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Article: culture: Demure dress, hard rocking show.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Journal (Newcastle, England)
- Article date:
- January 31, 2009
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Byline: Sam Wonfor
Sharleen Spiteri, Newcastle City Hall.
WHEN a demure Sharleen Spiteri arrived on stage clad in a sixties shift dress and opened proceedings with a ballad, I was a tad uneasy.
The Glaswegian first lady of Texas is largely responsible for a rocking entry on my top 10 gigs list (Texas, Northumbria Uni, 2003), but had seemingly smoothed her edges for her solo tour.
What an egg-faced idiot I turned out to be.
As soon as the drums kicked in for ...