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Sam Callahan, featured on mancrushblog.com (via @man_crush)

Frankie and Sam

Tee and Sam at the Cako launch party (December 10th) 

Sam Claflin + his beautiful smile.

2013

Sam Callahan at the UK Lingerie Awards after party

self esteem

REVIEW: Gabrielle & Sam Callahan at G-A-Y, 23 Nov 2013 Once again our weekly trip down to G-A-Y was chock full of surprises but this time no naked divas or boy band drop-ins, it was all about the top notch talent on stage. First up was Xfactor evictee Sam Callahan, and while we were never wowed by the songs he was given in the ITV shows, live on stage he really shone. From Ed Sheeran to a bit of dub step and the Goo Goo Dolls, his trio of tracks showed versatility and really rather good vocals, all topped off by the tightest tummy we have seen since Van Damme was a Universal Soldier and one of the friendliest and chirpy chappies. The second show of the night was from UK soul legend Gabrielle, celebrating the anniversary of her chart topping début single, ‘Dreams’, with ‘Now and Always: 20 Years of Dreaming’, the double CD retrospective of her career. She treated us to no less than 6 tracks with gorgeous smoky vocals including hits ‘Out Of Reach’, ‘Rise’ and of course ‘Dreams’ with nothing but an acoustic guitar, 2 backing singers and the really rather cute beat boxer Hobbit providing accompaniment, and considering most of the audience were in nappies when ‘Dreams’ came out she went down a storm and everyone knew all the words to sing along. Looks like this retrospective album is no so much a career finale but a launch pad to the next chapter, and we can’t wait. click SAM or GABRIELLE for more photos review and photos © Chris Jepson all rights reserved review first appeared in QX magazine, issue 977