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Lionel Richie review – larger-than-life legend delivers a lesson in charm
The perfectly ’tached singer rolls out some raw and funky versions of his hits, from Hello to Brick House to All Night Long, with a roaring-along crowd
“Not gonna happen!” His Say Hello to the Hits tour couldn’t be a clearer invitation to croon along with a true great, and from natural opener Hello, a loud and proud audience seizes that chance. Sometimes the band (and the audience) overpower his glorious, buttery voice, but he ad-libs and riffs and ends every song with a proud, showbizzy “yeah!” – even tender, cinematic ballads such as Endless Love. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/the GuardianPerhaps that montage skirted dangerously close to an In Memoriam – lots of dry ice, photos of Richie looking angelic against a night sky – but, at 75, the man himself is larger than life.
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