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Review: Fatboy Slim serves up an evening of joy and hedonism at Victoria Warehouse

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Norman Cook - AKA Fatboy Slim - will turn 60 later this year. Despite more than four decades in the music game, the iconic DJ has lost none of his appetite for entertaining crowds of ravers.

During the first of two sets at Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse as part of his ‘Y’all Are The Music, We’re Just The DJ’s’ tour, he arrives on stage beaming from ear to ear. READ MORE: Review: Raye at O2 Ritz - The human experience packaged as Blues perfection As he appears, a strobe light burns laser-like on the screen behind him and the crowd lets out its first euphoric roar of the night.

The venue is packed out with battle-hardened ravers ready for an evening of hedonistic fun. It all makes for a joyous and energetic affair from the off as the big beat pioneer opens with Queen before moving into a show full of heady house mash-ups.

An impressive light show provides the backdrop to the performance. Among the many graphics that flash behind Cook throughout are the acid house smiley face, as well as a rotating procession of famous faces.

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