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Chappell Roan: Singer's Manchester concert was more than a pop show

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Chappell Roan is the first pop star to achieve mainstream success as an openly queer person.

The 26-year-old's first UK show of 2024 was at Manchester Academy on Friday .

Chappells Roan's first album, The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess, is a real-life coming of age story.

Fans in Manchester said she's more important than other pop stars.

The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess won best new artist at the MTV Awards this week .

Chappell is full package: she doesn't have the budget for a spectacular set, but she's a performer all of her own pyrotechnic set.

She's a force of force force force, but equally capable of dropping a hushed whisper to hushed whispers.

Highlights included Coffee and My Kink Is Karma, which got an invigoratingly grungy rock makeover.

Hot To Go came with big goofy dance moves; and Red Wine Supernovas 's singalong chorus gave me goosebumps.

Chappell Roan says her teenage self would have been horrified by this spectacle.

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