AURORA speaks out against injustice and calls for equality at emotional Royal Albert Hall show
AURORA performed a sold-out show at London’s Royal Albert Hall last night (Wednesday October 2), using her career-spanning set to speak out against injustice and call for equality.
Check out photos, footage and the setlist below.Touring in support of her acclaimed fifth album ‘What Happened To The Heart?‘, AURORA called into London for an “overwhelming” gig yet ahead of her biggest UK headline show to date – when she will return to play Wembley Arena next May.“Hello, are you awake?” began the Norwegian alt-pop phenomenon after an explosive opening of ‘Churchyard’, to roars from the capacity crowd. “I didn’t know that there were gonna be people all the way up there,” she continued, pointing to the higher balconies. “It looks so strange.
It’s nice to be scared sometimes. It reminds me of being in love.”The singer-songwriter would often return to the theme of love throughout the evening, as well as paying tribute to how special a show this marked due to the history of the building and having her family in the audience. “I really like that it’s round because it’s like we’re in a soup,” she said of the venue. “If this is soup then I am a cannibal.”Introducing “a song we haven’t played in a long time,” in the form of the fan favourite ‘’Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)’ from her debut album ‘All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend’, AURORA described the “tragic song” as feeling like “an opera in this room”.Another highlight came for fellow debut album track ‘Runaway’ – which became a viral hit on TikTok a few years ago – a song which AURORA said was about when we “let our minds get the better of us” and “being human is too much”. “It’s a human sport, just living,” she said. “We are all athletes.
I am so glad you are still here.”She went on to dedicate the song to the children of the world who are suffering and in need of safety, namely those in the Congo, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. “I can’t imagine how it is to long for home and safety as a child,” she added, “but I.
