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Little Boots, The Garage London
Hands-on magic from diminutive diva
Celebrant: Little Boots
[Justin Higuchi]
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LITTLE Boots’s debut albums Hands — a selection of melodic and synth-based mini-symphonies — rightly saw the pint-size performer top the BBC’s Sound of 2009 poll.
Ten years on, the Blackpool-born and LA-based singer-songwriter — aka Victoria Hesketh — is back in town to perform that very album for a one-off celebration.
It's an 18-track odyssey which culminates in a mass stage invasion.
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