Michael Hann

He barely knows what he’s doing: Oliver Anthony, at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, reviewed

Plus: Roisin Murphy's set at Alexandra Palace was more like a DJ mix, each song sliding into the next frictionlessly

Oliver Anthony only played for half of the night. The rest of the time he read Ecclesiastes to us from his phone. Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images
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