Photos and review by Jennie Book
@jenniebookphotography

Alison Moyet took the stage at The Fillmore in San Francisco on May 16^th, 2025 for “An Evening With…” in front of a sold-out, super appreciative crowd, who wanted to be nowhere other than right where they were to feel and witness an hour and a half of legendary talent.

Back in the 1980s, Alison Moyet and Vince Clarke brought us hits like “Don’t Go” and “Situation” when they were Yazoo (‘Yaz’ in the US), and when they pulled apart and Clarke went off to start Erasure, Moyet continued on to build a solo career with memorable tracks like “Whispering Your Name,” “Is This Love?” and “Love Resurrection.” She’s birthed many albums since then, including the brilliant Hoodoo (1991) and The Minutes (2013). This tour is in service to 2024’s Key, an album filled with standout mostly reworked songs plus a few new tracks, and commemorates Moyet’s 40 year solo career.

Moyet’s performance at The Fillmore was in short fantastic – 21 songs filled with favorites old and new. She kicked off the night at center stage, flanked by Sean McGhee on keys and Brendan Cox on guitar, dramatic lighting behind the three of them, Moyet’s vocals soaring right from the get-go with “Fire,” “More,” and “Such Small Ale.” For the fourth song we heard “Nobody’s Diary,” a favorite from Yazoo’s catalog, which got fans moving and singing.

In addition to her legendary singing, Moyet is a storyteller, so we got to hear humorous and important inter-song tales in between songs, and Moyet is also perfectionistic enough to start and stop songs when they aren’t quite right, which happened twice – once during “The Impervious Me” and once during the encore when she was almost through “Love Resurrection” and then started over. No one minded, it just meant more time being in her presence and hearing her sing!

Other standouts during the night were the beautiful “This House” from Hoodoo, “It Won’t Be Long,” “All Cried Out,” “Whispering Your Name,” and “Is This Love?” Really every song was a masterclass in emotional pop music, and her voice has only grown stronger and more emotional with age. And even though I loathe to ever comment on a woman singer’s appearance because they certainly get enough of that from all corners of the internet, I will just say that not only does Moyet sound great, but she looks great, and dances just as she sings, like no time has passed since being onstage with Vince.

The US tour concluded with a performance at Cruel World in Pasadena, but now Moyet hops over to New Zealand and Australia for some dates, then to the UK with a few European stops here and there. My best advice of 2025 would be press the buy button on a ticket immediately – you may be a creaky-boned GenXer, but leaving your house for a night to be in the presence of Alison Moyet singing will be well, well worth it.

Check out www.alisonmoyetmusic.com and @alisonmoyetofficial for all the latest tour info and news.