Elle King // Cleveland, OH // 04.26.2019

Elle King
Shake The Spirit Tour 2019
Opener: Barns Courtney
Masonic Auditorium, Cleveland, OH
April 26th, 2019

Words and Photos by Steffi Wegewitz

Elle King brought her highly anticipated “Shake The Spirit Tour” to the Masonic Auditorium in Cleveland. Opening the night was Barns Courtney, who put on an amazing show. He has been selling out shows in Europe for a while now and I was very excited to catch him on this tour. His stage presence is unbelievable and the crowd loved his set.

When the lights went off and Elle King came on stage to the sound of roaring fans the energy in the room went through the roof. She opened the show with “Talk Of The Town” and continued her set with a variety of songs from her latest release “Shake The Spirit“, as well as songs from her previous releases.

In between songs she would chat with the audience about growing up in Ohio when she was a youngster and said “Every time I come to Ohio I think about the time I lived here. Back then, people were shitty to me and now you are so good time me. So just remember that I fucking love you”. And the audience showed her just how much they love her as well.  When it was time for her smash hit “Ex’s & Oh’s” the entire venue was up on their feet, dancing and singing along.

For the encore, Elle and her band gathered around a microphone in front of the stage and performed a broken down version of “America’s Sweetheart”. She then left the stage to the sound of a cheering crowd who got just what they were looking for this evening.

SETLIST

01. Talk of the Town
02. Last Damn Night
03. Under the Influence
04. Chain Smokin, Hard Drinkin, Woman
05. Shame
06. Good for Nothin’ Woman
07. Good to Be a Man
08. Breaking Up Somebody’s Home (Albert King cover)
09. Chained (acoustic intro with full band)
10. Baby Outlaw
11. Song of Sorrow
12. It Girl
13. Told You So
14. Naturally Pretty Girls
15. Ain’t Gonna Drown
16. Good Thing Gone
17. Ex’s & Oh’s
18. Little Bit of Lovin’