Sam Smith

Samuel Frederick Smith played two close to full Qudos Bank Arena shows this weekend just gone.

I was super lucky enough to see the English singer and songwriter. In October 2012, they were featured on Disclosure's breakthrough single Latch.

Which I loved on the radio, my music playlists and to run to (when I used to run).

Latch peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart. It was also my highlight from Saturday's Gloria tour. Smith played tunes from the debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour, which was released in May 2014.

The third single from their debut album Stay with Me, was internationally successful, reaching number one in the UK and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100. It on Saturday night was a monster sing-a-long!

Like I Can and other earlier singles were also crowd favourites before the show got a little sexy.

Smith's second studio album, The Thrill of It All, was released in November 2017.

They sang the lead single, Too Good at Goodbyes, early in his 19 strong set.

They gave us Promises with Calvin Harris, which peaked at number one in the UK.

Smith also performed a solo version of the excellent Dancing with a Stranger. Originally released with Normani.

Last year, Smith's single Unholy with Kim Petras, from the fourth album Gloria, became their first number one single in the US and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Unholy was also the scary, post Halloween closing tune. It was a wild night out at Homebush. With a wide ranging crowd of folks who loved the Michael Buble love songs, but maybe not so much in love with the Unholy side.

Smith has interested me for years. The dance tunes are unreal, the live vocals incredible. Now that The Weeknd has postponed. That was my November live music moment.

Next up, more Tkay on the way for this week's excellent feature album!