Toots and the Maytals – review

Brixton Academy, LondonThis tour to celebrate Toots and the Maytals' 50th anniversary is their biggest ever, and 65-year-old frontman Toots Hibbert is dressed for the occasion in the regulation ageing superstar uniform of leather waistcoat and trousers, shades and bandana. Relishing his status as a reggae survivor, Hibbert gets the boisterous crowd – far younger than anticipated, perhaps encouraged to be here by Amy Winehouse's approbation – singing and cheering along.Although the veteran su...

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