How leading British artists are combining the spectacle of an arena show with the energy of a club gig
Despite being one of the breakout UK stars of the last couple of years, J Hus has previously been denied the opportunity to headline in his home town. He claims that Form 696 – the Metropolitan Police’s request for promoters to provide information about the “DJs and MCs” at any given event that routinely led to police shutting down gigs by black artists – meant it was difficult to book a show. In November the form was finally scrapped and Hus played his debut London show headlining Brixton Academy. He didn’t hold back. There were lasers, guest appearances, those Coldplay light-up wrist bands, four Mercedes-Benz cars on stage – one with his DJ in, the others filled with mates – and Hus came out of a human-sized fisherman’s hat bearing his name. It had the budget of a Britney show, but the energy of a tiny club gig.
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