Live Music Reviews and Photographs / NYC, Buffalo, Toronto, Pittsburgh
Back in the late 80s through the 90s, Andy Bell and Erasure were a permanent fixture on the charts, providing GenX with non-stop catchy synth-pop tunes. Erasure had been formed after Vince Clarke had left Depeche Mode, then Yazoo (Yaz in the US), and was looking for a lead singer for a new project. The …
Synth-pop band, Erasure, has enjoyed a long and successful career ever since songwriter and keyboardist, Vince Clarke, posted an anonymous ad in Melody Maker looking for a singer. Clarke had already enjoyed tremendous success with Depeche Mode and Yazoo, although neither ended up providing him with what he was looking for. When Andy Bell (a …
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Wow, this was a fun show! A couple of friends happened to attend the same concert and joined us up front. Frankmusik opened the lively evening at Terminal 5 but it was Andy and Vince we had all come to see. They proved that Erasure is still writing great music and performing with the same …
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I didn't attend many concerts when I was younger. Besides a few one-off concerts back in the 80s and 90s, I didn't start really going to concerts until the mid-2000s. Perhaps it's my mid-life crisis, concerts being my sports car or motorcycle. Either way, the number of concerts have grown from once a year back …