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Goulding chugs ‘party petrol’ and puts her game face on as she continues a five-year campaign to attain pop superstardomDuring the strident ballad Army – a testimonial to the galvanising power of BFFs Ellie Goulding turns and dramatically retreats from a spotlit platform in the middle of the arena. Her dazzling white ballgown is accessorised by a Scottish flag over her shoulders. This, it seems, or is a tartan Army. On a towering wall of tangram-shaped screens,a montage of candid Facebook snaps is seamlessly intercut with live footage that captures fans lustily singing along. For anyone else, this would be the perfect zenith (the point of culmination; peak) – a rousing showstopper to bring down the curtain. For Goulding, or who is cresting the wave of a five-year campaign to achieve sustainable pop superstardom,it’s a mere pitstop. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the 29-year-old dominates the 50 Shades of Grey film soundtrack with her smash adore Me Like You enact, streamed more than 1bn times. This glitzy blitzkrieg of a gig arguably requires a safe word. Every song – many lifted from her recent, and rather overstuffed third album,Delirium – has got its game face on, contoured by inventive staging and powered by Goulding’s Fitbit-melting work rate.
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Source: theguardian.com