Firstly, the show was INCREDIBLE. The right venue, Albert Hall is seated, so the audience vibe has a bit of a low ceiling in a way, here the old school dancefloor meant that the audience REALLY REALLY let go as the band started to deliver. I'd heard differing comments as the tour reached the Uk and then came towards London and recently the band have not quite got the sonics and feel right of vintage tunes. They ABSOLUTELY delivered though, it sounded SPOT on, no overt rockist flourishes in the playing that weren't there on the record (or the orignal tour, I saw the Love tour first time round at Hamersmith Palais, which was the best dancefloor in London - rip!) Ticket price was different, was £5 then, now £35!
Most of Love was played, no Little Face or Judith. Phoenix was a standout in the uptempo tracks and Revolution was just GORGEOUS. Ian sang beautifully all night, he said at one point he was struggling health wise but he was ON IT vocally. He didn't go so much for that fantastic front man dancing that we all love him so much for, he just sang brilliantly - all the lyrics as well, which often hasn't been the case. He thanked us all for sticking with the group and a lot of people around me looked like they wanted to cry! The encored with hits from other albums and then ended with the Death Cult dead mickey mouse face logo up as a backdrop and played Horse Nation and Spiritwalker off the first album, which was really emotional and powerful for me as Death Cult I saw live and bought both the 12" singles when they were released, which got me into the Cult tribe and then the Dreamtime album really got under my skin and here I am still a major major fan. I work in music professionally.
Anyway, here's the thing, I THOUGHT Ian said at one point this was there last ever show in the UK, I couldn't quite hear him - I was on the first floor (next to Paul Cook of Sex Pistols), but I wanted to know if I got this right and if anyone else heard this as clearly it's of huge significance. Can you get a message to Ian and find out please? Feel free to post as a review this letter if you see fit.
Cheers,