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Robert Plant: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Edwin Pouncey, New Musical Express, 23 June 1990

AT ONE point during his performance this evening, Robert Plant throws back his golden locks and lets loose what sounds like an Islamic call to prayer from his powerful lungs. Even the hop heads in front of us cease yelling "WOOARGHH!" for five seconds as his solitary voice floats up to the ceiling of the cavernous "home of progressive music" and begins to slowly unfurl itself around the audience.

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