Article: culture: Demure dress, hard rocking show.(Features)

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 ...

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