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A night that puts a spring in your step
MIK SABIERS sees the former Eurythmics front man’s set bring the house down prompting a euphoric response from the audience
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SIMON DUFF relishes the cross contamination of Damien Hirst’s greatest hits by street artists from France and the US
In view of the grooming gangs inquiry, SIMON PARSONS feels the relevance of this powerful examination of trauma suffered at Medomsley Youth Detention Centre
JOHN GREEN doubts the motivations of a US war photographer who never questions why, or for whom, she is producing images of imperialist conflict
MARIA DUARTE reviews Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, Hedda, The Mastermind, and Regretting You
TONY CONWAY welcomes a thrilling and concise history of Hope not Hate, that is also a manual full of tactical advice
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes an inspiring account of living with deafness that has important lessons for the treatment of deaf people in today’s UK
Meltdown Festival
Eurythmics Songbook
Royal Festival Hall
★★★★
CURATING Meltdown as a celebration of song and songwriters, Chic legend Nile Rodgers tasked David A Stewart of Eurythmics with pulling together not just an all star band but a selection of great singers to perform the synthpop duo’s many hits.
Featuring Emilie Sande, Iris Gold, Beverley Knight, Folami and Kimberly Davis from Chic, and more on stage, Stewart ably met that call.
With a canon second to none — Eurythmics sold some 75 million records — track after track is greeted with not just a warm welcome but like an old, revitalised friend.
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