In a previous newsletter, Nerina had shared:  

“Some of you may know that although I might flit across your consciousness as an ageless sylph of songs and laffs, I am in fact quite old now. Next year I shall be even older, fifty in fact. I was always planning to mark this auspicious day but was thinking of something along the lines of a spa holiday in the Cotswolds or a trip to my favourite garden centre but my husband thinks this is dead dull. Ever the optimist, he thinks I should play a BIG London show. So does my agent, and so does an intrepid promoter. 

“It would not be just any show though. It would be a show to go with the following: the vinyl and bonus CD re-issue of Fires which will be coming out through Chrysalis Records in the spring of 2024, which is big news in itself and something I canvassed you all about last year I think. (See. I DO listen to you.) As such, the show would be me with a full band and strings playing Fires in its entirety (in album running order if you really like a life full of no surprises) and other (almost) hits of mine which you can help choose if you feel like it. 

“I am still undecided. Not about the vinyl and CD, that’sdefinitely happening - but a show in a very big venue that isn’t an arena but isn’t downstairs at the Barfly either.” 

She had then asked her readers to vote in a poll titled “How much do you love me?”, in which 56% of respondents said they would attend the show and bring a friend, 26% said they would attend (presumably by themselves), and 18% said they might come to the gig. No respondents selected a negative response. 

Video: Nerina singing her best-loved tune, 'Everybody's Gone to War'.

In the comment section, Nerina added that the venue would be “somewhere proper”, in an accessible venue with numbered seating.

She added: “I’m not sure I’ll ever get to do this kind of thing again so I plan on doing it somewhere I can wear one hell of a frock (or even many frocks) and we can do a section of the show where the lights go down and we have a disco ball and it’s all theatrical and stuff.” 

She wrote that it was “not financially or logistically viable” for her to do the show outside of London. 

She then confirmed the booking in a subsequent newsletter titled 'Do Small. Build Big'.

Pictured - top: Nerina Pallot playing for Jersey Goldsmiths. (Jon Guegan)