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Published: 7 February 2008

Sheryl Crow plays The Scala

Sheryl's all set to have some fun down at Scala

PREVIEW
SHERYL CROW
Scala

ONCE the coolest singer in a pair of cowboy boots, Sheryl Crow’s Tuesday Music Night Club was one of the seminal 1990s albums.
And Crow, in a blaze of media glory, was one of the decade’s biggest stars.
Tiny but feisty, she was one of the lipstick bull terriers in the Madonna bratpack.
The hits came thick and fast, including the trice-winning Grammy award single All I Wanna Do, before Crow moved on to a self-produced album, also to strike gold on the singles chart. And then she married American biking champ Lance Armstrong, adopted a kid and got cancer. Understandably, all things went quiet on the homefront.
She released a Best Of album – always a sign that an artist is taking it easy (or that their record company is short of cash) – and then got to work on worthier projects such as saving the world.
But maybe she’s back on track. Teaming up with collaborator Bill Bottrell for the first time since Tuesday Night Music Club, her sixth album, Detours, is said to be the most outspoken and personal.
Having never seemed at ease with fame, she has taken the angst and made it a part of her act and her music, speaking out about global warming and trying to get George Bush out of office.
And it’s nice to see her do an intimate gig for her fans on Valentine’s Day at one of her favourite venues in London. Despite being able to sell out stadiums, Crow played the Scala back in 2002 and wanted to come back, apparently.
• Sheryl Crow plays Scala on Thursday, February 14

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