Bobbie Dazzle + SANTÙ + Mango In Euphoria @ Bush Hall, London 21st October 2026
Tonight is the closing night of a mini tour undertaken by Bobbie Dazzle to promote her latest album, Star Power. Support comes from SANTÙ and Mango In Euphoria.
Mango In Euphoria
Mango In Euphoria is the latest project from Mango Starseed, whom I have seen a couple of times before. Including Mango, the current band is a six-piece with a guitarist, bassist, drummer, synth player and a dancer.
Broadly speaking, the music is electro-tinged glam rock. The synth player and guitarist share lead roles. Mango is a captivating frontwoman, although she possibly spends a bit too much time on the floor of the stage.
Arm Candy has the feel of a glam rock torch song. The dancer has a feather fan, which adds to that atmosphere. There’s a cracking lead guitar solo, which unfortunately sounds a bit tinny. This is something we’ll come back to.
For a song which may or may not (I suspect not) be called Fifth Year, the synth player plays her instrument with her teeth. This is something that I can honestly say I’ve never seen done before.
The guitarist has managed to fall over and injure herself, and is now playing sitting on a chair. She thinks she may have dislocated her knee. Hopefully she’s wrong.
For the last song, the synth player has her big-booted foot on the keyboard. Rock ’n’ roll!
Every song in the set sounds like it could be a single. The material really is very good. However, there’s a problem. The sound is awful.
At first, I thought it was the PA or the sound engineer, but the problems don’t affect the next two bands. For Mango In Euphoria, the drums sound like biscuit tins, and the guitar sound is far too tinny and weedy. It needs far more oomph! In general, there’s far too much treble. Ladies, this is something you need to address urgently.
SANTÙ
SANTÙ are a band about whom I know nothing. They look like a young indie band, so when they turn out to be a shit-hot blues-rock band, I’m somewhat taken aback! Very much wolves in indie kids’ clothing!
The sound is so powerful that I’m very nearly pinned to the wall!
Guitarist Sam is quite amazing. Much as I quite like Jayler, SANTÙ are much better. They seem real. They’re being a modern blues-rock band rather than a band trying to evoke a past era. Their playing is almost telepathic. The drummer is crisp and powerful. There really is nothing not to like.
For No Intention, the bass intro is almost a solo in its own right. They cover Fleetwood Mac’s Oh Well and more than do it justice. Peter Green would have been proud.
The final song is another riff monster. Guitarist Sam is playing a Les Paul Junior. Deploying the Gibson crunch makes all the difference.
Mention must be made of vocalist Ze, whose singing has been jaw-dropping throughout.
Sometimes you see a band for the first time and wonder where they’ve been hiding. This is one of those bands. SANTÙ: remember the name.
Bobbie Dazzle
Finally, it’s time for Bobbie Dazzle, which is the name of both the singer (although her real name is Siân Greenaway) and the band, which can be a bit confusing.
She introduces herself and the band thus: “I’m Bobbie Dazzle, and (gesturing to the band) these are Bobbie Dazzle.”
Is that clear? Excellent!
In addition to Bobbie, the band consists of a guitarist, bassist, keyboard player and drummer. Not forgetting that Bobbie also plays flute.
The band kick off with the title track of the new album, Star Power, which isn’t a bad place to start. Whilst the music certainly has a glam rock base, there are hints of prog as well, and Bobbie’s excellent flute playing brings some perhaps inevitable comparisons to Jethro Tull. I should point out that she very definitely does not stand on one leg whilst playing, however.
Dirty Martini is the second single from Star Power, and many of the crowd know it and sing along. The vocals on Revolution!!!! are especially superb.
The performance in general is very assured. They’re very tight and clearly well rehearsed. This song has a cool keyboard solo. It sounds like Jon Lord!
The bassist is wearing a Bowie T-shirt, clearly wishing to emphasise his glam credentials.
However, the bassist has vertigo and falls off the edge of the stage! He plays the rest of the set sitting on a chair. This seems to be becoming a theme for the evening! Is the venue jinxed? Should someone carry out an elf and safety assessment?
There’s an unexpected ABBA cover, Watch Out, which fits in surprisingly well with the original material.
During Feel It Too, the guitarist taps. He reminds me of the late, great Phil Campbell.
Lita Ford gets a shout-out. Apparently, she has been very helpful to Bobbie.
Rhia Thompson should have been playing second guitar tonight, but unfortunately she suffers from endometriosis, a medical condition that Bobbie also suffers from. Rhia was offered an operation on the NHS five days previously, so is unable to play. She gets a heartfelt round of applause.
The following song, Take To The Streets, is about protesting and also about raising awareness of this particular condition.
They’re not going off before playing an encore.
Bobbie lost her father when she was a child and tragically lost her sister three years ago. She found her father’s record collection in her sister’s loft, and some lyrics that he’d written when he was young fell out of some Bob Dylan LPs. They were so good that she decided to use some of them.
The song Lightning Fantasy is the result, and yes, the lyrics are worth hearing.
This has been quite a short set (less than an hour), but by God it’s been good!
I was surprised that Bush Hall hadn’t sold out. This may be because until recently Bobbie Dazzle was self-managed and didn’t have the public profile that she and the band deserve.
Hopefully this will change, as this is one hell of a band who need to be seen and heard!
Words: Mark Kelly Photos: Cris Watkins
