sebastian troen

The girl can sing. She’s tiny, damn tiny, but she almost tore the roof off the Commodore tonight. Though there were only 300 people at the show tonight, they gave their all – singing, shouting, and generally rocking out to a solid hour and a half of Cranberries greatest hits and songs from her new album, Are You Listening?Opening with Zombie, Dolores strode on to stage strumming her Gibson SG like a true rock star. 90 minutes later she left the stage after a rousing rendition of Salvation which left the crowd a little hoarse.

I’m not sure what to make of it all. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the show, it was like a reunion with the hits of your life from 10 years ago mixed in with some solid new material (overall I think her new album held its own for the most part) but part of me was looking forward to seeing a young and refreshed Dolores, ready to embrace today… with a young and relevant band. Instead we got an aging band of long-haired rockers that looked like they would rather be roadies for Def Leppard! Dolores was pulling out her best rock star hand-waving and Axl Rose shuffle-dancing moves but it felt a bit… tired!

I was ready to dismiss her as another aging rock star that hadn’t kept with the times but she rocked it, she really rocked it. She has a unique voice and she came to play…hard! I just hope that for her next album she looks to her peers and not her elders to back her up on tour!

Dolores O’Riordan’s new album is Are You Listening? It’s solid! Get it now!

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