O2 Ritz, Manchester
Channelling everyone from Nancy Sinatra to Nine Inch Nails, Banks lets her astonishing talent outshine her controversies
After high-profile spats with everyone from Grimes and Elon Musk to Zayn Malik and Sarah Palin, this week Azealia Banks was at it again. An apparently straightforward flight to Ireland saw the hair-trigger New Yorker remove herself from the plane after an argument with an air attendant ended with her referring to “ugly” Irish women. One tearful confessional and a live triumph in Dublin later, she reignited the furore with a social media rant referring to “leprechauns”.
Unseemly as this is, it’s hard to reconcile the headline-grabbing enfant terrible with the grinning, uber-talented 27-year-old who has her Manchester audience roaring in approval. Backed by a drummer and DJ, and occasionally flanked by two dancers, she sings, dances, raps and displays enough charisma and stagecraft to put many a rival to shame. When she slowly takes off her jacket, the roar is so deafening you fear for the building.
Related: Azealia Banks: fearless truthteller or relentless troll?
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