Lady Sovereign: 5 Cavendish Square, London
Caroline Sullivan, The Guardian, 21 April 2009
LADY SOVEREIGN operates on hip-hop time, so it's compulsory for her to be an hour late for this low-key comeback show, at — oddly enough — a swanky private club. Not only do her fans not mind waiting (it probably helps that there's free booze, laid on by the soft-drink company sponsoring the gig), but when Lady Sovereign does appear, they greet her with possessive joy. It seems that, after a foray to America that ended in depression, self-harm and being dropped by her label, this crowd are just happy to have their Wembley girl home.
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