Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet plays York Barbican in York on 18 November 2026, bringing that unmistakable contralto shaped by a path from Yazoo to a singular solo voice. First heard in the synth-pop duo with Vince Clarke, she forged a sound where electronic contours meet a deeper grain drawn from pop, soul and blues. Her catalogue maps that terrain with ease: the immediacy of Alf and Raindancing, the rawer edges of Hoodoo and Essex, then the stripped, electronic focus of The Minutes and Other made with Guy Sigsworth. On stage, Moyet tends to fold early Yazoo staples into later material, shifting from sleek machine pulse to more organic arrangements without losing clarity or weight. Songs are left room to breathe, phrasing kept front and centre, electronics used as tension rather than gloss. Years on UK and European stages have honed a direct, unfussy rapport that keeps attention on the writing and that voice: dark-toned, flexible, grounded. In York, expect a set that moves across eras with calm precision and a cool emotional current.