Bonnie Prince Billy – review

Hackney Empire, LondonRarely can the apocalypse have been heralded with such unbridled glee as it is by Will Oldham. He's in the middle of a sprightly country lollop called Easy Does It, when suddenly he begins ad-libbing wildly: the world will end in December 2012, and then he won't have to worry any more about having whiskey in his moustache, because he will have no moustache, "and neither will any of you ladies".An obsession with death, a bewildering sense of humour, and an eye for the ladi...

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