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Fairy Light Nights is the collective term for a large number of acoustic gigs performed by All About Eve between January 2000 and February 2002. The name stems from the fact that fairy lights were hung from the music and microphone stands. more...

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Two live albums were released during this time, one as Fairy Light Nights in 2000 (sometimes referred to as Fairy Light Nights 1) and Fairy Light Nights 2 one year later. Both these albums were released to together as Acoustic Nights in 2003.

For an All About Eve concert to be termed a "Fairy Light Night" it would have featured a simple line-up of Julianne Regan on vocals, Marty Willson-Piper on a variety of acoustic guitars and Andy Cousin on electric bass or acoustic 12-string guitar. That is not to say that there wasn't the occasional guest appearance, however.

Background

In late 1999 All About Eve played three fully electric reunion concerts in support of The Mission. During this time Marty Willson-Piper persuaded Julianne Regan to keep the group going and do a few acoustic gigs. The original reasons for choosing acoustic gigs were varied but included Marty's previous experience of doing them himself, cost, and the fact that they had no

drummer - Mark Price not being able to leave Del Amitri on a long-term basis.

The very first Fairy Light Night was on 25 January 2000 at the Warwick Arts Centre in Julianne Regan's home-town of Coventry.

Stardom by Word of Mouth

The first gigs were extremely well received and an amazing thing happened: All About Eve achieved comeback status, not by releasing a comeback album, but by simple word of mouth (and Internet). Little by little the fans that had, in 1990, been sufficient in number to fill the Royal Albert Hall started to re-appear and come to these gigs. Within six months they had released Fairy Light Nights, an album of performances taken from various gigs, and a year later demand was such that there was also ample market for Fairy Light Nights 2, which contained the regular songs from these gigs that were not on the first album.

At the beginning of the Fairy Light Nights period All About Eve were practically testing the water to see if there was a point to staying re-formed. By the end of it they were officially and unarguably back.

Ups and Downs

In all there were nearly 100 gigs, at a frequency of more than one a week at the height of activity. They played as far north as Aberdeen and as far south as Penzance.

Some shows, particularly the Penzance ones, were widely regarded to be fantastic. Others such as the one in Worthing (where half the equipment failed, effectively preventing Marty from playing) were disasters. Generally however, the band was well-received and the quality excellent.