Har Mar Superstar at Asylum - 30th September By Andy Dykes Photos by Darren Rogers

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Above the stage in Asylum tonight hangs a giant g-string. It's not the remnant of some bizarre student ritual; it's the calling card of Har Mar Superstar. He's marked his territory. Tonight, this venue and all the beautiful people who show up to dance to his insane party grooves will be his.

Har Mar bounds onto the stage wearing a powder blue suit that he will gradually remove through the course of his set; a suit that makes him look like a horribly cheap middle American cabaret act. Oh the irony. Everybody ready to partay? he asks, and several hundred people roar back as he thrusts straight into the Transit, the ultimate disco kick off.

Prancing round the stage like he's dancing to his own workout video, Har Mar looks more relaxed than I've ever seen him. Maybe it's because he's in the company of so many happy students who are all here for him. Or maybe he's a little drunk. Whatever.

Tonight Har Mar Superstar just seems to be enjoying himself. He banters and makes jokes with the crowd. And when he spots a pretty girl, he goes for her. It's during the random gibberish of Back the Camel Up that he scores his first chick of the evening, spending a large portion of the song tongue in throat with the aforementioned damsel.

And from there things escalate. In the for the ladies genius of Sugar Pie he's picking girls out of the crowd, rather than settling for those nearest, and by the time his set draws to a close he's been through most of the women present tonight. Quite phenomenal for a man who could well be Danny Devito's younger brother. Everybody's totally thrilled by tonight's performance. As he departs the stage, the satisfied crowd start a chant: Har Mar, Har Mar, Har Mar. Har Mar and indeed, Superstar.

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