It was a hotly anticipated performance – not just for what songs Sam Smith would perform, but also for what outlandish outfit they would wear.
But in the end, the 32-year-old singer opted for comparatively understated attire for the sell-out performance at the Proms.
Recent live performances have seen the singer, who announced they were non-binary in 2019, dance in a corset and bare their bottom, leading traditionalists to worry about the gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
Among the singer’s most-talked about outfits has been an all-black balloon-like latex suit by Harri at the 2023 Brit Awards.
Sam Smith’s concert at the Royal Albert Hall was hotly anticipated, not just for what songs they would perform, but also for what outlandish outfit they would wear
But in the end, the 32-year-old singer opted for comparatively understated attire for the sell-out performance at the Proms in a black polka dot, double-breasted suit
Smith closed the show with Somewhere Over the Rainbow, a nod to Judy Garland’s famous 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall
Having given assurances there would be no shocks, Smith opened the show in a black polka dot, double-breasted suit by Vivienne Westwood’s creative director Andreas Kronthaler, teamed with a long bow tie and a plain white shirt underneath.
Smith barely stopped smiling as they joined the BBC Concert Orchestra on Friday night for what was billed as a retrospective look at the singer’s seminal 2014 debut solo album, In The Lonely Hour.
Among the tracks performed was Lay Me Down. The singer switched to a Vivienne Westwood custom-made red velour floor-length gown with matching silk gloves for the second half – in what was described as ‘all very Judy Garland.’
Smith barely stopped smiling as they joined the BBC Concert Orchestra on Friday night for what was billed as a retrospective look at the singer’s seminal 2014 debut solo album, In The Lonely Hour
Smith wears a double breasted suit with long bow tie and plain white shirt while joining the BBC concert orchestra
They closed the show with Somewhere Over The Rainbow, a nod to Garland’s famous 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall, one of Smith’s favourite performances.
A friend said: ‘It was all very appropriate and Sam felt so privileged and happy to be asked. It was lovely, the audience were up singing along and cheering.’
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