Gil Scott-Heron | Pop review

Royal Festival Hall, LondonGil Scott-Heron is a law unto himself. When he ambles on stage for his first UK date in nine years, eyes hidden by a flat cap and black suit flapping about his lean frame, he doesn't do what you might expect. Rather than getting stuck into his new album, I'm New Here, or anything else from a career stretching 45 years, he spends the first 15 minutes telling jokes. Emitting deep chuckles, he tells gags about marriage and dwarves, and demands that Black History Month in ...

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