Touring recommences

Touring recommenced in April with dates across the U.S. and Canada. During this period, Buckley and the band played Metro in Chicago, which was recorded on video and later released as Live in Chicago on VHS and later on DVD . In addition, on June 4 they played at Sony Music Studios for the Sony Music radio hour. Following this was a month-long European tour between June 20 and July 18 in which they played many summer music festivals , including the Glastonbury Festival and the 1995 Meltdown Festival (at which Buckley sang Henry Purcell ‘s ” Dido’s Lament ” at the invitation of Elvis Costello ). During the tour, Buckley played two concerts at the Paris Olympia , a venue made famous by the French vocalist Édith Piaf . Although he had failed to fill out smaller American venues at that point of his career, both nights at the large Paris Olympia venue were sold out. Shortly after this Buckley attended the Festival de la Musique Sacrée (Festival of Sacred Music), also held in France, and performed “What Will You Say” as a duet with Alim Qasimov , an Azerbaijani mugham singer. Sony BMG has since released a live album, 2001’s Live à L’Olympia , which has a selection of songs from both Olympia performances and the collaboration with Qasimov.