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Article: To bring you the electro-shock blues Pop; PJ HARVEY COLSTON HALL BRISTOL

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December 14, 1998
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PJ AND Bjork, Bjork and PJ. The maverick chanteuse stakes is still a two-horse race. If Bjork's recent gigs left her typecast as Alice In Wonderland, however, Harvey's on-stage persona seems a little more difficult to second-guess. On 1995's To Bring You My Love tour, Polly Jean vamped it up in shocking pink, whilst batting false-eyelashes that your average pantomime dame would have thought garish. Tonight, she went for a slightly scatty, girl-next-door look. As she explained to The Big Issue recently : "It's no longer about performing. It's about being."

Perhaps the reason that PJ is finding it easier to be herself

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