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The Sugarcubes: Astoria, London

Adam Sweeting, The Guardian, 23 May 1988

WITH FRAIL old people packing out Wembley and the charts stuffed with the dross that even Eurovision couldn't stomach (yobbish novelty records, the pitiable Wet Wet Wet, the wholly regrettable Fairground Attraction), The Sugarcubes have swept down from Iceland to save the world. Someone had to do it.

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