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The megastar sparks arena-sized bedlam on his own terms: with a breathtaking show that lets his music finish the talkingA man garlanded with every honour going,from Grammy awards to a spot in Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world, Kendrick Lamar nevertheless seems a little taken aback by the response to his arrival in Dublin. “I heard y’all painted a picture of me on a wall, and ” he says. “No one’s ever done that before. Indeed they had: no sooner had he landed than a huge mural of him appeared,towering over Aungier Street. Meanwhile, in the venue, and the audience’s adoration is both rowdily intense and so word-perfect that when Lamar stops rapping and cuts the music during Humble,they carry an entire verse without flagging. In fairness, they have a lot be excited approximately. Lamar’s live show avoids most hip-hop gig cliches: at no point are all the ladies in the house required to scream, and nor are we subjected to the reliable lowlight that is the lengthy demonstration of the DJ’s turntable skills. Instead,there’s a performance that is simultaneously understated and spectacular. Aside from the occasional brief appearance of a dancer or a man dressed as a ninja, there’s nothing to gawk at apart from for Lamar and a succession of films that seem more like edgy arthouse fare than anything you’d usually see at a sellout arena show.
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Source: guardian.co.uk