BIG PICTURE CHRIS ROCK The last time Chris Rock performed live in the UK, his US homeland must have seemed like a very different place to now. Barack Obama was on the rise, just months before he would be elected president, with a sense of hope propelling people on and an unmistakeable optimism in the air. Fast forward nine years and you have to wonder where on earth Rock will begin as he weighs in on the USA’s state of disrepair, while the world wonders how long the current resident of the White House can possibly last in his job. Of course, Rock could throw a curveball and furnish us with anecdotes about the differences between men and women or cats and zebras, but with a veritable open goal ahead of him, it should be a delight seeing Rock hit the back of the satirical net. Chris Rock: The Total Blackout Tour, SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Wed 24 Jan.

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