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Björk: Royalty Theatre

David Cavanagh, The Independent, 27 February 1994

THE COOL ALBUM of 1993 was Björk Gudmundsdottir's prosaically titled Debut. Despite this, her entrance at the Royalty Theatre displayed uncoolness of equatorial proportions. With a young, hip, 1,200-strong audience already seated, and a six-piece band already commencing to jive and look funky, all that remained was the arrival of the Icelandic elf herself.

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