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Fifties tribute whocan rock and rollOH BOY! Buddy Holly fans werein for a treat as they spent thenight Reminiscing with the UK’snumber one tribute act A LegendReborn at the Pavilion.Before the show had even

started, audiences weretransported back in time withblack-and-white adverts from theera screened on the stage andarchive footage of screamingfans getting worked up over 1950slegends, including Holly himself.The title of the show is a little

embellished, given the energyand charisma of which the mainstar, Marc Robinson and hisband, The Counterfeit Crickets,put in. Yet there was no questionthat the Brown Eyed HandsomeMan on stage and the rest of thegang looked and sounded thepart.With Holly’s notorious

hiccupping vocals and elaborateguitar riffs, the band treatedthe crowd to classics such asPeggy Sue, Words of Love, Downthe Line and the most notableEveryday in the first half,accompanied with excellent,if not slightly unusual, thigh-slapping percussion from thedrummer.Between some over-worn

jokes in dodgy Texan accents,audiences were also treated toplenty of lesser-known trackssuch as Blue Days Black Nights,Tell Me How, Bo Didley andWishing, which kept headsswaying and toes tapping.Into the second half, the band

had re-energised and came onready to Rock Around. Kickingoff with That’ll Be the Day, the

crowd were right back into theswing of things, singing alongto more of their much-loved hitssuch as Not Fade Away, WellAlright, True Love Ways, andeven some Elvis crowd-pleaserslike Blue Suede Shoes and Rip ItUp.The audience were even

given opportunities to see somepolished solo acts as double-bass

player Alan, keyboard-playingChris, lead guitarist Adrien, anddrummer Paul, had a Rave Ontheir instruments and provedthat rock ’n’ roll still stands thetest of time.Finishing off the night, Buddy

and the gang performed GreatBalls of Fire, which ended the seton a triumphant high.

RACHEL LILY

BUDDY AND THE GANG: Buddy Holly - A Legend Reborn performing at Weymouth Pavilion

CD REVIEWSHANE FILANRIGHT HERE

THIS is former Westlifer ShaneFilan’s second solo album.

Right Here and Your LoveCarries Me have the familiar feelof Westlife tracks but the albumhas some surprises - bolderforays into new territory withsome voice synthesizing on theAkon-esque Beautiful to Me.Many of the lyrics reek of

laziness such as - ‘you may becommitting a crime, But I’m heredoing the time’.His duet with Nadine Coyle

of Girls Aloud is somewhatdispiriting and makes little useof her high reaching vocals.The Burt Bacharach influenced

Worst Kind of Love is thehighlight of the album, it’s justa shame that the majority of itsounds too similar to the Westlifematerial.We’re just left with a lone voice

and four vacated stools on thestage.

JOANNA DAVIS

CD REVIEWJESS GLYNNEI CRY WHEN I LAUGH

THIS one’s a belter. There’s noescaping it.You can’t have been anywhere

near a radio in the past year ifyou’re not familiar with Glynne’sdisco pop style currently ridinghigh in the charts and at its mostcatchy in Hold My Hand.Consistently uplifting, this

album falls short of reaching thesoulful heights you might expectfrom Glynne, with the onlysurprises being what sounds likethe sound effects of Super Mariojumping on a ‘mushroom’ in RealLove.Although somewhat devoid

of light and shade, this blast ofpure disco pop is a solid effortand promisingly hints at a morefleshed out and considerablymore soulful follow-up.

JOANNA DAVIS

CONCERT REVIEWBUDDY HOLLY - A LEGEND REBORNWeymouth Pavilion

DVD REVIEWJURASSIC WORLD (12) ****

CONCERT REVIEWMUSICIANS OF LONDON WALLBridport Arts Centre, The HubTHEMusicians of London Wallare fine, young musicians whowere, in most cases, visiting theWest Country for the first time.More importantly, they were

swapping hectic London livesto be looked after locally bygenerous hosts.Under the headline The

Old Virtuosity Shop, theirprogramme of baroque musicranged from great and influentialcomposers – Vivaldi, Handel,Telemann and Corelli – tolesser known figures such asBarrière, and Mancini whoseslow movements of his Dminor Sonata revealed a deepmelancholy. But the recurrenttheme was one of virtuosity,exemplified by Biber’s Sonatain A.Emily Baines, recorder

(replaced by Oonagh Lee onthe final day), Ivana Cetkovic,baroque violin, Alexis Bennett,baroque violin and viola, Kate

Conway, baroque cello and KatieDe La Matter, harpsichord, eachshone in solos as well as triosand quartets: Telemann’s Quadroin G minor made a powerfulimpact in its agility as well as itssadness.Explanatory introductions

were enlightening, and far fromdryly academic.The Musicians of London Wall

brought each concert to a closewith their own adaptation ofCorelli’s famous variations onPortuguese folk tune, La Folia.

ANTHONY PITHER

JURASSIC World opened to thepublic in 2005 and now welcomesmore than 20,000 visitors a day.Claire Dearing (Bryce

Dallas Howard) oversees parkoperations, while Dr Henry Wuplays God in the laboratories,splicing DNA strands to createterrifying new breeds.Thus the ferocious and highly

intelligent Indominus Rex isborn.“This will give the parents

nightmares,” shudders park CEOSimon Masrani.When the Indominus Rex

escapes her paddock, Clairebegs naval officer-turned-animalbehaviour specialist Owen Grady(Chris Pratt) to capture the beastand protect her nephews, Zachand Gray, who are trapped in themiddle of the bloodbath.

Jurassic World is a muscular,rollicking romp that capturessome of the adrenaline-pumpingthrills and jaw-dropping awe we

felt more than 20 years ago whenSteven Spielberg first unleasheddinosaurs back into the world.Pratt is an instantly likeable

hero and he catalyses a screenchemistry with Howard whofaces the dino-pocalypse inhighly inappropriate footwear.Action sequences are

orchestrated at a lick, includingchaotic scenes of a flock ofpteranodons plucking visitorsfrom the ground.This is by far the bloodiest

chapter of the Jurassic saga, ifnot quite the best.