Judy took me to one of
Erasure’s 5 incredible nights at the Independent. This venue accommodates 500 people, making this the most intimate concert I’ve been to for such a large band.
Audience breakdown was 20% asian, 80% other :-). Females seemed remarkably (30%) outnumbered, and I didn’t notice a large gay contingent. Pretty dramatic difference from previous Erasure concerts.
The show was incredible, as always, with 3 costume changes, lots of sweat, jokes, and loud, heartfelt, electro-soul. Not as fun as their “Cowboy” tour, but that’s because that’s my favorite Erasure album. It probably didn’t help that I hadn’t bought the Nightbird album before the concert (but I did afterwards). They played all the favorites – Blue Savannah, A little respect, Oh L’Amour, and covered about 20 songs.
While not nearly as nice as the images some of the people who brought Digital Rebels will have, here are a few images from my phone (sorry for the lack of thumbnails):
