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Yet when the American sang, he cast a spell that wouldn't lift again until he left the stage 90 minutes later.

Seventeen albums into a career that's taken in acting, stand-up comedy and multiple name changes, the former Will Oldham has amassed a cult following and seen his folk songs covered by everyone from Johnny Cash to Björk. Live, though, he still favours a DIY approach, plugging his tattered acoustic into a guitar amp and making the 1,300-capacity venue feel like his front room.

Highlights included You Want That Picture - a doleful duet with Angel Olsen - and No Match, taken from latest album Wolfroy Goes To Town.

Equally compelling between songs, Oldham regaled with tales of drug smuggling, signs of the zodiac and the Mayan apocalypse. So Everyone stole the show, its crescendo sending shivers down spines. Brave and brilliant - without a busker in sight.

Bonnie Prince Billy
Hackney Empire
Mare Street, E8 1EJ