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Writer Amy Key: ‘Knowing I’d finally hear Joni Mitchell sing live left me woozily panicked’


The author of an acclaimed memoir inspired by the singer’s album Blue fulfils her dream of seeing the reclusive star in a rare concert at the Hollywood Bowl

The thought of sharing a space with her, the knowledge I would hear her speak and sing live gave me the woozy panicked feeling of waking from a dream where someone you’ve lost appears to be alive. There is a singalong to Carey, reminding me of when I visited Matala in Crete, where Mitchell met Cary Raditz, and felt too self-conscious to sing along when the tour guide played the song on the coach. Photograph: Randall Michelson / Live Nation -Hewitt SilvaThe second half is more bombastic: out come the special guests (Doug leaps out of his seat at the sight of Annie Lennox).

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