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Nigel Kennedy

Tom Hibbert, Q, September 1990

He's the man who made classical music mass-market. And this he achieved by reinventing himself into a lager-handed, spike-topped pseudo-lout, complete with textbook rock star accessories, an embarrassing line in pot-head verbiage and a rented Cockernee accent. Tom Hibbert taps baton on podium and politely enquiries… Who the hell does NIGEL KENNEDY think he is?

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