Olly Alexander
(Picture: Getty Images)Given the dizzying amount of praise showered on Olly Alexander in recent years, you might fear that he would take himself a bit seriously when performing – under his band name Years & Years – at his homecoming Wembley Arena show. But nothing could be further from the truth. The BAFTA-nominated, chart-topping Renaissance man gave a slick performance on this London date of his Night Call tour - but with the humour and impish charm of someone who clearly still knows how to have fun.
The evening began with Alexander getting hot and sweaty in a phone booth. He opened with Night Call, an out-and-out pop banger about waiting for a lover to answer a booty call. Dressed in an oversize black latex coat and hip high boots, he dramatised winking lyrics like “so push a button, make a move” with a troupe of five seductive backing dancers all vying for his affection.
