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Daryl Hall & John Oates, Wembley Arena, London

Graham K. Smith, Record Mirror, 24 March 1984

WHATEVER IT is, Daryl Hall appears to possess it in more than average proportions. Damn him! For although the Hall and Oates experience is artfully designed as a group performance its success ultimately rests on Mr Hall's enviable abilities. A gregarious frontman, in the unambitious tradition of US stadium rock, and in charge of a set of vocal chords the envy of his peers. Hall carries the show. Girls swoon, guys admire, and Daryl just keeps on agrinnin' and astrummin'...

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