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Academy 1 (Manchester Academy)
4th October 2016

All Saints were great at Academy 1. The girls were joyful and committed and had a pretty decent backing band. Natalie Appleton had a fantastic sort of toreador outfit on and was very serene and slinky. Shaznay was imperious in a white string vest and rubbery jodpurs, just quietly holding it all together. But the night belonged to Blatt - she's deffo the one you'd want to go for a pint with, bounding round the stage, t-shirt hanging out of pants, saying 'FACK' and 'Manchester!' quite a lot. She couldn't stop smiling. Only complaint was that they squandered 'War of Nerves' on a medley. 'Lady Marmalade' sounded great. They mashed it up with Salt N Pepa's 'Push It'.


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