Azealia Banks

Holding onto faith that Azealia Banks would be immense live prevailed – despite the young feisty rapper cancelling recent shows and an album release repeatedly delayed. Okay, she was late on stage after crowd-warmer DJ Cosmo introduced her but she is a diva in her own right. With long green mermaid hair, a custom-made bra containing flashing blue LEDs and tiny shorts, she was just plain cool and had everyone dancing to shortened versions of ‘L8R’, ‘1991’, ‘Jumanji’ and “my absolute favourite song I’ve ever written,” ‘Liquorice.’ Saving, “the one that everyone knows me for” ‘212’ until the end where everyone went absolutely wild!

Concorde 2, 10 October 2012
[Rating: 4.5/5]
Laura Burgess