Not very many shows transport you to a dirty telephone box to start your evening. But that's where Olly Alexander, vocalist and now solo member of Years & Years, kicked off the show that puts his entire vision for his Night Call album onto the stage.
Starting the evening off with the song that named the album, Alexander had the crowd hooked from the start as him and his dancers somehow turned grotty British telephone boxes into a stage that sold his vision of a gritty yet sexy after hours world.
He had barely even stopped to catch his breath before launching into Sweet Talker, another album favourite that brought the arena to their feet. READ MORE: I did a BIG shop at Home Bargains and some of the prices were ridiculous compared with Asda By small way of criticism, it was perhaps recognisable that this Manchester fixture was the last date of Alexander's tour - his voice struggled slightly to keep up with the intense and impressive choreography.
But he was such a captivating performer that this hardly even mattered - he clearly felt every word he sung. Alongside Alexander, the stunning visuals of the show made it utterly captivating.
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