Van Morrison – review

Barbican, YorkWith Van Morrison's reputation for unpredictability or grumpiness, you fear the worst when a disembodied voice threatens to remove anyone in the audience using a mobile phone. However, moments later, the singer rampages into a cheery, jazzy version of 1967's classic Brown Eyed Girl, which seems to indicate that he's in the mood. So it proves.In hat, shades and suit, an occasionally played saxophone hanging from his neck, the slimmed-down singer leads his excellent, brassier-t...

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