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New Moon is nothing if not an international advertisement for the hungry virtues of virginity and young people can’t get enough of it
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Theatre
A smart, prickly and rewarding view of sexual and emotional confusion
Cock
Restaurants
Kitchen W8 is a bargain for this area, if such sophistication is what you crave
Kitchen W8
Too long and drawn out but very entertaining with excellent special effects
This is a peculiar play and does not work for me. Some of it is very funny but there are real flaws
Alex has a strong powerful voice and was faultless, she is far better now than she was on the X-Factor
London,
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Dazzling: not even a broken guitar string could stop José Feliciano
“Record companies? Who needs ’em? They don’t even send CDs round to radio stations any more,” protested the blind superstar whose latest album, snappily entitled The Genius of José Feliciano, is available only from his website.
After 45 gold or platinum albums and six Grammy awards, the Godfather of Latin music had every reason to complain but the rest of his show was serendipity all the way.
Not even a broken string could halt the momentum of the chunky Puerto Rican dazzler in the crisp white shirt and black wraparound shades. Grabbing a replacement guitar, he reeled off some brilliant solos and powerful vocals in English and Spanish, his bittersweet voice conveying a heavily syncopated blend of virility and pain.
During the evening women kept rising from their seats like spawning salmon to capture a few moments of him on their mobile phones.
Thanks to his ultraslick quintet, even his most impenetrable Spanish ballads packed a rhythmic punch. And when he grooved through his hits — Bambolero, California Dreaming, Listen to the Rain, Light My Fire — it was clear why jazz fans revere him as much as Latin-music connoisseurs do. Olé, José.
Tonight, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Information: 020 7688 8899.
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