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Eurythmics: Haçienda, Manchester

Cath Carroll, New Musical Express, 19 March 1983

THE CHOIR are one of those support acts guaranteed never to outshine the headliners; a Playwright For Today's idea of a Top Rock Band. Strident, straight-leg conservatism, jaws jutting in monstrous unison and 'Kickers' stomping. If you listened closely you'd have heard 'just a face in the crowd' being made to rhyme with 'shout it out loud'.

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