Music review: Lionel Richie, McDiarmid Park, Perth

So synonymous is Lionel Richie with radio-friendly romantic balladry that it’s easy to forget his former outfit, The Commodores, mastered raw, down-and-dirty Southern funk lasciviousness that bordered on the animalistic. Sadly, only the anthemic, hugely danceable Brick House survives as a reminder of that naked raunch in his current live set, the hard-edged groove standing out like the fuller-figured lady it pays tribute to.