The title on the posters, Cantona Sings Eric, dripped with possibility. Was the Bloomsbury Theatre to witness the Manchester United legend, actor and surrealist philosopher Eric Cantona covering I High-Kicked the Sheriff, Clapton style? Or reworking Eric Idle’s most famous tune as Always Hang on the Right Post of Life?
His entrance for this first ever London gig, having decided to set his poetic talents to music during lockdown and released a debut EP I'll Make My Own Heaven last week, promised even more. This most brooding, Rimbaud-friendly footballing icon strode from the wings into a theatrical spotlight in black overcoat and scarlet track-suit bottoms, arms heroically outstretched. For a moment it felt like he might justify his recent BBC boast that “The Rolling Stones should support me”.
