Paul Smith, Journalist

"Interspersed were exchanges with the front row that often seemed to delight Amos as much as anyone – a masterclass in audience bonding."

"Humour doesn’t come much more thought-provoking."

"Having worked his Position Vacant show since late 2012 he seemed extremely relaxed in it, though the same couldn’t be said for all the victims of the audience participation he revelled in for the main event after the interval."

Paul Smith worries about the future of festivals in 2014.

"We usually do the album and then say, ‘Shit, how are we going to do this on stage?’"

"There was a lot of writing being done on buses and hotels but there was also a lot of drinking and a lot of messing around going on as well. So they were good times!”

"There’s the lighter, more popularist sort of an easier listen on the one album whereas the other is a bit edgier and even lyrically is probably a little bit harder to digest."

Her vocal took on an air of vulnerability, such as in Nick Cave’s The Ship Song, where she exposed its lyrical beauty, or of raw emotion.