Bright Eyes – review

Scala, LondonIt's the day before Conor Oberst's 31st birthday but a spontaneous audience rendition of Happy Birthday has left the Nebraska singer-songwriter grimacing. "Well, it's one day closer, that's how I look at it," he reflects. "Let's get the fuck out of here!"This awkwardly adolescent comment could be a throwback to the late 1990s when Oberst emerged as a precocious, thin-skinned teenage troubadour. It sounds less endearing coming from the worldly frontman facing us tonight, which may be...

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