Desperados Presents The Very Best Live at The Shacklewell Arms

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Desperados Presents The Very Best Live at The Shacklewell Arms

Their singer is stranded in Malawi but that didn't mean their very first UK show couldn't happen.

You know how much we like you, right? We keep showering you with presents and drinks tokens at the parties we throw for you, after all.

So when we realised how much you like Malawi-via-Hackney dance duo The Very Best, we decided we'd take it one loooong step further and do everything in our power to make their first ever UK show a reality – even if that meant we'd have to magically bring their singer, Esau Mwamwaya, all the way back from Malawi, his home country, where he's currently stranded.

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To do this, we got together with Desperados (that funny beer that tastes like tequila) and Johan Karlberg (The Very Best's other part) and together we flew to Malawi to tape Esau performing. A couple of weeks later, and last night we put on one of the sweatiest parties of the year at the Shacklewell Arms in Dalston. Johan played live while Esau's projection danced and sang from Malawi.

Here are some photos for you to gawp at.

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