★ ★ ★ ★ When Marina first introduced herself to the world, she was simply Marina Diamandis: a Welsh-Greek songwriter with a sharp pen, a theatrical streak and an innate drive for turning personal insecurities into cult pop anthems. Eighteen years later, standing beneath the soaring Victorian glass roof of Alexandra Palace, she returned to the very place that helped shape those ambitions, this time in front of the largest crowd of her career. Her sold-out London stop of the ‘Princess of Power Tour’ carried a particular significance. Alexandra Palace had long existed in Marina’s story, and on Thursday night, she became part of its own. “I used to come walking around here [Ally Pally] getting inspiration for songs, so it feels like an important full circle moment, like I’m closing a cycle tonight with all of you here,” she told the crowd midway through the set, visibly emotional. “Tonight is such a symbolic expression of that because it’s taken 18 years to fill this room.” Few artists sustain that kind of connection with an audience for so long, let alone grow it. Outside, London was enduring one of the hottest days of the year. Inside Ally Pally, it was... Read more »
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