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ADRIAN THRILLS: Is all-singing, all-dancing Tate the new Britney Spears?
ADRIAN THRILLS: The rise of Tate McRae suggests there's still a place in pop for a conventional song-and-dance act.
McRae last week added three more dates ( Nottingham, London and Manchester) to her forthcoming UK arena tour and, as a trained dancer, she is promising plenty of high-octane choreography to go with music that often feels like a throwback to the early 2000s heyday of Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and The Pussycat Dolls. Amid her time-honoured tales of love lost and found, she even takes a few detours, with Nostalgia an acoustic ballad about seizing the moment, and Purple Lace Bra a wry comment on the sexualisation of young female singers. Doves cancelled a tour in 2021 so that singer and bassist Jimi Goodwin could focus on his mental well-being, but he’s back in action here, providing the lead vocals on Renegade and singing of working his way through his hardships on the soulful Stupid Schemes.
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