Queen Elizabeth Hall

Events at Queen Elizabeth Hall

• Le Cirque Invisible

  

  
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  Performance

  4 Aug 2009 to 23 Aug 2009

  London's Queen Elizabeth Hall hosts an enchanting, make-believe show starring Charlie Chaplin's daughter. 4-23 Aug

   

• Black Box Recorder + Madam

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  Concert

  23 Jul 2009 to 23 Jul 2009

  Black Box Recorder first came to national prominence in 1998 when their debut album 'England Made Me' - a state of the nation address influenced by the occult, the letters page of the Daily Telegraph, and Limoncello - garnered rave reviews. The fabulously glamorous and sophisticated trio, of Sarah Nixey, Luke Haines, and John Moore, first met at the 1997 theosophical conference in Cairo, Egypt. On their return journey back to London fate intervened when their 737 airbus crashed into the Italian Alps. Moore, Nixey and Haines were the only survivors of this terrible disaster. After 6 months convalescence in a private hospital, the trio found that as a result of the air crash they had developed highly attuned psychic powers. Black Box Recorder were born. By 2000, the group had honed their ESP to such an extent that their second album 'The Facts Of Life' was a worldwide smash hit. The album's title track rose to the giddy heights of the top ten on the UK singles chart, and the group performed what came to be known as 'The Great Top Of The Pops Working.' By 2003 BBR had released 'Passionoia' an album so ahead of its time that it predicted things that had already happened. As a result of such far-sightedness the group were forced to take an extended hiatus. Sarah Nixey busied herself with freelance work for the MOD, whilst Haines and Moore continued their studies in shrubbery. They are, to this day, highly regarded in the cactus world. Presently, Black Box Recorder have decided to continue the mission by kindly agreeing to play a headline date at London's Luminaire live music venue, on February 18th 2009. If you intend to attend please dress smartly (Fez's are now optional), God Bless Black Box Recorder. The project of raven haired hustler Sukie Smith, Madam conjure a magical and dangerous world of lost highways, dying love, whiskey-soaked mistakes and cigarette-smoke philosophy. Inventive yet familiar, stamping all over 3-chord banality, they project a musical honesty and fragility against a stunning visionary backdrop of Lynchian dreams and shattered Americana-beautiful, twisted, confessional late-night conversations soaked in bar-fly brilliance. Contender for the noir niche occupied by Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) and Chan Marshell (Cat Power), Madam is a real find." - The Guardian 4/5, "A girl with a taste for the dark stuff." - NME, An astonishing album of cruel beauty and emotional honesty,an immense talent ." - 5/5 Rock & Reel, "Champions of sounds soft and subdued, the terrific Madam favours sultry,slightly spooked and lusciously late-night Americana noir." - Time Out.

   

• Buffy Sainte-Marie

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  Concert

  28 Jul 2009 to 28 Jul 2009

  A gig from Buffy Sainte-Marie, who virtually invented the role of native American international activist pop star. She performs tracks from her latest album 'Running For the Drum'.

   

• Emmy The Great + Aidan Moffat + Sleeping States

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  Concert

  19 Jul 2009 to 19 Jul 2009

  A gig from Emmy The Great with songs from her debut album, the deft, determined and thorougly enchanting 'First Love'. It features savage observations and stark admissions, cloaked in arrangements of disarming simplicity and beguiling melody from one of the great new hopes of British music. Confirmed support acts are Aidan Moffat and the Best Ofs and Sleeping States.