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JLS: O2, London

Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 25 March 2012

WHO COULD HAVE predicted not one but two X Factor boybands would exceed their allotted 15 minutes? The onus is now on JLS to out-dazzle newer rivals One Direction, who have inexplicably been slaying America. Tonight, they do so – though in order to really appreciate it, it would help to be a 10-year-old boy.

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