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Birmingham is a sold-out show, part-way through a sold-out
tour, and it’s the perfect Saturday night for it. After an impressive
set by the fun and quirky Brat Pop outfit So Good, Skunk Anansie
charge into their set with the provocative ‘This Means War’, with
its sludgy riffs. Skin stomps around the stage, enrapturing the
audience.
The aforementioned ‘An Artist Is An Artist’ pops up early on
in the 21-song set, after a couple of the band’s earlier hits, 1999’s
‘Charlie Big Potato’ and 2009’s vulnerable self-empowerment
single ‘Because Of You’. It’s perfectly positioned, sparking ex-
citement for the upcoming new album. It’s also like the proverbial
pudding, with proof in it that Skin and the band are sounding as
good as they’ve ever sounded. Skin’s voice is immaculate, and
her energy is as high as ever. The ever-youthful, seemingly
never-aging singer bounces around the stage.

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