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Kate Nash Gloucester Guildhall STOMPING all over her keyboard in her converse trainers while two stage hands knelt down and gripped on to it to stop it from toppling over, leaping off and sauntering off stage was certainly a memorable way to end Kate Nash's exclusive Glastonbury warm-up gig. The quirky singer songwriter delivered a lively show with one or two surprises.

She's a tricky performer to get your head around - she walked sweetly and neatly on stage dressed in an orange leopard print vest with black leggings, sipping from a tiny white china tea cup and then burst into angry rants about men never listening to her, reeling off a list of things she hates such as seagulls, being sick, and her disgust of homophobes, as well as bursting into defiant lyrics and howling into the microphone.

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For the most part the crowd loved her. She got a huge cheer for her hit Foundations and Mouthwash as well as her encore of Pumpkin Soup. But the Mansion Song left the audience baffled. They stared in bewilderment as she asked the lighting crew to turn off the spotlights and make the stage as dark as they could before launching into a furious tirade of expletives and sexually explicit, vulgar lyrics about groupies being used and abused. It was a relief when it was over.

It seemed like she wasn't playing for the crowd - more for her own amusement and at times she appeared to be in her own little bubble on stage and didn't really connect with the audience. She only really engaged them in telling the women in the crowd to fight a statistic sexy lingerie she'd heard that day of there being far fewer female composers than males. Underlining her point with expletives she invited them to get involved in music. She does cut a striking impression but not always a good one. The 22-year-old has a swagger of arrogance, a self-satisfied painted red pout and lacks any warmth. It didn't come across well to the crowds and in fact her backing guitarists looked miserable and bored.

Kate almost seems a little precocious. It's undeniable she's talented - her cockney-laced vocal is engaging and the upbeat, cheeky sound of some of her tracks is fab. But somehow it was a sullen, slightly spiky performance with only the odd smile to herself. In the lyrics especially she smacked of someone with a chip on her shoulder, slightly troubled, self indulgent as well as childish and spoilt.

Despite her charming voice, good guitar and keyboard playing, it was her kooky character that left you thinking - that was good but I'm not sure how much I like her. And despite all the cute sipping from her little tea cup, certainly not someone you'd ever want to invite round for tea. Unfortunately this was a strong, Replica Breitling Watches talented performer totally lacking the likeability factor.

Emma Luther

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