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Elephant Appeal Boris Speech Nigella Lawson George Osborne Greece Michael Gove Arts + Ents >Music >Reviews Rebecca Ferguson, The Roundhouse, London 3.00
Alison King Wednesday 19 September 2012
Print Your friend's email address Your email address Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email While One Direction and Cher Lloyd perform big, brassy pop tunes for the younger audiences, another X Factor "loser" of the same year has taken a different route. Steering away from the tabloid headlines, Rebecca Ferguson made a soulful, Motowninfluenced album with a mature sound. Always the X Factor contestant regarded as the "diamond in the rough", with her Liverpudlian heart of gold matched by a soothing and authentic soul voice, she won fans for her authenticity.
Tonight, we see the same Rebecca Ferguson perform at the Roundhouse and while we thought she�d go off, spread her wings after X Factor and become a confident pop star, she plays the night like it�s another X Factor big-band night.
Undeniably, Rebecca Ferguson is a real talent, her vocals are smooth and honeyed with a depth and tone that could melt ice cubes and she hits every note with ease. She waves at her parents in the stalls, complains about her heels (�I wanna put me Ugg boots on�) and introduces each song with a timid and vaguely dull story
As wonderfully charmingly and childlike as she is, you want to shake her and tell her to stop being so nice and boring - be a diva and give it some welly. It�s hard to watch a show where an overzealous guitarist and the dancing backing vocalists start stealing the limelight from the main act
Backed by a seven-piece band, it�s certainly a confidence-booster and she performs thrilling renditions from her album Heaven with �Run Free�, �Glitter and Gold� and �Teach Me How to Be Lov
�. This is where her voice really does speak for itself and it fills the space with beautiful pitch-perfection. �I wanna see ya�s all dancing,� she says before �Fairytale (Let Me Live My Life This Way)� and you suspect she might finally let go, but restrains he
elf. There are plenty of covers tonight, including Rihanna and Drake�s �I�ll Take Care of You� that gets a clubby breakdown and a rather dull version of Aqualung�s �Strange and Bea
iful�. In a world where the biggest performing artists are Beyonc� and Lady Gaga, it�s clearly not just about relying on the strength of your voice but also performance and inhabiting the stage - that is what makes a good show, great and you keep rooting for the sweet Ferguson to go there. While her voice is continually pitch-perfect and she is charming and warm, you can�t help but wish she would tap into her inner diva to make her live shows as electrifying as h

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