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Louis Tomlinson – LIVE

An excellent document of his live experience...

CLASHMUSIC REVIEWS 26 · 04 · 2024

A fifteen-track production that spans multiple tour dates, over multiple countries? Louis Tomlinson is back with a bang.

‘LIVE’ was captured over the course of three years, all while the talented artist embarked on two world tours. That is why this new body of work has come as a surprise to many, but it’s an emotional rollercoaster that keeps fans wanting more.

Doncaster’s very own, Louis Tomlinson, is no stranger to writing and creating music that moves people. This is especially the case with this album as the high-quality production of the band is booming, the crowd’s enthusiasm, and the beautiful songwriting is perfect. There are two personal favourites from this writer, which are ‘We Made It’ and ‘Common People’.

Regardless of whether it’s the atmosphere that is felt between the artist and the crowd or if it is the nostalgia brought with memories of summer 2022 that ‘We Made It’ brings, it’s a fun part of the album. ‘Common People’ is a favourite because of the simple fact it was performed in Sheffield. Too many shows are played in the likes of London, and there are many cities across the UK that have thriving music scenes, which Tomlinson was able to encapsulate in this track.

There is a constant theme running through ‘LIVE’ which is the appreciation of what the artist has through music. No matter if on tracks such as ‘Chicago’ where the talented artist is encouraging the crowd to sing louder, or if it is hearing pure enjoyment from him, this album is truly something special.

Hearing the addictive guitar riffs of ‘Out Of My System’, which was performed in Brisbane, was one thing, but the crowd knowing every word brought a smile to this listener. This body of work is not just a love letter to fans, but it shows how music can connect to others on a much deeper level.

‘Get as loud as you can’ is shouted from Tomlinson on multiple tracks, which is exactly what every lover of his music is doing as they rundown the tracklist.

8/10

Words: Josh Abraham

#louis and positive press #clash #:live

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this is insane btw

#:live #is budapest okay? #did they survive

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Photo credit: BMG / Joshua Halling

After nearly two-hundred live performances spanning two international tours, Louis Tomlinson is celebrating the end of era on the road that spanned three years. On Thursday, the musician shared Live, a record captured across 15 different shows in 15 different cities.

“I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last 3 years touring the world twice over, the feeling I get sharing those live moments will be with me forever,” Tomlinson shared in a statement. “To be able to record these songs from all over the world and put them out as an album like this feels so special, and a real tribute to the fans who make each and every show feel unique and incredible. Thank you! Enjoy!”

The album features live performances from both the Louis Tomlinson World Tour — which was cut short in 2020 and resumed in 2022 — and the Faith in the Future World Tour, which kicked off in 2023 in support of the singer’s sophomore studio album of the same name. Combined, the tours included 170 shows in 47 countries across 5 continents.

Tomlinson captured performances of popular singles “We Made It” and “Walls” from his debut solo album Walls and “Written All Over Your Face,” “Silver Tongues,” and “Out of My System” from Faith in the Future. The album features recordings from London, Nashville, Vancouver, Barcelona, Chicago, Budapest, Paris, and more.

The digital version of Live is available now, with physical editions for the record set for release on Aug. 23 on a double CD and 2LP picture disc vinyl.

Louis Tomlinson Live Tracklist

“The Greatest” (Live From London, 17 November 2023)

“Face The Music” (Live From Nashville, 18 July 2023)

“Bigger Than Me” (Live From Vancouver, 26 June 2023)

“Holding On To Heartache” (Live From Barcelona, 6 October 2023)

“We Made It” (Live From Manila, 16 July 2022)

“Chicago” (Live From Chicago, 15 June 2023)

“Fearless” (Live From Rio, 27 May 2022)

“Common People” (Live From Sheffield, 10 November 2023)

“All This Time / She Is Beauty We Are World Class” (Live From Munich, 22 October 2023)

“Walls” (Live From Buenos Aires, 21 May 2022)

“Written All Over Your Face” (Live From Budapest, 15 September 2023)

“Out Of My System” (Live From Brisbane, 30 January 2024)

“Saturdays” (Live From Paris, 14 October 2023)

“Silver Tongues” (Live From Krakow, 10 September 2023)

FULL ARTICLE, 25.4.2024

#:live #rolling stone #this is just an ‘awareness piece’ but i’m gonna count it as #louis and positive press

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It isn’t often that live performances consistently seem to not only live up to but objectively improve the perfectly engineered studio recordings. Perhaps it’s the love that the album so clearly captures for live music that does it. The singer-songwriter is an avid fan of his own fans and gets to share a collective experience of joy with them. Just listen to the crowds serenading Tomlinson in return during “Chicago,” recorded live in – you guessed it, Chicago. From Tomlinson’s perspective, audiences across the world have always been part of breathing life into these live recordings. Now, people get to live that same experience with him by listening to this record that is woven together with impeccably mixed joyful screaming in the background.

#:live #euphoria #louis and positive press

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Never liked We Made It until it was the perfect opener for LTWT. Never loved Bigger than Me until it was on a scratchy livestream and thought, “oh, that’s good live.” Saturdays is beautiful with its whirling guitars and the Paris, “fuckin amazing” light show captured for all time, a fitting tribute to fan actions. Written all over your face is a sassy minx with those lyrics - I guess in Budapest he made it all the way through his run, how many lives did they record in hope?! It brings a smile at the memory of his chest clutching dramatics. Common people is a chorus, Louis sounding awesome backed with Louie voices, the plaintively beautiful tones of Holding onto Heartache, only Louis could make it sound this gorgeously battered with that great, stirring resolution of a bridge. The Greatest is just awesome, a thrill ride call to action. Face the Music is a bop. Walls, who doesn’t love Walls? Louis statement of fight or no, he’s not going down and our chance to reciprocate some Louis love in the because of it all. All this Time is a sexy, slinky build of a twirling tease melding into the transcendence of She is Beauty, surrounded not just by light but by the perfect chanting accompaniment of the Louie chorus, the bittersweet nostalgic vibe of Chicago with the sweetness we wish all exes had, the simmering justification of Fearless ratcheting up and yes! Give it up for the fuckin band! That guitar solo backed by the heavy thrust of percussion. Then the drums - the drums! - and guitar intro on Out of My System, the energy and pace of that ride, the recording turning it almost into a wild, cooperative call and answer, until the ultimate expression of Louis Live, “ I don’t feel like going home”, you so right, Silver Tongues, now we can have it all on repeat. Louis and his brilliant fuckin band coming at you live from venues across the world, with crystalline sound, melded seamlessly into one glorious recreation of that experience complete with fan voices, actions, giggles, asides, you sings and fank you, fank yous. Only the light show (and the smell of weed drifting across a stadium) could have made it more authentic.

Thank you so much for this. Yes, I am prejudiced in the extreme but it has to be one of the best live albums I’ve heard.

ps how gorgeous is it that he is the first to release a live album? qed that one, baby

#:live #hopelessly devoted to you (louie version)

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mates im so out of the loop im in another universe. so for my own self gratification im gonna listen to the album with you (my 2 followers - hi guys 😘)

the greatest: yall know i don’t have love for this song. but oh. oh my. the intro. goes so. fucking hard. and the. he’s so soft until ‘SING’ - alright, yessir. 🫡🫡 my head is bopping and i’m not mad about it.

face the music: she’s a dream, we know it, not as fond of the background vocals here tbf but it’s okay, it’s okay, cause the ‘darnce’ makes up for it, it does, it does.

bigger than me: every time i listen to this song i realise how difficult it is to sing this thing night after night, and the crowd echo gives me shivers.’we don’t know why’ you tell them Vancouver, we’re the same 🫶 (and they’ve turned the background vocals down and the team appreciates)

HOTH: who gave him the right to do this?? who said it was okay? the vocal is so soft, the breath control is so good, the crowd is like a beat too fast and i kinda love that. when the instrumental drops it’s fully ‘alone in a spotlight’ kinda vibes and im full on dying for this moment. Barcelona wins.

#:live #louis tomlinson #i’m sorry that’s all i have time for this morning #my life is calling and there’s no voicemail function 😭😭😭 #i’ll be back later

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Louis Tomlinson: Live is pure perfection.

[meme to share on twitter & instagram]

#😭 #:live

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i think it is important to recognize the ways in which your favorite thing sucks. i think it keeps u normal

#yes but only if you agree with me on the details that suck #😭 don’t go pointing shit out

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ATTENTION

If you see this you are OBLIGATED to reblog w/ the song currently stuck in your head :)

#banquet #bloc party

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Louis Tomlinson in Santiago, Chile [4.4.2024] via mentachocolate28 on TikTok

#candids #should he be allowed to look like that? #asking for science

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reading the post about how boring louis is sometimes and i have to agree. mid music and bland talking pointd

you have ventured to a place where your bullshit opinion is invalid, go home 😘

#it’s been a while since i got one of these #shame to see one now #but i guess all you ‘quirky’ gals gotta put your bitchiness somewhere #asked and answered

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bmgitaly “Faith In The Future” by @louist91 is certified gold for the Fimi/gfk chart

FAITH IN THE FUTURE is now certified GOLD in Italy [15.4.2024]

#fitf certification

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I do have to admit though, I do think that Louis does tend to make himself sound like a very unidimensional person which he probably isn’t. His talking points always remain the same. He will always lay it thick with his fan relationship thing, football, partying, he always talks about the same three artists when talking about music. A lot of 1D nostalgia talk without any purpose to it, loves touring but never talks about any specific experiences on tour, makes music for live shows even though he cuts those songs from the set list in favour of 1d music or covers. It seems very mechanical.

I often wonder whether this is our bias since we are superfans and follow every interview, and he tends to hit certain talking points repeatedly.

But I also wonder whether Louis is so media-trained that he focuses on the “average fan,” trying to present himself as a “common people,” fun, humble, nice, one of us, a real guy, not threatening, not a pop diva, a little bit bland.

Louis is obviously not an average person. Louis is more literate and intelligent than the majority of his audience. He is more extreme in risk-taking, exposed to more intimidating circumstances, under more unusual scrutiny than most, and has a huge, wacky fanbase that spins its own mythology about him. It’s a tough act to balance, but on the whole I would encourage him to take more risks because he’s in a good position to be more authentic, with more gray than black or white.

Most of Louis’ print interviews come off a little bit boring too. I can’t think of one that really shows him as more interesting than his ex-bandmates. Media bias aside, even the interviewers sympathetic to Louis repeat the same boring, cliched, bland talking points.

#no cause this is such an interesting point #about how we’re all here reading (virtually) every interview and watching every clip #and how we’re already inside the asylum and these interviews aren’t really meant for us #i would still like to see something off the wall bizarre from him to shake up my dash but 🤷‍♀️ #guy is all about happy wife (music) happy life and i’m trying to vibe with those vibes

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the face louis makes when he sees....

#nah this is face i make when a toddler of questionable stickiness comes anywhere near me #idk what part of the interview this is and your girl is way too lazy to check #but he looks britishly (politely) scared for his life

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a lot of content in a few days 😌💘🧚‍♂️🥂 meanwhile when he was promoting btm we got like 4 or 5 interviews in random radios of the usa in a week 😭

#prev #centred was the word i used #latam is his monastery and he’s surviving on good vibes and chill

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use your words

#darling 🫶

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okay what he actually said was different than was transcribed but equally as delightful

#oh. #kinda ruined it #not gonna lie #louis and his thesaurus