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Marcus King aims high

You can tell a lot about a musician by the artists they choose to cover. During Marcus King’s epic performance at O2 Forum Kentish Town, the 27-year-old singer/guitarist/virtuoso from Greenville, South Carolina tackles tunes by the likes of Blind Faith, Marvin Gaye, and Jimmy Cliff. Even Elton John’s Madman Across The Water gets a look-in. But these are no straightforward copy-pastes; King reimagines and inhabits these songs with all the skill and confidence of someone who’s been playing shows since the age of eight.

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The Flaming Lips bring peace, love, and giant inflatables

The Flaming Lips have a reputation to uphold. Legend has it they were signed after a record label rep caught a show where they almost burnt down the venue “with some questionable on-stage pyrotechnics”. They came up with the “headphone concert” more than 20 years ago, transmitting their live performance to audiences wearing headphones. They’ve released music on flash drives embedded inside gummies, a 24-hour song streamed on a non-stop loop, and one album across four discs intended to be played simultaneously.

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