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In a nutshell: A musical globalista with a rebel rock'n'roll heart, there's nobody quite like Manu Chao. Although he enjoys little more than cult status in the UK, we’re about to fall in line with the rest of the western world, where the Paris-raised Spaniard is the biggest thing since pain au chocolat. His first new album in six years brings his addictive global mash-up smack into the centre.

Imagine if you will: Joe Strummer and Bob Marley swapping salutes while the Dust Brothers rummage through Latin American musical bric-a-brac.