Black Grape | Pop review

The Coronet, LondonIt's 1.50am when Shaun Ryder mooches into the midst of Easter all-nighter Get Loaded in the Dark, but Manchester's notorious carouser is the picture of polite sobriety. "This is our first Black Grape gig for 13 years," he says. "So thank you for having us."Ryder is an old hand at reunions, having put back together pieces of the Happy Mondays in both 1999 and 2004. The Black Grape get-together, however, is missing two of the band's biggest personalities – stalwart Bez an...

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