Joni Mitchell: Royal Festival Hall, London,
Penny Valentine, Sounds, 13 January 1972
Saturday night was Cup Final day in London and in passing the last time the crowd joined for Abide With Me at Wembley. A fact that sprang to mind later in the evening when at the Festival Hall Joni Mitchell overcame a concert that threatened to culminate in disaster by moving the sell-out audience to rise to their feet for a community version of The Circle Game.
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