[kj] 80's tournament

[Steve Hackett]

one of my mates went to see him in Wolvo at the request of his wife and said 
it was athousand times better thsn he'd expected - he said  the new versions 
of old trax were great - did also say it was (half) full of middle aged 
"road warriors"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Head" <MICKHEAD at beeb.net>
To: <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:26 PM
Subject: [kj] 80's tournament


> on a whim, I went to see KJ's label mate Gary Numan at Leeds t'other 
> night in what I've decided is a triangular tournament between the  80's 
> golden oldies over the next few days.
>
> Numan has surprisingly set a high bar, it's the first time I've seen  him 
> & his set was dark & atmospheric with the new numbers from  Jagged, his 
> older stuff played in a higher tempo & more powerful way.  Numan himself 
> had plenty of energy & his voice has been well looked  after, he sounded 
> great. 8/10
>
> next up Killing Joke, Nottingham Rock City on Saturday. earlier in  the 
> season I would have thought they'd have pissed this, but lack of  form 
> from the friendlies in Europe, plus the omission of a couple of  star 
> players makes me fear the worst.
>
> after that Sisters of Mercy at Leeds. there to make the numbers up. 
> surely ?
>
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