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Pop music spotlight: Sade

By Jon Bream

August 7, 2011 at 3:26AM

Sade (Margaret Andrews — ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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For Sade's first Twin Cities appearance in 10 years, don't expect dancers, pyrotechnics and a big production. The goddess of makeout music will emphasize the special effects that her seductive music has on lovers, not the bells and whistles of today's other arena divas. The exotic, smooth operator from England will offer material from all six of her studio albums, including last year's Grammy-winning "Soldier of Love." Opening is Grammy-grabbing piano man John Legend, another smooth operator who is definitely more dynamic than Sade.

about the writer

Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.