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RØRY asks the crowd who is in the 37 Club – her Facebook group, called ‘Dead Girl Walking’. It has a very catchy chorus and receives a
and tells them the community means everything. She mentions how they great response.
make bracelets for each other, give advice to each other, donate tickets ‘MORALITY $UICIDE’ (which grabs you by the feels), ‘WOLVES’ and
to people less fortunate and is the best thing about her music. ‘UNCOMPLICATED’ continue the set, before an encore of ‘Hometown’,
‘ALTERNATIVE’ is an emotional song, one RØRY wrote when she sang and played acoustically by just RØRY and her guitarist, Hattie
never imagined she’d be standing on stages like this. She thought her Moran. She talks about going back to her hometown of Southampton to
chance was over because of what she’d been through and that she wasn’t play a show. She says she didn’t think she was strong enough to go back
going to get to live her dreams. She says she’s so happy to be wrong. and make it through a gig without her parents there, but, thanks to her
‘ALTERNATIVE’ is a stunner, made all the more so with fans swaying and fans, she felt able to do it and went home to Southampton. ‘Hometown’ is
singing along. another song that comes straight from the heart, full of real, genuine,
RØRY gets off the stage and makes her way to the back of the venue heartbreaking emotion.
to sing ‘Jesus & John Lennon’ from the mixing desk. Before the start of The anthemic ‘SORRY I’M LATE’ and ‘BLOSSOM’ are kept until last,
the song, she thanks the crowd for making a ‘delusional ADHD bitch’s and bring hope, inspiration and empowerment. “If you are fighting addic-
dreams come true’, adding that, “If anyone’s a late bloomer like me, tion, if you are fighting depression, if you are being abused, I want you to
dreams don’t have an expiration date. If there’s breath in your lungs, know, you are stronger than that. Wolverhampton, take this one thing
you’ve got another chance to do it.” She talks about losing her mum to away: you are fucking loved, you are powerful, and I fucking love you,”
cancer 19 years ago, and how she wishes her mum could see her play. she expresses before the final song. And the amount of love that is radi-
She talks about grief and how there are people in the room that have also ating right back at RØRY from the room is equally as powerful. In the last
lost members of their family. She dedicates ‘Jesus & John Lennon’ to ev- few years, RØRY has shown that she is resilient, that, against the odds
eryone whose life has been lost too soon. It’s such an emotional moment. and with hard work and conviction, she has been able to overcome any
Members of the audience are also hold- obstacles, glow up and achieve her dreams – and it’s something that you
ing up a photo of a young girl called can do too. RØRY’s brand of rock ‘n’ roll is most definitely helping to save
Emmy, who passed away. RØRY the world, one concert at a time.
reaches for one of the photos and holds PS. A shout out and thank you to the 37 Club member that came up
it up for the rest of the song, later dedi- to me after the show and gave me one of the bracelets she had made. It
cating the show to Emmy. was a lovely, unexpected surprise and end to the night, and just reiterates
After the powerful, healing song, how kind and lovely RØRY’s fanbase is.
‘hold on’, RØRY lightens the mood, YYYYY
drawing the Dead Girl Walking merch Shari Black Velvet
competition winner, before then playing
a new song, which just happens to be RØRY Photos By Shari Black Velvet

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