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The Fratellis: Royal Albert Hall, London

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 16 April 2008

SECURE IN HIS STANDING as one of rock's greats, the Who singer Roger Daltrey, organiser of the annual week of Teenage Cancer Trust gigs, was feeling generous. Popping on stage to introduce the night's headliners, he said: "If Scotland had ever produced the Who, we'd have been called the Fratellis!" The Glasgow three-piece looked stunned — as well they might have.

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