Rita Ora – review

Sound Control, ManchesterEarlier this year, Rita Ora – a 21-year-old Londoner born in Kosovo – told the Guardian her mentor Jay-Z believed she could be as big as his previous protege, Rihanna. Maybe he's right: with the year not even out, she has now had No 1 hits (including her vocal on DJ Fresh's drum'n'bass smash Hot Right Now) and toured with Coldplay.Her first headline show in a small venue could be expected to be the acid test, but things are going swimmingly. "Ree-ta!" scream the teen...

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