Welcome to ApocaLIPS world this October
Lips Choir are back this year, led by Jessie Maryon Davies, returning to the Clapham Grand with a much-awaited two-night run of gigs, the first since 2019.
Known for their powerful vocal performances, original arrangements and rowdy gigs, Lips are ready to welcome everyone with open arms into their sparkling ApocaLIPS world this October, where they celebrate their community and sing into the night in resistance, solidarity and sequins.
Expect a massive harmonic pop explosion with classic Lips’ medleys and covers from Chaka Khan to UK Garage via Kate Bush, along with incredible new arrangements of tunes by Lorde, Self Esteem, Dua Lipa and so much more.
Along with a magnificent live band, Lips will be performing alongside singer songwriter Yvette Riby Williams, known as NAALA, and four times UK beatboxing champion Grace Savage.
Described by Alison Goldfrapp as “great singers with a wonderful musical sensibility”, trans-inclusive feminist pop choir Lips, have grown from being a small group of women who love to sing to a musical force to be reckoned with.
During the pandemic Lips continued rehearsing online, with 2020 culminating in a uniting virtual performance of Robyn’s Dancing on My Own, released to mark their collective experience as a choir and celebrate their community despite not being able to perform publicly.
Maria Le Brun, Lips Choir member, said: “Lips inspire me with their courage and fierceness. I joined the choir only a month before lockdown but during the ensuing months it has been powerful to feel connected to the strength of this community.
“Lips is more than just a choir, it’s a community that nourishes and lifts each other up. I look forward to the music, stories, lectures, sequins, sassiness and dancing each week.”
Pictured: A 2019 Lips Choir performance Picture: Natalia Janula
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