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Janelle Monáe: The Institute, Birmingham

Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 9 May 2014

"JANELLE! MON-ÁE!" yells the Birmingham crowd as the singer is pushed on in a wheelchair, wearing a straitjacket. She leaps up, throwing off the garment to reveal a Michael Jackson-esque outfit before performing some frenetic Jacko dance spins. "I'm givin' 'em what they love," she sings.

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