Benjamin Clementine at The Colston Hall in Bristol on Friday 8 December 2017
Benjamin Clementine will perform at The Colston Hall in Bristol on Friday 8 December 2017.
Singing from the gut, with raw and heart-breaking honesty, Benjamin Clementine has ignited the music world with his “intoxicating torch songs of estrangement and passion.” (Mojo). His debut album, At Least For Now, was named 2015 Mercury Prize Album of the Year and was described as “remarkable, beyond-categorisation” (Sunday Times) and “a masterpiece” (Independent On Sunday). His bewitching voice – “an antidote to a mediocrity” (Noisey) – has been likened to the talents of Antony Hegarty, Nat King Cole, Edith Piath and Nina Simone. His latest track Phantom of Aleppoville was written, recorded and produced by Clementine and follows his recent collaboration with Gorillaz on Hallelujah Money.
“Nina Simone’s brother steps into an elegant French café, sits down at the piano and tears open a vein.” (Rolling Stone)
This is a seated show.
Benjamin Clementine is a singer, songwriter, pianist and former busker whose debut album ‘At Least For Now’ won the 2015 Mercury Music Prize.
The songs tell the powerful story of his survival through years of homelessness and despair as a struggling young man. Having escaped a troubled home in North London aged just 20, he ended up in Paris, but when he ran out of money, his life became a daily toil of rough sleeping and busking on the Metro. Through necessity, he spent two years honing his craft and technique through necessity. Eventually, he returned to London, and made an enormous impact with his television debut on Later… with Jools Holland in October 2013.
Clementine made a big first impression with his television debut on Later… with Jools Holland in October 2013. Since then, he has quickly earned a reputation for his unusual and honest songwriting and powerful vocals, gathering rave reviews from every quarter.
Tickets are £22.50 including booking fees.