The Duckworth Lewis Method | Pop review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonYou could hardly dream up a better definition of acquired taste than the Duckworth Lewis Method: Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy, accompanied by Thomas Walsh, records a concept album about cricket, in debt to glam rock, ELO and novelty songs. A pootle through the English summer that matched top-notch genre pastiches to warm and witty lyrics, it was one of last year's unlikely treats, but it can't, in truth, support a 90-minute live show. Hannon recognises the problem...

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