The Ellie Goulding gig was, unsurprisingly, full of The Young. But from what decade? There were a lot of pastel acid washed denim skirts with flowers on them, lots and lots of bleached hair, and a general sense of having just stepped out of a Madonna video from 1986. I also saw a young lady wearing sequinned peach hotpants with black leggings. Now there’s a look. There were a lot of fifteen year olds and men who were either creepy pervert types or, more likely, dad/chaperones. It is a week night, after all.

The gig itself was great. Quite small, even thought it was much more produced than last time I saw her (with no band - just her on a stool, basically), but a lot of fun and a few great songs.

One thing I definitely did not notice when I saw her last time is: how freaking hot is Ellie Goulding? Who knew!? She was wearing micro shorts and a tight t-shirt tied in the back. She moves her hips slowly when she dances and when she was drumming with the light behind her she looked like something out of flashdance. I’m specifically reminded of this image:

Seriously. Wow. No wonder all the musos raved about her. I bet she came on stage and did her drumming and flipped her hair about and stuck her chest out and every man (and woman!) stared at her hypnotised and said ‘she is freaking hot’ and next thing you know she is ‘the one to watch of 2009’.

I mean, this picture doesn’t do her justice, but you would, wouldn’t you?

Anyway, good gig and I’ll definitely buy a couple of her singles. Until now I only had Under the Sheets, but Starry Eyed is a really pretty song and I think there were a couple of others that I liked too, but will have to Spotify to figure out what they were called.