GRANDADDY & THE LOST MACHINE ORCHESTRA (London Palladium, 26/04/22)

I’ll be frank, I was expecting this to be an all-timer, but things just didn’t quite click the way I hoped it would. I love Grandaddy, I love lush orchestral arrangements, but the end result was too singularly-paced to stir the old heartstrings. That said, it was still a thoroughly lovely evening
(despite the odd heckling danger in the audience), and “A Lost Machine” remains one of the most gorgeous songs of recent years.