From News Of The World
Live: James McCartney
Verdict: ****
By John Earls, 16/03/2010
Hoxton Square, London
AS the first of Paul McCartney's kids to turn to music, James should be on a hiding to nothing - and he doesn't help his cause with a song called I Love You Dad.
Yet that's the sole moment of cheese in an otherwise confident and often unexpectedly dark show.
Facially, James is a dead ringer for his old man, but Macca Senior never wrote epic howls of pain like James' goth-influenced rockers Denial and Mix.
Only the Lady Madonna-style rock & roll of Spirit Guise resembles The Beatles.
Surprisingly, the major fault is James' awkward stage presence.
If he can overcome this, he'll be a name to watch in his own right.
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