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Ultravox: Hammersmith Apollo, London

Ian Gittins, The Guardian, 28 September 2012

REFORMED BANDS almost always find it nigh-on impossible to recapture the musical glories they routinely summoned up in their pomp. Ultravox may be a unique instance, in that "pomp" describes not just their career high-water mark but also the defining feature of their output.

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