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Blackstreet: Royal Albert Hall, London

Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 3 May 1997

GIANT VIDEO screens above the stage are showing two members of Blackstreet rendered as puppets, and they're having a bit of a row about something. Two hydraulic platforms rise up out of the floor and the ruthlessly efficient band kick into a huge slice of Prince-ish driving hard funk, there's a massive explosion, and we're off.

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