Live: Beth Hart

Tears and transportive tunes from soulful US songstress.

By Polly Glass
( Classic Rock )
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After almost 20 years in the industry, it’s Beth Hart’s first solo UK show. Ever.

It becomes an increasingly emotional experience; almost gig-meets-therapy, as Hart tearfully pours out slices of her mental health and drug history. The audience is audibly on her side. Her brother smiles from side-stage. Her road manager Scott is also her husband, on-hand to pass her guitars and cheerfully raise crowd cheers. Bolstered by these supportive pillars, Hart may be fragile under the vocal power, but she’s undoubtedly the real deal.

Polly Glass
Polly Glass
Deputy Editor, Classic Rock

Polly is deputy editor at Classic Rock magazine, where she writes and commissions regular pieces and longer reads (including new band coverage), and has interviewed rock's biggest and newest names. She also contributes to Louder, Prog and Metal Hammer and talks about songs on the 20 Minute Club podcast. Elsewhere she's had work published in The Musician, delicious. magazine and others, and written biographies for various album campaigns. In a previous life as a women's magazine junior she interviewed Tracey Emin and Lily James – and wangled Rival Sons into the arts pages. In her spare time she writes fiction and cooks.