First Ladies of Disco Show

The First Ladies of Disco Show was the first concert tour by American group First Ladies of Disco. The tour features individual members Martha Wash, Linda Clifford, and Evelyn "Champagne" King performing their own the set list of past hits as well as a few cover songs. After the departure of King, Norma Jean Wright joined the lineup and toured in February 2018.

First Ladies of Disco Show
Tour by First Ladies of Disco
Start dateApril 30, 2017 (2017-04-30)
End dateJune 15, 2019 (2019-06-15)
Legs3
No. of shows11 in North America
Evelyn "Champagne" King tour chronology
First Ladies of Disco Show
(2017–19)
Linda Clifford tour chronology
First Ladies of Disco Show
(2017–19)
Martha Wash tour chronology
First Ladies of Disco Show
(2017–19)

Concert synopsis

2017 shows

The concert opened with each group member individually performing their own set list of songs, usually beginning with Evelyn "Champagne" King followed by Linda Clifford and lastly Martha Wash. King opened her set list with "Love Come Down". "I'm in Love" followed and would usually involve King inviting a member of audience on stage to dance with her for later duration of the song. King closed out her set by performing "A Change Is Gonna Come" as the intro to her final song "Shame", during which she played percussion. Clifford opened her set list with the album version of her single "Runaway Love". She followed up with "If My Friends Could See Me Now". At the climax of her set, Clifford performed "Shoot Your Best Shot", which included a band solo. Wash rounded up the solo sets. She began with her song "Strike It Up". She closed out the set with her version of "Dream On".

After the solo sets, the ladies perform together. First Ladies of Disco perform "Turn the Beat Around", led by Clifford. During the song, King played percussion. The group proceeds with "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", led by Wash. "Bad Girls" is led by King. The final song is the debut single by First Ladies of Disco called "Show Some Love".

Criticial reception

Wayne Anderson from the website HuffPost gave the show high praise and recommendation.[1] Anderson praised Wash and King's voices, "Like Martha, when Evelyn sings her past hits such as “Shame” she sounds just as perfect as if you were hearing it on the radio back in the day... I don't know what their future tour schedule is but I'm telling you this: If the First Ladies of Disco Show comes to your town - GO SEE THAT SHOW!"[1]

Set list

2017
Evelyn "Champagne" King
  1. "Love Come Down"
  2. "I'm in Love"
  3. "Shame" (contain elements of "A Change Is Gonna Come")
Linda Clifford
  1. "Runaway Love"
  2. "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
  3. "Shoot Your Best Shot"
Martha Wash
  1. "Strike It Up"
  2. "Keep on Jumpin'"
  3. "Give It to You"
  4. "Carry On"
  5. "Listen to the People"
  6. "Everybody Everybody"
  7. "Dream On"
First Ladies of Disco
  1. "Turn the Beat Around"
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
  3. "Bad Girls"
  4. "Show Some Love"
2018
Norma Jean Wright
  1. "Good Times"
  2. "Le Freak"
Linda Clifford
  1. "Red Light"
  2. "If My Friends Could See Me Now"
  3. "Runaway Love"
Martha Wash
  1. "Strike It Up"
  2. "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"
  3. "Give It to You"
  4. "Carry On"
  5. "Everybody Everybody"
  6. "It's Raining Men"
First Ladies of Disco
  1. "Turn the Beat Around"
  2. "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)"
  3. "Show Some Love"

Additional notes

Shows

Date City Country Venue
North America
April 30, 2017 Puama Valley United States Casino Pauma
July 19, 2017 New York City B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
October 12, 2017 Las Vegas Smith Center for the Performing Arts
February 14, 2018 Ridgefield Ridgefield Playhouse
August 18, 2018 Huntington Harris Riverfront Park
August 24, 2018 Las Vegas Smith Center for the Performing Arts
November 29, 2018 New York City Joe's Pub
November 30, 2018
February 16, 2019 Miami Ultimate Disco Cruise 2019
June 14, 2019 Louisville Kentuckiana Pride Festival
June 15, 2019

References

  1. The First Ladies of Disco Rock NYC. HuffPost. Retrieved on June 10, 2019
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