Joni Mitchell carried out two exhibits on the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles on Saturday and Sunday night. At the second present, she was joined by Elton John and Meryl Streep for a rendition of John’s “I’m Still Standing.”
Under the billing Joni Mitchell and the Joni Jam, the live performance marked Mitchell’s second headlining efficiency in twenty years. Alongside her was good friend and fellow singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile, plus different particular visitors Marcus Mumford and Annie Lennox, who sang “California” and “Ladies of the Canyon” respectively.
A whole set listing, plus footage from the present, is out there for viewing under. Saturday’s present featured the identical set listing, together with the stay debut of a number of deep cuts: “Harlem in Havana,” “The Sire of Sorrow (Job?s Sad Song)” and “If I Had a Heart.”
“It’s just so good in life when you reach a certain age and a certain point to have things that are still gonna grow you,” Carlile mentioned to Variety in September, talking alongside her longtime bandmates Phil and Tim Hanseroth, who additionally carried out with Mitchell. “Joni for all of us has been one of those things, consistently.”
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Mitchell, who suffered a debilitating mind aneurysm in 2015 that prompted her to relearn to stroll, speak and sing, has been slowly returning to stay efficiency. In 2022, she made a shock look on the Newport Folk Festival, which was adopted in 2023 by a live performance at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington, her first headlining, ticketed live performance since 2002.
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Mitchell just lately launched one other installment of her archival sequence, Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980). It consists of numerous stay recordings, plus demos and alternate takes from three of Mitchell’s albums: Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter and Mingus.
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Joni Mitchell, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, 10/20/24, Set List:
1. “Be Cool”
2. “Harlem in Havana”
3. “Hejira”
4. “Cherokee Louise”
5. “Coyote”
6. “Carey”
7. “The Sire of Sorrow (Job?s Sad Song)”
8. “God Must Be a Boogie Man”
9. “Sunny Sunday”
10. “If I Had a Heart”
11. “Refuge of the Roads”
12. “Night Ride Home”
13. “Both Sides, Now”
14. “Big Yellow Taxi”
15. “Raised on Robbery”
16. “California” (with Marcus Mumford)
17. “The Magdalene Laundries”
18. “Ladies of the Canyon” (with Annie Lennox)
19. “Summertime” (George Gershwin cowl)
20. “Come in From the Cold Video”
21. “A Case of You”
22. “I’m Still Standing” (Elton John cowl) (with Elton John)
23. “Dog Eat Dog”
24. “Amelia”
25. “If”
26. “Shine”
27. “The Circle Game”
Joni Mitchell Year-by-Year Photos 1965-2023
Nearly six decades-worth of pictures from Mitchell’s pioneering profession.
Gallery Credit: Allison Rapp
