Macklemore review – pop meets panto in a fight for the right to party

Victoria Warehouse, ManchesterIt’s a return to goofball silliness as the rapper’s social issues are ditched in favour of confetti, choreography and Willy Wonka outfitsWhen he was a struggling unknown, Seattle’s Ben Haggerty, AKA Macklemore, pondered being a white rapper: “I give everything I have when I write a rhyme / But that doesn’t change the fact that this culture’s not mine.” Years later, Macklemore’s triumph at the 2014 Grammys �...

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