Does he need help? Or... is he here to help us...
These are the words spoken by Steve Evets' down-to-earth postman to the Manchester United legend in Ken Loach's brilliant film Looking For Eric.
As he released his EP, entitled I’ll Make My Own Heaven, his legion of admirers may have raised an eyebrow upon learning that this wasn’t all a joke, or some kind of performance art. But they still got their wallets out. The second camp gets their first of many shocks this evening on being told that alcohol cannot be brought into the performance. "You what?", the bar staff hear several times before the audience are invited to take their seats.
The opening songs see people sat only a few feet away from Cantona openly giggling. Others close their eyes and nod back and forth, as if to project to the rest of us: "Look at me, I get it". I can't work out which is worse: being that rude, or being that pretentious. As the first wave of songs - which are largely spoken word poetry to the backdrop of some very moody music that feels like it's out of Twin Peaks - are over, he takes off his coat and unbuttons his shirt, revealing a lot of chest hair. Women express their delight. He's still got it.
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