Sigrid played at the O2 Academy in Birmingham in March 2025.  I went to her concert courtesy of tickets of my son-in-law.  Small concert venues to me are the best places for live music.  In contrast, I have never enjoyed music festivals preferring the intimate dark surroundings of a venue such as the O2 academy.  

Prior to the concert we had drinks at the Craven Arms which is close by.  Highly recommended but it did mean we missed the support act.  When we arrived at the venue there was ample opportunity to find a good space to watch the show.  As it happens, a few people taller than me were blocking the view. Despite this I was able to get a good view of Sigrid during the concert.  

Taking pictures of concerts has changed for me over the years and I have used various compacts.  See my write up on Steve Gunn back in 2019 at the Hare and Hounds where I was using a Sony RX100v5.  This blog discusses the use of my iPhone17pro.  A simple technique with the iPhone is to control the exposure using the inbuilt camera app.  Reducing the exposure in this way helps to reduce the glare from the bright lights.

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I did take close pictures of Sigrid but most of the time I was in the main crowd enjoying her music.  There are pictures of the crowd which show the audience participation led by the singer.  Another tip with the iPhone is not to overuse the digital zoom as you will find your pictures are excessively noisy. Where possible I did not go over x2 zoom.

As to the concert, Sigrid is such an accomplished performer and has an exuberant personality.  There is no fancy stage show as Sigrid prefers to showcase her excellent singing enhanced by her infectious personality.  She played mostly from her new album “There’s always more that I can say” and favourite songs including “Strangers” were played much to the audience’s delight.  The band were excellent including some excellent guitar solos.  Sigrid’s set list shows the songs that were featured. Definitely an entertaining concert by an artist who is at the top of their game.  

I have written up my concert review of Steve Gunn back in 2019 and maybe I should do a few more features in the future rather than just the odd picture on my socials timeline.