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Burna Boy at Glastonbury review – Afro-fusion maestro starts Pyramid stage party
The Nigerian brings an electrifying energy and prompts a mass singalong accompaniment to his signature baritone
After being welcomed in with an orchestra of clashing cymbals, banging talking drums and blaring saxophones from his band the Outsiders, he bursts through the swinging doors clad in a cowboy hat, brown leather and double denim. There’s the pyrotechnics and the dynamic visuals – wanted posters, legs dangling over a skyscraper in New York for Sittin’ On Top Of The World, his catchy Brandy-sampled hit from latest album I Told Them… But this is more of a festival set than a show, which doesn’t mean that it underwhelms but that it feels condensed – notably there are no special guests, though at his London Stadium performance last night he brought on around 12, including Snoh Aalegra and Shallipopi. I said Glastonbury.” It’s a phenomenal remix of YG Marley’s reggae track Praise Jah In The Moonlight, on it Burna sings “inside your eyes I see a perfect romance” – whatever obstacle, legal or bureaucratic, is preventing its release should be removed swiftly.
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