The Jamaican American singer has lost none of her commanding presence, putting on a captivating performance.
The omens aren’t good. During set-up, a billowing black curtain falls early to reveal roadies preparing the stage, Wizard of Oz style. Then when Grace Jones addresses the audience after opening with the art-pop cool ‘Nightclubbing’ it’s to shout, “hello Manchester!” Such things could fell a lesser star but the Jamaican American singer, model and actor is adept at controlled chaos. “I don’t know where the f*** I am,” she confesses, no apology discernible in her voice.
This takes in the sprechgesang of The Pretenders’ ‘Private Life’, the Christian hymn ‘Amazing Grace’, and the blues of ‘Demolition Guy’. Sole new track ‘The Key’ – played here for the first time in England – adds little to her catalogue, running with the hackneyed chorus, “We’ve got the key, the fun key.” Yet despite there being a 16-year wait since her last album, people aren’t here for the new. She closes the set, as she must, with an extended version of ‘Slave To The Rhythm’.
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