[kj] (OT) The Cult, why?

[The Mighty TB]

folk devil wrote:

This is the band line up, though: Or is Jamie Stewart playing, too?
Ian Astbury - vocals
Billy Duffy - guitar
Chris Wyse - bass
John Tempesta - drums
Mike Dimkich - touring guitar

This is the lineup that will be doing the "Love Anniversary" tour this 
Summer.  It's the same lineup for the last 2 or 3 years and imo, is the most 
musically solid lineup they've toured with since the "Electric" tour in '87. 
When you think of it, The Cult has really been Astbury and Duffy since the 
post-Sonic Temple days at the beginning of the 90's after Stewart left to be 
a producer  (he's retired from the music industry and now a telecom manager 
for some phone company in the UK).  The only thing that makes me hesitant to 
catch this tour is Ian's voice has lost a lot of power and range he used to 
have up until about 2001, plus he recently had major back surgery and the 
couple shows they did a few months ago, he was performing either sitting on 
a stool or with a cane, clearly still in recovery mode.

T.B.