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RICK WAKEMAN & THE ENGLISH ROCK ENSEMBLE

VENUE THE LONDON PALLADIUM

DATE 22/02/2023 AND 23/02/2023

By the time the second night’s climax – a scorching version of Yes’ – is wigging out wonderfully, these two shows celebrating Rick Wakeman’s preposterous, grandiloquent musical past have achieved something of a triumph. With a fine band, and oceans of music as vast and flowing as the renowned keyboard player’s capes, they’ve showcased why his untethered ambition and desire for scale dazzled so many in the mid-70s,

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