Childish Gambino review, O2 Arena London: A riveting rush of soul and funk-flavoured pop-rap from the ‘retiring’ star

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He’s also a screenwriter, DJ, director, dancer and producer, sparking admiring exclamations of “is there anything he can’t do?” in gushing profile pieces and making his polymath peers look lazy in comparison. “Put your phones away, this is church!” he commands the crowd shortly into his set at London’s O2 arena, a show rescheduled from last year after a foot injury. “I lived here for a while last year and saw you guys really going through some s***,” Glover tells the audience as the show charges on, showing it’s not just American politics he’s plugged into. This might have been one of his last ever live performances – Glover has claimed to be putting the project to bed after this run of dates, and earlier in the night told the audience: “If you bought a ticket to tonight, you bought a ticket to the last Childish Gambino tour.” If that really is the case, this is one hell of a sermon to bow out on.