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Chappell Roan review: The Midwest princess who's pop's next big star, writes ADRIAN THRILLS
As Chappell Roan opened her sold-out UK tour with this packed Manchester show, it was hard to escape the feeling we were witnessing the coronation of pop's next major star.
Backed by an all-girl, three-piece band, and dressed in lilac cowboy boots and a mermaid-themed leotard decorated with sea shells and pearls, she twirled and high-kicked her way across the stage as she belted out her super-catchy songs for a predominantly female crowd. Accompanied onstage by Lucy Ritter's compact drums, Allee Futterer's rumbling bass and Andrea Ferrero's raucous guitar, she sparked a series of word-perfect singalongs as she brought a rock-orientated crunch to songs that have a slicker, more electronic sheen on record. Singer Tom Ogden's lyrics are ingenious, too, with Big Star his tale of a Los Angeles tastemaker, and the title track the bizarre, but true, story of a giant fibreglass gorilla stolen from a Scottish garden centre.
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