Rockhal, Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg9th March 2022
Amy MacDonald & Support: LEEN
Six million album sales. Four top five studio albums, two of which hit the UK number one. World tours in front of 3.3 million people. Over 200 million Spotify streams. A 2007 single, ‘This Is The Life’, that went to number one in ten countries. Fifteen years of continued international success, in which she has resolutely and unfailingly gone her own way. And now she is back in Luxembourg with a new album.
When MACDONALD emerged with her debut album ‘This Is The Life’ in 2007 she was a breath of fresh air: a no-nonsense Scottish singer, unafraid to speak her mind, whose love of THE LIBERTINES, THE ARCTIC MONKEYS and TRAVIS, her ability to write catchy, relatable Pop Rock songs culled from experience, and her refusal to sell herself on image or sexuality made for a powerful teenage role model. At the new album’s lyrical centrepiece is ‘The Human Demands’, a radio friendly, 1980s tinged rock classic about the challenges life inevitably brings, and the fact that, however much it may feel otherwise, we are not alone.
“A lot of the themes on this album are about getting older, which seems ridiculous given I’m only in my early 30s”, she explains. “But I signed my first record contract at 18, which feels like a lifetime ago, and on a personal level I’m at the stage in life where parents are getting on, friends have faced depression to the point of not wanting to be here anymore, and everyone has had ups and downs whatever their background. ‘The Human Demands’ felt like the perfect centrepiece for the album because I’m saying: It’s OK to feel a bit crap, and it’s OK to talk about it as well.”
Now, all these years later, AMY MACDONALD is back where she began: with an album that captures the essence of who she is. The fact that it was made in the midst of global pandemic only adds to her feeling that this is a fresh start.
Additional Concert Info
This is a Covid-Check event without restrictions. Please present your Covid-Check certificate (in digital or paper form) at the entrance. For more information about Covid-Check, visit www.covidcheck.lu
Doors: 19:00
Start: 20:00
Tickets & Info: https://www.atelier.lu/shows/amy-macdonald-2
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