.

The True North version of Throw It Away, which was going to lead the cancelled Throw It Away single here in 2004 is also missing, and seems to have been erased from existence. It was only ever available to download from the ill-fated My Coke Music at the time.

Not sure what's going on with Happy Xmas (War Is Over), maybe licensing but everyone else seems to have covers of it available to buy and stream

Posted by: dannjohn 12th November 2020, 12:54 PM

she's releasing a xmas song on Friday with (apparently) the album to follow... 'Only Santa Knows'.

Posted by: dannjohn 12th November 2020, 01:03 PM

Scratch that... the whole albums out now.

Posted by: slowdown73 12th November 2020, 03:31 PM

Looking forward to the new album but I hope it’s not a Christmas themed album.

Posted by: slowdown73 12th November 2020, 03:39 PM

Track Listing:
Carol of the Bells
Only Santa Knows
The Little Drummer Boy
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
River
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
White Christmas
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Deck the Halls
Grown-Up Christmas List
Silent Night (Delta Goodrem & Gurrumul)
Merry Christmas to You (Delta Goodrem & Olivia Newton-John)

It’s a Christmas album and available to preorder on sanity or her store. Out tomorrow!

https://deltagoodremshopau.com/collections/featured/products/only-santa-knows-cd

Posted by: gooddelta 12th November 2020, 06:16 PM

Just listened, what a lovely and enjoyable surprise! Love the new version of Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and Only Santa Knows is a strong original. Her cover of River is my other highlight. Surprised there’s no re-recording of Happy Xmas (War Is Over), especially as it wasn’t released in the b-sides upload last week.

Posted by: slowdown73 13th November 2020, 12:38 AM

I’m disappointed by this release. Most of the songs are covers of hits recorded many times by other artists. If you’re going to do a Christmas album, then why not use less well known Christmas songs rather than the same ones as everybody else. This release doesn’t really interest me and will be her first album which I don’t support.

Posted by: dannjohn 13th November 2020, 10:12 AM

I really like 'Rockin Around The Christmas Tree'

Posted by: Juan Carlos 10th March 2021, 05:10 AM

Delta's upcoming sixth album is called Bridge Over Troubled Dreams and her new single is "Billionaire", which will be released on March 19.

Posted by: isanka 10th March 2021, 11:06 AM

Great. Impatient to ear new music from her.

Posted by: Prettylittlebry 10th March 2021, 01:17 PM

Finally. Can’t wait for this

Posted by: dannjohn 10th March 2021, 05:13 PM

wish she'd let people know if the tour is going ahead...

Posted by: slowdown73 10th March 2021, 09:37 PM

Looking forward to a proper new album!

Posted by: Quarantilas 10th March 2021, 09:51 PM

The power that Rich and I had in summoning this 😂😂

Posted by: gooddelta 10th March 2021, 10:02 PM

Yassss *.*

Yes funny we were just chatting about when this might land yesterday. So looking forward to this, she always leaves such huge gaps between her albums (Xmas album excepted).

Posted by: Juan Carlos 17th March 2021, 08:23 PM

Teasers have begun.

Posted by: dannjohn 18th March 2021, 09:47 AM

she's announcing something at midnight in Oz.

Rumour is 'Billionaire' is coming on Friday?

Posted by: Juan Carlos 18th March 2021, 01:41 PM

Bridge Over Troubled Dreams will be out on May 14. There will be 11 tracks, including "Keep Climbing", "Paralyzed" and "Solid Gold", as well as her new single "Billionaire".

Posted by: dannjohn 18th March 2021, 01:47 PM

I honestly thought SG would be chopped

Posted by: gooddelta 18th March 2021, 02:16 PM

Great to hear all those singles will be on the album.

So Let It Rain remains with no parent album and Back In ‘84 stays as just a b-side.

Posted by: Juan Carlos 18th March 2021, 03:32 PM

Delta revealed on her social media that the album and the book will be out simultaneously that day.

Posted by: Rob 18th March 2021, 04:57 PM

I used to be a big Delta fan but all of the singles from this album have left me totally cold.

Posted by: gooddelta 19th March 2021, 11:43 AM

Billionaire is very different. I like it but it’s more like Imelda May/KT Tunstall - both of who I like - than anything she has ever done before. I expected a whole album of piano ballads but this and Solid Gold suggest a lot more 70s radio rock type influence.

Posted by: ManicKangaroo 19th March 2021, 01:17 PM

My immediate thought was Imelda May too

Posted by: slowdown73 19th March 2021, 07:03 PM

I’m not as excited about this album as her previous ones. The songs so far haven’t been as strong. They aren’t awful but aren’t as catchy.

Posted by: Quarantilas 19th March 2021, 08:01 PM

Im unsure about this. Need to listen to the tracks released so far but Wings.. is by far my favourite album by her and a major classic. It’s a fantastic album i adore

Posted by: dannjohn 22nd March 2021, 10:18 AM

11 songs is a bit of a disappointment, knowing she's probs recorded about 30

Posted by: slowdown73 23rd March 2021, 02:40 AM

Agreed. It’s her shortest album to date!

Posted by: dannjohn 22nd April 2021, 03:08 PM

new promo single 'all of my friends'... it s beautiful... very reminisant

Posted by: gooddelta 22nd April 2021, 04:16 PM

Definitely very beautiful and relateable. Billionaire hasn't ended up being something I return to a lot, but this will have a lot of replayability.

Posted by: slowdown73 22nd April 2021, 11:22 PM

The new song is pretty average. It’s decent but doesn’t stand out enough. I’m not feeling much excitement for the new album based on what I’ve heard so far!

Posted by: dannjohn 23rd April 2021, 08:12 AM

same re 'billionaire'

Posted by: JosephStyles 24th April 2021, 08:56 PM

Also same @ Billionaire, I can appreciate it but it's not something that draws me back.

All of My Friends is gorgeous though! Much more classic Delta.

Posted by: Feel_The_Fever 25th April 2021, 06:14 PM

Hopefully a 7th Top 2 in Aussie for Delta or a 5th Number 1 album, huge shame she gets zero success in the UK anymore.

Posted by: Yog 25th April 2021, 07:07 PM

It’s cute

Posted by: dannjohn 28th April 2021, 10:26 AM

i thought i really liked 'billionaire' but i'm just not drawn back, like 'solid gold'

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 11th May 2021, 01:17 AM

Ive ordered the book, hopefully it comes before or on Friday.

Locking forward to the album, I haven’t been disappointed with a studio album by Delta yet.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th May 2021, 04:56 PM

This is already out to stream and buy! Just listening now <333 Not sure why it's out before the start of the sales week, but I guess it's never going to go top 100 regardless so it's nice that she gets the exposure of being No.2 on iTunes (where she currently sits).

I've ordered the book https://coles-books.co.uk/bridge-over-troubled-dreams-by-delta-goodrem-signed-edition and it's due in the next few days. Have pre-ordered the album from Amazon UK (showing as 4th June release currently) so hopefully it will turn up in the not too distant future, the Christmas album took ages to arrive. I can't afford the import charges that I was hit with by Sanity last time when I ordered Kate Miller-Heidke's album.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th May 2021, 05:48 PM

Just had a listen through and these are my initial thoughts of the new tracks:

Everyone's Famous - love the melody, chord progression and use of backing vocals on this, could really imagine this being on Mistaken Identity, it's gorgeous 9.5/10

Dear Elton - This is clever, a tribute to Elton John that takes little bits of his most famous lyrics and melodies to craft a new song, similar to what Alcazar did on Thank You, their tribute to ABBA. This could have turned out tacky but comes across more like a respectful love letter to one of Delta's idols and her voice sounds great on this. 8.75/10

Kill Them With Kindness - really like the gospel choir on this, it's instantly catchy and has a big chorus 9/10

Crash - Nice, and good use of the gospel backing again, but musically a little more subtle. Sounds like a grower 8.5/10

The Power - More gospel choir, harks back a bit to the Vanessa Amorosi song from her debut also called The Power. It's another good song and melody but maybe feels a little bit cheesy compared to the rest of the album 8/10

Play - gorgeous closer, really beautiful. So cinematic with the talking clips and the stunning strings 9.5/10

Looking forward to getting to know these songs more, especially Everyone's Famous, Play and Kill Them With Kindness. The other three definitely have their charms too though, although Dear Elton isn't lyrically something I connect to much (as I've never been huge on Elton) even though it's very impressive musically, so not sure how much of a replay factor that will have.

The singles also sound great on here. Keep Climbing remains beautiful and works well as an opener, with the album title in the lyrics. Paralyzed remains stunning and my favourite single of the era, and All Of My Friends is also beautiful and relateable and has a lot of replay value. Solid Gold is a great switch up in tempo after the first two songs and works really well in the wider context of the album. Billionaire remains a bit of an anomaly for me sadly, not a bad track by any means but it feels like it was written for Imelda May and accidentally ended up on here, it also doesn't fit that well between Dear Elton and Paralyzed. I think I'd have been inclined to leave it off and have Back In 84 on here instead, next to Solid Gold and then put Dear Elton and Paralyzed together.

Very interested to read her book and explantations for every song's inspiration and place on the album. It's yet another great, great album from Delta overall, I don't know how she keeps the quality up (though maybe releasing only every five years or so will do that for your quality control ).

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 13th May 2021, 09:00 PM

Will be hopefully giving this a listen today, my book has been dispatched.

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 13th May 2021, 09:14 PM

Thanks for sharing gooddelta.

Even more keen to give this a listen later today now.

Posted by: Warwick Avenue 14th May 2021, 04:01 AM

So I’ve just finished listening to this and I think it’ll be a grower, not completely sold on first listen. Perhaps the book will help with that.

Paralyzed is still one of the best songs she’s recorded.

Posted by: dannjohn 14th May 2021, 02:35 PM

'dear elton' is sitting well with me... the rest is gonna require a long walk to listen.

Posted by: Neil 14th May 2021, 04:50 PM

I have to say... I'm pretty disappointed with the album will give it another go though over the weekend.

Posted by: Lee_J11 14th May 2021, 07:20 PM

The Power is an absolute bop!
Everybody’s Famous, Dear Elton and Play are all fairly pleasant

Posted by: JosephStyles 15th May 2021, 11:31 AM

I think it's a really strong album and I appreciate how tight it is tracklist-wise. Everyone's Famous, Crash and The Power are my favourites of the newies I think, though I like them all! Crash gives me Jesus, Take the Wheel vibes and The Power feels very strongly inspired by Edge of Seventeen (which of course Delta's done her own version of before!).

Paralyzed is solidifying itself as one of her best songs too I think Billionaire is the weakest here - I quite enjoy it when I listen but it's not one that pulls me in for repeated plays.

Posted by: PAJ 17th May 2021, 06:29 AM

My copy of the book arrived today. Will have to have a good look trough it and listen to the album again.

Posted by: Simon. 20th May 2021, 03:53 PM

Really liking Dear Elton, liking this a lot more than I expected.

Posted by: PAJ 21st May 2021, 07:23 AM

#1 debut in Australia.

Posted by: gooddelta 22nd May 2021, 03:48 PM

That’s fantastic news shame her hit making days are over but it’s great she’s still relevant enough to top the album chart.

Posted by: sjadeupdate 23rd May 2021, 02:54 AM

Yeah she's definitely more of an album and tour seller now. Radio won't play her anymore unfortunately.

Posted by: PAJ 23rd May 2021, 07:01 AM

Yeah, I think her singles chart success is well gone.

It’s good she can still sell albums though. Hopefully it’s not another 5 year wait for the next.

Posted by: mikerocha 24th May 2021, 12:12 PM

Does anyone know how much it sold in Australia first week?

Posted by: PAJ 24th May 2021, 08:46 PM

Not yet, I’m not sure where that information is available anymore sorry.

Posted by: slowdown73 27th May 2021, 01:00 PM

Started listening to this. It sounds ok but certainly not as good as her other albums but better than I expected!

Posted by: Neil 27th May 2021, 04:52 PM

She's on Sunday Brunch this weekend

Posted by: PAJ 28th May 2021, 08:16 AM

Drops from 1 to 9 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

Posted by: Quarantilas 28th May 2021, 11:20 AM

My JB Hi-Fi preorder arrived today! It was signed and came with a cute wee notebook that I was not expecting. When I picked the parcel up I was so confused why it was so heavy 🤣

Posted by: slowdown73 3rd June 2021, 11:34 PM

I notice the album has got good reviews but it’s definately not my favourite. It’s very short to start with. The songs are ok but just not as strong as much of her previous material.

Posted by: PAJ 4th June 2021, 07:24 AM

Up one to #8 this week in Australia.

Posted by: Simon. 16th June 2021, 09:34 AM

This album is really good as a whole I think

I don't there's particularly anything that would scream hit single, love Dear Elton, Everyone's Famous and All of My Friends.

Posted by: dannjohn 16th June 2021, 02:44 PM

yeah i do wonder what going forward the plan is with this album... obviously it's v, short and the tour isn't due for another 4 months (if it even happens). So I'm suspecting a re-release?

Posted by: slowdown73 16th June 2021, 04:50 PM

I’d be surprised if we got a reissue unless they add a video of the tour. She’s never reissued an album with bonus tracks before apart from DVD material. The album is very short though!

Posted by: gooddelta 17th June 2021, 08:33 AM

The big keepers outside the singles for me have definitely been Everyone’s Famous and Play, they’re gorgeous <3

I’m sure The Power or another of the clap along gospel type songs will be the next single but for me the ballads are the easy standout moments of this album. She’s had far better uptempos on her recent albums but the ballads are some of my favourites of hers since probably even the Mistaken Identity era.

Posted by: dannjohn 17th June 2021, 09:20 AM

i would love 'play' as a single but i'm not sure it'd work? 'Everybodys Famous' seems to be getting a little nudge on her socials?

Posted by: gooddelta 17th June 2021, 10:01 AM

I couldn’t imagine her pushing either as singles, as lovely as they are. Play in particular doesn’t seem commercial.

The Power seems to be very popular in the fan community, it would be about 7th/8th in my ranking of the album so I’m not overly fussed at it being a single but I think it will be, and maybe the last from the era as she’s released so many already.

Posted by: dannjohn 17th June 2021, 01:45 PM

'The Power' is very much like 'The River' for me... wouldn't really understand why its pushed as a single.

Posted by: PAJ 17th June 2021, 09:04 PM

Dropped from 8 to 24 on the albums charts last week.

Posted by: dannjohn 8th July 2021, 09:13 AM

She's just performed 'Billionaire', 'The Power', 'Kill Them With Kindess' and 'Play' on her Bunkerdown... besides 'Play' (which I adore btw), they were elevated so much live!

Posted by: gooddelta 27th September 2022, 08:23 AM

Delta has announced a one-off gig in London on 12th Oct *.*

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am, looks like they're just a shade under £40 including all booking fees.

https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1389489/delta-goodrem/london/2022-10-12/en

I believe this is her first ever standalone full gig in the UK? In 2015 she did a fantastic secret show for about 100 people that was for winners of a competition on Twitter, and then performed at G-A-Y a few days later, but I can't recall anything else.

The fact that she's in the country randomly for one gig makes me wonder if she might pop up at Robbie's concerts along the way, maybe to perform Kids together as they did in Australia? I can but dream as I have a ticket to the first night in London.

Posted by: Silas 27th September 2022, 09:54 AM

f***

Ok flight prices aren’t awful. I wonder if I could get permission to work from the London office on the weds and thurs. Logistically it’s not simple as I’m flying to Oslo Friday the 14th for Gabrielle/Veronica Maggio

Posted by: gooddelta 27th September 2022, 10:04 AM

Fingers crossed for you!

It's the day before the magazine I work for goes to press, naturally, I recall in 2015 she actually performed on the day and it was a nightmare to get out as we sometimes don't wrap up until 9pm. So I'll have to be super organised to get everything done in advance! But no doubt she won't rock up again here until the 2030s.

P.s. that Norway gig duo sounds like a dream too *.*

Posted by: Silas 27th September 2022, 12:05 PM

Managed to arrange access to the London office! Will fight for a ticket on Friday and then book me some flights. Will be so hype to finally see Delta live after all of these years.

am no flying in from Berlin not to have an emotional breakdown to Believe again so I hope to Christ that’s on the set list

If anyone is worth hyper organisation it’s Delta! I wish you luck with that so we can party to Wings



(And yes! I’m so hype. Would have liked to see Gabrielle solo but the date worked really nicely so I grabbed a nose bleed seat and will await Jag Kommer)

Posted by: gooddelta 27th September 2022, 12:18 PM

Great news! Ahh yes that would be great. Also praying I can get a ticket, I expect it will be in high demand, I saw Smith & Thell in Lafayette earlier this year and it was packed, the capacity is only around 600. Let's see how much goodwill she has for casuals based on a few hits and one successful album 20 years ago

Oh yeah, worth it I'm sure, I bet Veronica is amazing live. And Gabrielle a dream come true no doubt.

Delta's setlist performing support for Backstreet Boys in the US this summer was:

The Power
Lost Without You
Billionaire
In This Life
Solid Gold
Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Dear Life
Sitting on Top of the World
I Wanna Dance With Somebody / Livin' On A Prayer / Man, I Feel Like A Woman
Wings

No doubt we'll get these (not sure about the cover medley, although ironically Smith & Thell covered the same Whitney song at their gig) plus Born To Try, but I'm praying she puts Believe Again back on too. Maybe Paralyzed and Keep Climbing as well.

Posted by: Silas 27th September 2022, 12:41 PM

Ohhh didn’t realise it was such a small venue!


That setlist looks pretty good, excited to see Sitting On Top Of The World there as I properly love it

Posted by: JosephStyles 27th September 2022, 05:55 PM

Had already booked to see Natalie Imbruglia that night but already made plans to travel to a different tour date of hers so I can see Delta NEED to get a ticket, been waiting so long to see her

Posted by: gooddelta 27th September 2022, 06:02 PM

The Neighbours icons need to spread their dates out. Maybe that'll make it easier to get tickets to Delta, I'd imagine there might be at least a bit of crossover here.

Posted by: Silas 28th September 2022, 07:40 AM

I’m hoping the super late notice will also reduce the fight for tickets

The German gov took less of my bonus than I was expecting so mama had some budget to play with

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 28th September 2022, 08:44 AM

I’m thinking the setlist may change from that. I’d expect Delta to do some or most of her UK singles.

Posted by: dannjohn 28th September 2022, 12:32 PM

This is on o2 priority btw.

Got tickets this AM

Posted by: Silas 30th September 2022, 09:21 AM

I’m going to see Delta 🥹

Posted by: gooddelta 30th September 2022, 09:31 AM

Woohoo, me too, see you there!

I can't believe she's actually doing a proper paid gig of her own here. I love that she still has so much goodwill here despite not having a hit for 20 years. I guess the near 1m sales of the Innocent Eyes album here probably helped.

Posted by: dannjohn 30th September 2022, 09:36 AM

aside from the show at G-A-Y in 2015 - has Delta ever actually done a solo show here?

Posted by: gooddelta 30th September 2022, 09:50 AM

She did a small 45-ish minute gig in 2015, a few days before G-A-Y, for about 100 winners of a competition, in a little art gallery type place in West London. I was very lucky to get to go to that and met and had a chat/photo with her.

Other than that, I don't believe she has.

Posted by: Silas 30th September 2022, 10:29 AM

I am extremely hype for this. As I was saying to Rich, I now have two bucket list gigs in a week so this is gonna be such an incredible week. I am really excited and looking forward to it all


Also, finally the FSR Ashvia meet up!

Posted by: gooddelta 30th September 2022, 11:06 AM

Yessss, it's long overdue!

Seems like the tickets sold out in seconds, going by lots of people on Facebook and Twitter. A lot of people had an issue with the Live Nation site it seems. So I'm not sure if she'll announce another date or not, but will probably make her more likely to schedule a proper tour here at some point.

Posted by: dannjohn 30th September 2022, 02:08 PM

Oh I forgot about that actually! I cannot believe she didn't do anything during Innocent Eyes? She felt everywhere there!

Posted by: Jessie Where 30th September 2022, 02:23 PM

Given she was going through cancer treatment at the time, I imagine touring wouldn't have been logistically possible. That's why she did a tour combining both Innocent Eyes and Mistaken Identity in 2005 (in Australia), but I think she gave up with the UK completely from 'Almost Here' onwards.

Posted by: JosephStyles 30th September 2022, 02:28 PM

Got my ticket

Posted by: dannjohn 30th September 2022, 02:34 PM

I meant during her promotion for Innocent Eyes... maybe the one nighters weren't a thing back then.

Just mad to think she's never done a headline show here (or any really).

Posted by: Silas 30th September 2022, 06:22 PM

She was diagnosed 8 days after the UK release of the album…



Aaah fab Joseph!

Posted by: gooddelta 1st October 2022, 09:26 AM

Fantastic Joseph! So relieved we all managed to considering the troubles people have had.

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 1st October 2022, 09:27 AM

Great to hear that some of you got tickets!

Posted by: gooddelta 4th October 2022, 09:25 AM

Delta's added a second date at the same venue on Sat 15th October, for anybody who didn't manage to get a ticket for next Weds and wants to.

Tickets go on pre-sale tomorrow and general on Friday at 10am.

Posted by: dannjohn 4th October 2022, 11:25 AM

how fab

Posted by: dannjohn 4th October 2022, 11:26 AM

she seems to be here at the moment recording a new album and i'm wondering if she's filming for a uk tv show? Maybe Masked Singer if it's recording at the moment?

Posted by: gooddelta 4th October 2022, 01:23 PM

Could be, I think it usually does film around this time of year. Big stars of the 00s very often appear on that so it wouldn't surprise me really.

Interested that she's been at Abbey Road, this could be her first released/potentially promoted album here since Mistaken Identity perhaps? Her profile seems to be on the up here again - the Neighbours reminder a couple of months back helped a little - so I think she could get some Radio 2 support for the lead single, and maybe a top 20 album a la Louise.

Posted by: dannjohn 4th October 2022, 02:20 PM

the lack of r2 coverage has been odd for her recent release. especially considering she did tv promo here.

I hope its not an Innocent Eyes 20. The last anniversary was not that good.

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 4th October 2022, 09:13 PM

Looks like a second show has been announced/added.

Posted by: JosephStyles 4th October 2022, 09:21 PM

So I didn't need to faff with the Natalie Imbruglia tickets for the 12th then going to save myself the bother of a trip elsewhere and nab a ticket to the 2nd Delta night while selling a ticket for the first night, should I get lucky tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Silas 5th October 2022, 05:52 AM

Im fully invested in the first night so I’ll be sticking with that one, but I wouldn’t be able to make the Saturday anyway as I’m in Oslo so I am quite glad the midweek one was announced first!!

Posted by: Silas 5th October 2022, 09:35 AM

Berlin announced now 🙃

Imma have to work out who the pre-sale is with because yes I will buy an O2 SIM card if I have to to get a ticket

Posted by: gooddelta 5th October 2022, 09:48 AM

I'm really surprised they didn't pick up Wings in 2015 tbh. It's clear she still has residual support and some commercial appeal here because some of her singles still do well on iTunes, didn't Let It Rain get to No.15 or thereabouts? I really see no reason a promoted album couldn't go top 40 at the very least.

I'd be interested to hear demos and unreleased songs from the vault if she's going back to Innocent Eyes again rather than another rework although there were some nice versions on the 2013 re-release, particularly of the non-singles like This Is Not Me, In My Own Time and Will You Fall For Me. I'd also love to see the True North single mix of Throw It Away and her version of Happy Xmas (War Is Over) added to streaming platforms at some point.



Good luck, I can't see you having too much trouble selling the first ticket! I reckon a few people will be trying to swap over now due to the Natalie clash and with Saturday more convenient for many people to get to London anyway. I suspect most of Team Delta UK (about 30 die-hards on Twitter) will probably try and get to both shows mind, which as much as I'd love to I'm not free on the Saturday.





Typical! Although I'm glad for the German fans, I guess Berlin might take a little while longer to sell out (three minutes instead of two ).

Posted by: dannjohn 7th October 2022, 11:50 AM

its a really interesting time to be a delta fan as she's deffo turned into a fan-only artist. Like there's a lot of unreleased tracks (especially during lockdown) that her and her fans seem really in tune about and she's also incredibly invested in her own back collection as in album tracks and unreleased songs... more so than any other artist.

I wouldn't be surprised at this point if she starts doing a Bsides tour.

As for the new music i'm super intrigued. i have my theory about her doing Masked Singer and maybe new music will launch around that, which would be great as it'll be 3 years in a row we've had Delta music

Posted by: Silas 7th October 2022, 12:39 PM

I managed to get a ticket in the PayPal/Ticketmaster pre-sale so I’ll be seeing Delta twice in a week!

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 8th October 2022, 04:40 AM

Slightly off topic but could re do a Delta game for the Pop forum? whether it's a Singles Rate or Survivor? I'm probably not the best person to host it now due to work commitments, but I'd happily take part.

Posted by: JosephStyles 8th October 2022, 05:44 PM

I'd love a survivor game perhaps, not often those happen in the pop forum so it could be something different! I don't mind hosting unless someone else would like to?

Posted by: gooddelta 9th October 2022, 09:27 PM

Well Delta didn’t show up at the Robbie gig (I was just at it), so unless she’s at other dates that throws more weight behind her London trip being for The Masked Singer. Unless it’s literally just to record new music at Abbey Road, which is reason enough!

Posted by: Silas 10th October 2022, 11:26 AM

Well she did hint at doing many more shows. Being on the masked singer would fit with that

Posted by: dannjohn 10th October 2022, 11:32 AM

i wonder what the setlist is going to look like... obviously the london show it a lot more intimate

Posted by: dannjohn 12th October 2022, 10:10 AM

tonight is the night!!

Posted by: Silas 12th October 2022, 12:20 PM

I am excited, tired having been up almost 13 hours already, but excited. Will mainline coffee until it gives me the shakes 😂

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 12th October 2022, 05:31 PM

Hope everyone going tonight enjoys it. Looking forward to seeing what the setlist is.

Posted by: JosephStyles 12th October 2022, 05:36 PM

Have an amazing time tonight guys!! I'm going Saturday after all, sold my ticket for tonight so I don't have to make an overnight trip to attend Natalie Imbruglia's tour.

May I please request that setlist spoilers are put in spoiler tags? want to read everyone's reviews but maintain some surprise for Sat!!

Posted by: Silas 12th October 2022, 10:47 PM

She did a free meet and greet after the gig. We met DELTA. She is absolutely adorable and lovely and so sweet


No setlist spoilers but she did a bunker down session in the middle of the gig and took audience requests for the entire section.


Such and incredible gig. On such a high

Posted by: gooddelta 12th October 2022, 11:05 PM

Sure I won’t give any spoilers until after you’ve been too Joseph but it was absolutely sensational. Hope you enjoyed Natalie too!

The 2015 gigs were great but this was something else! To see a full scale show from her FINALLY, was life enhancing. And yes, we met her afterwards and she was so lovely. Such a fantastic crowd too, everyone was elated to see her!

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 13th October 2022, 12:09 AM

So happy to hear of the positive experiences!

Looking forward to seeing a set list whenever people are happy to share it.

Posted by: JosephStyles 13th October 2022, 05:56 AM

I am SO glad you guys had a great night!! I've seen loads of the M&G photos via a Delta fan group on Facebook (in addition to yours of course Phil!!) and they look amazing, Delta looks so happy to be there. If she does the same on Saturday I'll be thrilled, didn't even consider that she might do a M&G after the show!

The gig itself sounds phenomenal too, I am so excited bring on Saturday!!! (and Natalie was amazing thank you Rich! I'll post a proper review in her thread soon but much like Delta, she's another artist I've grown up listening to so it was incredible to finally see her live!)

Posted by: dannjohn 13th October 2022, 06:11 AM

Yes the m&g seemed to not be public knowledge though there were hundreds of people queuing.

The setlist was essentially the Australian tour with Bunkerdown being ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’, ‘Heart Hypnotic’, ‘Believe Again’, ‘Fragile’, ‘You & You Again’, ‘Hopelessly Devoted’ & ‘The River’. She ended this segment with ‘Together we are One’. The only really obvious ommitts from the show were ‘Not Me Not I’ & ‘I Cant Break It To My Heart’.

Absolutely fantastic show. She is entertaining & charasmatic. She also suggested she’ll be back in Feb which ties in with my Masked Singer theory

Posted by: gooddelta 13th October 2022, 08:27 AM

Somebody has uploaded it to setlist.fm! Just search for her and it's in there at the top.



You could really feel the love in the room, she looked pretty overwhelmed (in a good way) at times, anyone would have been at realising the love people still have for her outside Australia!

You're absolutely going to have one of the nights of your life, it's gone straight into my favourite ever gigs alongside Corrs' comeback in 2016, Kelly Clarkson during the Breakaway era in 2006 and the first time I saw Sheppard in 2014. Very special. Glad you enjoyed Natalie too, I'm sure she was brilliant!



Yeah at the end, the staff were like exit on the right, meet and greet on the left, as if it was known to people this would be happening. There was a wait of just under an hour I'd say but fully worth it for those that didn't have to rush off.

She really is a star, astonishing that she's really only been huge in Australia, at least post 2003/4. She deserves so much more. And yes, was thinking the same r.e. Masked Singer, I hope it's true!

Posted by: dannjohn 13th October 2022, 08:43 AM

The show was absolutely fantastic.

I'd gone with an Australian friend who couldn't actually believe he was seeing her in such a small venue as she plays big venues in Oz.

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 13th October 2022, 08:52 AM

Thanks gooddelta, just checked it out.

Posted by: Silas 13th October 2022, 11:45 AM

Im still Processing it all tbh. Still can’t really believe that I saw Delta and then I met her too.


It didn’t really hit me at the time and it was only as I sat on the bed in the hotel when it kinda like started to dawn on me that yeah we had just done that and that in that process finally got to rock out to Sitting On Top Of The World and to the flawless Wings and that she also did a full version of Together We Are One in bunkerdown and then also in that session we got The River as a verse/chorus and on the same basis we got Believe Again which is my absolute ultimate favourite Delta song and a moment was had. When I met her after I had mentioned that I was coming again and she’s like ooooh on Saturday too that’s fab and I was like nah love Berlin, I live there and she asked if there was anything I wanted to hear in Berlin and dead seriously replied Believe Again and she was like ok, believe again! Aaaaaaaaaaah I would die if she did it in full but I can accept another verse/chorus bunkerdown rendition

I’ve not done any meet and greets but I’ve met others after shows and most recently Dagny. Delta was, like Dagny, super warm and lovely and willing to spend heaps of time with everyone. Though the venue for Dagny was nicer about it and didn’t try and rush it so she was there like 2 hours. What particularly struck me about Delta was even tho the venue was trying to rush it like she was a kebab shop at 3am, every single person got greeted with a giant smile and a huge, Delta initiated, hug. She was just so genuinely happy to see people and it really rubbed off. One of my closest friends commented how happy I look in my photo with her and I genuinely was (and still am!!!) but part of that was just the infectious energy from her.

Really hope she does it in Berlin too. Imma bring along my Delta CD (with its Aussie price tags!!) and WOTW for her to sign (she was armed with a Sharpie last night ready even tho the venue was like „it’s pics only no signing and keep it short and sweet“)

Posted by: gooddelta 13th October 2022, 11:58 AM

Ha, so true, I do wonder if they had to close the venue at midnight, as I noticed loads of other people have pics with her outside on the street. I suspect the queue was too long to get through everyone by midnight so they moved her outside, where she was apparently kind enough to stay for ages, even though it was raining! It seems like half the audience stayed around for the meet and greet, which is quite something on a Wednesday night when many have travelled from outside London. The benefit of us being quite far back in the crowd is that we were out the door and in line for the meet and greet earlier than those at the front, so swings and roundabouts.

Posted by: dannjohn 13th October 2022, 12:30 PM

most venues have a public curfew of 11pm but an unwritten 12pm curfew for after parties.

ps. i got asked to write a review for the show:

https://essentiallypop.com/epop/2022/10/delta-dawn-lafayette-london-plays-host-to-australian-star-delta-goodrem/

Posted by: Silas 13th October 2022, 06:43 PM

Great review!! Captured the essence of the night so well



I hadn’t actually got round to listening to the new album yet 😅 but I’ve been giving the tracks she performed a spin today and rocking out

Posted by: dannjohn 13th October 2022, 07:04 PM

I never really liked The Power but its really stuck with me. Still no hope for The River. Billionaire & Solid Gold also came alive live.

Posted by: dannjohn 13th October 2022, 07:05 PM

Also thank you for the lovely comments. Its v. rare on here

Posted by: gooddelta 14th October 2022, 09:47 AM

Solid Gold was SO good live. She does the Fleetwood Mac style much better than she does the Imelda May rockabilly style for me (Billionaire). It was quite fun but I'm convinced now that that song just isn't for me

I said it on the FB forum too, but I agree it's a fantastic review Daniel. Hit the nail on the head and captured the vibe and emotion of the night perfectly.

Posted by: dannjohn 14th October 2022, 09:50 AM

sorry added spoiler tag. it's very interesting to see her say she's just getting started... she deffo feels the most in tune with her fans more than any other artist i've seen and i really could see her doing a bsides tour at some point.

Posted by: gooddelta 14th October 2022, 10:10 AM

Definitely. She was getting requests for some very deep cuts, like 2004 b-sides. And she'd probably be open to playing them (as long as she could remember them)!

But as Phil mentioned to me yesterday, when you write the songs yourself at a piano you probably maintain quite a close connection to them, compared to like Steps - just using them as an example because people often beg them to play random old b-sides, who probably went into the studio once to record an extra song for a single and then never thought about it again.

Posted by: JosephStyles 16th October 2022, 12:38 AM

Feel like I have so much to say but for the moment I'll just copy what I've said on Instagram - incredible night and I'm in awe of Delta more than ever

View this post on Instagram

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 16th October 2022, 01:58 AM

Amazing Joseph, so happy for you.

Curiously, what is the album you got signed?

Posted by: gooddelta 16th October 2022, 07:42 AM

Amazing Joseph, I came out feeling exactly the same way on Weds. Takes a while to get down from the high and back to reality

Just astonishing that these gigs finally happened! And reminds you why she should have always been - and should still be - a global superstar and not confined to Australian success.

Posted by: Silas 16th October 2022, 07:48 AM

From the sounds of it you got a slightly different set with a couple of additions I would have loved to hear! Makes me curious what I will get in Berlin on Weds.


Glad you had a great night and also got the M&G as well!! That was so special

Posted by: dannjohn 16th October 2022, 09:21 AM

I went again last night & she added The River as a full performance & did I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Dancing with a broken heart, Brave Face, Feline, In My Own Time, Play & Hopelessly Devoted to You as her Bunkerdown songs & finishes with Together We Are One which she sees as her end of lockdown song

I also met her which was a joy and “a long time waiting” as according to her

Posted by: gooddelta 16th October 2022, 09:33 AM

Wow, would have loved to have seen In My Own Time, it’s one of my faves, did anyone manage to get a video of it?

Gutted I couldn’t make it to last night’s but sounds like she’ll be back soon, hopefully for a deep cuts tour

Posted by: dannjohn 16th October 2022, 09:51 AM

View this post on Instagram

I told her to do a Bsides tour and it should be named You and You Alone haha... must be awkward though as she literaly wrote that song for her friend and his husband.

Posted by: Silas 16th October 2022, 11:06 AM

Aaaaah so lovely. Y’all got some great bunkerdown tracks

Really excited to see what she pulls out the bag in Berlin now. So nice that everyone gets something a little different

Posted by: JosephStyles 16th October 2022, 02:23 PM

Amazing photo Dan!!

I was mostly successful in avoiding setlist spoilers apart from a couple of accidental glances at the Delta FB group! This made for some really lovely surprises - Together We Are One in particular, that's a huge favourite of mine and I totally wasn't expecting it for some reason. It was such a strong setlist and it ticked every box - loads of Delta classics to satisfy us long-term fans who haven't heard them live before, and a great selection from the new album too.

LOVED the Bunker Down section!! Looking at Wednesday's setlist, I think that had a better selection, but no complaints at mine either - a snippet of Brave Face was way out of my expectations but it's my favourite non-single, and it was great to hear a bit of Dancing With a Broken Heart too. What an inspired idea, and Delta seemed to be loving every single moment, not just of Bunker Down but of the entire show. It's a cliché to say it but there really was SO much love in the room, even the deepest cuts had everyone singing along.

The meet and greet situation after felt a bit confusing initially. I was seated upstairs and SPRINTED down after to get as far forward in the queue as possible, which was a decent success to be fair as I was less than halfway along, but after about 20 minutes of waiting, the queue was led outside with no explanation until we reached the exit, where we were told the M&G would happen outside. From there it was about an hour wait for me until I met Delta! One lady was there who asked me my name just before I met Delta, for the purpose of introducing me by my name (never seen this before but how wonderfully thoughtful!) and another lady was taking the photos, with a light to ensure everyone had the best possible lighting for their pictures. Delta gave me a gigantic hug when I met her, she asked me where I'd come from and said she loved my hair - mentioning how all of her band also rock the long hair! She signed my Mistaken Identity album and asked me to spell my name to ensure she got it right (leading to me momentarily forgetting how to spell my own name x). She really made sure to have a chat with me as well as the photo, simply incredible and one of the best experiences of my whole life. I keep pinching myself, I can't believe it happened!!

Posted by: gooddelta 16th October 2022, 02:47 PM

Lovely recollection Joseph, so glad it was everything you’d hoped for. She really is a wonderful person, they say never meet your idols but everybody should meet Delta, so joy replenishing

It’s so nice she greets fans with a big smile and a hug and asks them a couple of questions so it’s not just a quick hi, smile and in and out that feels like a contractual obligation. She clearly does this as she loves it.

Great pic too Dan, I always forget how tall she is!

Posted by: Silas 16th October 2022, 03:09 PM

Clearly they learned from getting kicked out of the venue on night one and just took it outside from the start this time 😂

I really loved that in spite of the venue her team were really really considerate of the fans and in ensuring they had an incredible M&G experience. Which considering it was free is amazing. They really went above and beyond. And Delta literally ignored the venue staff hurrying it along at all times 😂

If anything the whole experience made me more of a fan than I was.


And yeah Joseph, you could just see in her face how genuinely the love was and how touched she was by the reaction of the crowd for the entire gig

Posted by: Juranamo 16th October 2022, 08:29 PM

Reading these comments alone has encouraged me to finally start making my way through her back catalogue (after being only a very casual, albeit probably more up to date than most of the UK have kept up with, fan: adoring lots of her singles!).

It sounds like she gave an absolutely special performance, and I'm glad to hear how she's made everyone feel. If she comes back to the UK, I'd love the chance to see her... It sounds like it would be really special!

Posted by: dannjohn 18th October 2022, 07:35 AM

I can't remember if i wrote this or not... so apologies for repeating myself but before i met her, security said to her there was still over 100 people and the venue was going to need to close (even though it was outside the venue) and she said... i'll just meet everyone around the corner then. She very much wanted to meet everyone.

One thing that amazes me about Delta is there are a group of really loyal fans, who travelled to Oz for the tours in the past and yet she treats all her fans at the same level, no matter how often she sees them and i really respect that. A lot of artists favourtise fans and she doesn't seem to.

Posted by: Silas 19th October 2022, 04:49 PM

Berlin tonight 🥰 probably lost 20 spaces in the queue looking for parking 😂 but I’ll go direct to the stage while everyone head for the bar

Posted by: Silas 19th October 2022, 08:00 PM

Electric Storm in bunkerdown 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹


The Germans can’t queue for shit tho so I’m just staying well back coz I’m far too British for this shit

Posted by: Silas 19th October 2022, 08:41 PM

The hot goss direct from Matt himself. New material has been written, will be recorded in Q4 and they’ll be back early next year touring again with the new music

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 19th October 2022, 09:16 PM

I’m so happy everyone that went to the London and Berlin shows had such a great time. It’s been a long time coming for you all. You deserved the best experience.

Posted by: Silas 19th October 2022, 11:27 PM

I will gush more when ive actually processed it all but I met Delta again tonight and got to have a proper chat with her and she signed a bunch of stuff for me (Delta and Wings over the wild CDs, BOTD notepad, and tonight’s setlist - which will be framed along with the tickets 🤩 and a print of my photos with her). She was again so bloody lovely and she spent a heap of time with everyone in the venue making everyone feel seen and heard and loved. She remembered me from London 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 and quite sincerely thanked me for singing along tonight and for coming to both shows. She’s just lovely. She also loved that my Delta album still has the Aussie price tag on it from when I bought it in Brisbane 🤣


I’m still processing last week tbh


Her band are also total Sweethearts. Was chatting with them when waiting for the meet and greet and she has such a nice crew around her.

Posted by: dannjohn 20th October 2022, 08:27 AM

What was the Berlin venue like in comparrison to Londons?

Posted by: Silas 20th October 2022, 08:56 AM

A third of the size! Just 200 capacity, smaller stage and a lot lower roof! Delta was holding onto the light rigging while standing on top of the piano at one point 😂

Was bloody hot inside.

Posted by: dannjohn 20th October 2022, 09:55 AM

wow! 200 people! thats tiny... i'm presuming her team were equating sales of the recent album by country when deciding to book venues?

Posted by: Silas 20th October 2022, 10:21 AM

They were saying that they were really really REALLY unsure on if there was still any market at all in Europe because of how long it has been since we were served anything at all and so Lafayette was just a tester and they were really overwhelmed with the response that everything else was just really quickly thrown together because it caught them a little by surprise almost. They weren’t quite expecting such a strong reaction and so they’re then in a position, having taken a „ah f*** it why not“ gamble on London in the first place to really just take what they could get at short notice while also not wanting to hedge their bets that they’d get an equally as strong reaction on the continent.

But the 200 seats sold out in presale because live nation f***ed up and forgot to put a limit on the number of presale tix!


Did say they reckoned it was the smallest ticketed gig she’s ever done and will probably now ever do. We’re not getting arenas, at least not yet, but she’s playing much bigger venues next time. But they have all really loved these special small intimate shows because they just don’t do these kind of shows in Australia. We got to be part of something special

Posted by: dannjohn 20th October 2022, 10:57 AM

yeah i'm pals with a lot of the Australian audiences and their very jealous of the venues we've been getting..

I think she could probably do Shepherds Bush Empire? I mean artists like KT Tunstall and Kate Nash play their all the time. They just don't open the level 3 if it doesnt sell.

Posted by: Silas 20th October 2022, 11:04 AM

Reckon she could comfortably sell that out. She did 1200 tickets in London in total and they sold out instantly and plenty of people were disappointed they couldn’t get tickets

Give it a couple of years and a little exposure and she could sell out the Apollo I reckon

Posted by: gooddelta 20th October 2022, 12:32 PM

Or somewhere like Koko in Camden, that's about 1,200.

In Aus, a 200 or even 600 capacity intimate concert would probably see a complete bunfight for probably very pricey tickets! I love seeing artists bringing their superstar A-game in huge arenas, but it's so special to get the opportunity to see them up close and personal too.

Posted by: dannjohn 20th October 2022, 12:35 PM

The only prob is i know quite a lot of the same people went to both London shows so it makes it seem difficult to gage how many. I think either way Shepherds Bush is viable. She deffo has a casual audience there i think.

Posted by: gooddelta 20th October 2022, 12:39 PM

True. A lot of fans won't have made the jaunt down from Manchester and Scotland etc, she could probably do a short tour of small but not tiny venues.

Posted by: Silas 20th October 2022, 01:33 PM

I think for every one of those there was a good 5 people complaining about the lack of notice that meant they couldn’t come to London in the first place.

Think she should clear a 2k venue without much sweat. How viable a UK wide tour is im not sure but I think if we actually get a proper promo and release strategy for Europe for DG7 then she could defo support a wee tour of like 5-7 venues in the 1-1.5k range imo

Posted by: Silas 22nd October 2022, 11:07 AM

A fortnight ago I really didn’t care much for this entire era. Still hadn’t got round to listening to the album and had a bit of a meh approach to the singles


Now I am absolutely completely addicted to Solid Gold, I find myself randomly singing The Power and Keep Climbing as well. The whole era has just clicked and I cannot get enough of it

Posted by: dannjohn 22nd October 2022, 01:59 PM

Keep Climbing is deffo one thats come to me… Solid Gold & The Power were super fun live

Posted by: gooddelta 22nd October 2022, 02:38 PM

The Power has been the one like that for me, always found it overrated and now it sounds amazing to me. Dear Elton too to a lesser extent although I always liked that, I think I appreciate it a lot more lyrically now.

Posted by: dannjohn 22nd October 2022, 09:20 PM

I’m still confused why the album doesnt include so many sne did during lockdown? That Window somg, that dance moves one among others?

Posted by: gooddelta 1st November 2022, 12:27 PM

Now the tour has helped The Power and Dear Elton to click massively with me, the only songs on this album I don't love are Billionaire and Kill Them With Kindness, the latter is decent but something doesn't fully click. Crash is lyrically moving but not one I go back to a whole lot.

I think more than any of her other albums it's proven a big grower over a much longer period of time.

Posted by: dannjohn 13th November 2022, 08:10 PM

Shes just announced an Innocent Eyes 20 Years Later tour for Australia.

Posted by: gooddelta 13th November 2022, 08:14 PM

Hope she brings it to the UK, that’s my favourite album of all time, there are some album tracks I’d love to see live and in full.

Posted by: Run_For_Cover 13th November 2022, 08:19 PM

Whole album plus b-sides as the setlist? I hope so!

Probably my favourite album from her too.

Posted by: dannjohn 14th November 2022, 10:04 AM

well she's doing something here in Feb... (my guess is Masked Singer) but i presume she'll do the Innocent Eyes tour in Aus and then maybe bring it worldwide? I don't really know...

If i'm honest, this vault era tours get a bit tiresome tbh. I'd rather new music.

Posted by: gooddelta 17th December 2022, 09:29 PM

Delta's apparently now annual Christmas show, Christmas With Delta, has been uploaded to YouTube! Always good fun, with lots of random guest stars: