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Santa meets Sinatra as Rick rocks Christmas: TIM DE LISLE reviews Rick Astley's Swinging Christmas at the Royal Albert Hall


The Christmas chart once belonged to the 1970s. We would party like it was 1973, shouting along to Slade and Wizzard. But lately the 1980s, true to form, have launched a takeover.

Rick Astley has what it takes at the Royal Albert Hall – the bonhomie, the big band, the tuxedo and the timing Astley finds his top gear when the music slows down, with classics such as When I Fall In Love and As Time Goes By George's patter is a joy, the design vivid, the video sparky, the costumes lovably ludicrous

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