Sandi Thom

24th March 2026, Limelight, Belfast

While The Feeling are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Twelve Stops and Home, Sandi Thom has joined them on tour also celebrating the twentieth anniversary of her debut, number one single, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair).

Wearing a kilt, starting the set with a harmonica and onstage with guitarist Ben, someone in the crowd asks Sandie if she’s Scottish. “I am,” she says, bemused.

I don’t know many of her songs but she has a powerful, strong voice and I enjoyed her set immensely. She has stage presence, getting the crowd to sing along with Boulder. Another highlight was a stripped back, acoustic version of Guns n Roses classic, November Rain. It’s a really lovely, gentle song, without any drama (the music video of an epic wedding was on music channels frequently in my childhood so I associate it with high drama and heavy guitar solos).

The finale was her best known song, I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair). She explains that it’s as relevant now than it was then – I didn’t know quite what she meant until I heard the words about disillusionment with modern life. The world has gone a bit batshit again.

Fantastic show from a beautiful songstress.