Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
Given the number of eighties bands touring right now, I'd swear we were in 1985! Synth-pop icon Howard Jones has been on tour across North America with fellow New Wave band Wang Chung, ska stalwarts The English Beat, and the ever popular Modern English. The only worrying part was the on and off rain. In …
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Normally, I'd say that moving from NYC to Buffalo makes it more difficult to see all the bands I want to see but somehow this year, I've been lucky enough the have the English Beat hit Buffalo twice!! First, they opened for Culture Club this summer at ArtPark and, on Tuesday, they graced us with …
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If you've been following Just One More Concert, you'll find that we've recently been covering quite a number of top 80s bands who have discovered that, not only are their old fans still eager to see them perform live, they have built a new generation of younger fans who love the retro sounds of ska, …
Back to the 80s with English Beat and Squeeze! I never saw Squeeze back in their heyday but I got to enjoy the music of my youth this night. Dave Wakeling and English Beat opened the show and got the crowd going quickly with their upbeat ska set. While Ranking Roger was doing his thing …
Continue reading "Squeeze with English Beat – Roseland Ballroom – Apr 28, 2012"