{"id":72106,"date":"2021-10-29T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T11:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=72106"},"modified":"2021-10-29T12:12:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T11:12:49","slug":"griff-wows-at-sold-out-show-at-o2-shepherds-bush-empire-27-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/10\/griff-wows-at-sold-out-show-at-o2-shepherds-bush-empire-27-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Griff Wows At Sold Out Show At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 27 October"},"content":{"rendered":"

Griff, performing at the sold out O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, put on a short but excellent show on Wednesday night. She appeared on stage to a voiceover talking about her creative process before opening with the title track from her mixtape ‘One Foot in Front of the Other’ bouncing around on stage in a white puffy dress and signature ponytail.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Griff at O2 Shepherd’s Bush 27 October. Photo Credit rubygaunt.co.uk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After performing ‘Forgive Yourself’, a keyboard came out for’1,000,000 X Better’ which started with just Griff and her keyboard accompanied by the extremely loud crowd before transforming into a more upbeat performance. After a high energy performance of ‘Walk’ we were taken back to Griff, a keyboard and a single spotlight for ‘Earl Grey Tea’. After this Griff made loops of the audience stomping and clapping to accompany her for ‘Sound of Your Voice’.<\/p>\n

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Griff at O2 Shepherd’s Bush 27 October. Photo Credit rubygaunt.co.uk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Halfway through, the patchwork curtain behind her (later revealed to have been sewn by Griff herself the night before) fell to show a heart-shaped set piece in which she performed ‘Heart of Gold’ mashed up with a good cover of Lorde hit ‘Royals’.<\/p>\n

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Griff at O2 Shepherd’s Bush 27 October. Photo Credit rubygaunt.co.uk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Griff’s fans were incredibly organised and dedicated, handing out yellow confetti to turn our phone lights yellow during ‘Shade of Yellow’, throwing yellow roses on stage during the closing song and presenting Griff with a handmade jacket midway through the show which she wore to perform ‘Good Stuff’ with just her guitar as accompaniment. Griff closed the show with her biggest single ‘Black Hole’ starting with an acoustic intro then, after a fade to black, continuing with a fuller, more upbeat production to close out the night.<\/p>\n

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Griff at O2 Shepherd’s Bush 27 October. Photo Credit rubygaunt.co.uk<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I thought it was a highly entertaining and innovative show, especially for such a new artist. Griff put a new spin on almost every track she played and the crowd were entertained and singing and dancing the whole time. The set was just under an hour but I look forward to seeing a longer show from her in the future because Griff certainly knows how to put on a good show!<\/p>\n

Words: Courtney Canning<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Pictures: Ruby Gaunt<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Griff, performing at the sold out O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, put on a short but excellent show on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[264,21450,7],"tags":[131,28016,6489,25336,3145,8111,116,28015],"class_list":["post-72106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-concerts","category-gig-reviews","category-music","tag-concert","tag-courtney-canning","tag-gig-review","tag-griff","tag-o2-shepherds-bush-empire","tag-o2-shepherds-bush","tag-review","tag-ruby-gaunt"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-iL0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":78575,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/11\/aly-aj-bring-a-touch-of-the-beat-to-london-in-7-november-show-at-o2-shepherds-bush-empire\/","url_meta":{"origin":72106,"position":0},"title":"Aly & AJ Bring ‘A Touch Of The Beat’ To London In 7 November Show At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire","author":"Daniel John","date":"08\/11\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"After a string of EP releases and compilation releases, Aly & AJ returned in 2021 with their third studio album \u2018A Touch Of The Beat Gets You Up On Your Feet Gets You Out and Then In The Sun\u2019 and with a string of tour dates following suit, including an\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Concerts"","block_context":{"text":"Concerts","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/concerts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aly-aj4-scaled.jpeg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aly-aj4-scaled.jpeg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aly-aj4-scaled.jpeg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/aly-aj4-scaled.jpeg?fit=900%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":78246,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/10\/live-review-marcus-mccoan-o2-shepherds-bush-empire-supporting-natalie-imbruglia\/","url_meta":{"origin":72106,"position":1},"title":"LIVE REVIEW: Marcus McCoan @ O2 Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire Supporting Natalie Imbruglia","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"14\/10\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"For the 25th anniversary of her landmark album 'Left Of The Middle,' Natalie Imbruglia gathers people around the country to sing along to the hits we all know so well. 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