Paloma Faith review – big-lunged retro soul with a peppering of politics

First Direct Arena, LeedsThe singer’s endearing and cheery Carry On banter is laced with snatches of polemic – and a plea to create change with an epidemic of kindness‘My mum’s worried that I’m going to offend people and no one will ever go to my gigs again,” chuckles Paloma Faith, explaining why her tiptoe into political music on recent No 1 album, The Architect, isn’t overly reflected in her live show. There’s no place in the setlist for Po...

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