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Alicia Keys: O2 Arena, London

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 26 May 2010

HOOKING UP with Jay-Z for 'Empire State of Mind' has elevated Alicia Keys to a level of stardom where it will no longer do to merely traipse on stage and sing. The New York R&B singer is accordingly wheeled into public view in a cage, within which the leather-clad Keys writhes until the bars magically give way.

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