Africa Express – review

The Ritz, ManchesterBy the time the train arrived in Manchester at 5.50pm on Wednesday – a collective of more than 80 musicians on board their own specially chartered vehicle – one anxiety was that the evening's show would be too slick an affair. Previous Africa Express performances, dating back to a famous appearance at Glastonbury in 2007, have been one-offs, whereas this time, the mutating cast of characters involved were on a proper tour, albeit one involving a novel form of transport be...

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