Graeme Thomson

Hard to love – but Shirley Manson is terrific: Garbage, at Usher Hall, reviewed

Plus: transcendence at the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival

On record – and indeed on paper – Garbage are hard to love. Yet on stage they deliver, thanks almost entirely to their singer Shirley Manson. Image: WENN Rights Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
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    Usher Hall, Edinburgh

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    Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival, George Square Spiegeltent

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