Adam Ant was a total joy in Liverpool last night. Superfan (44 years ago, anyway) was in heaven and all her fears of what a shambles it could have been melted away quickly. Awesome setlist (with lots of early stuff), very punky punchy sound and, for most of it, Adam in pretty damned good voice (it faded a little for 3 or 4 songs on the back straight). For me, a total non believer back in the day this was a solid 8.5/10, much much better than I expected. Great fun.
Toyah supported. Brilliant (almost) 80s only setlist, again a punchy band (guitarist borrowed from Buck's Fizz apparently...he was brilliant), and she is still in amazing voice. I could very much however do without the Butlins Red Coat act she just can't stop herself doing. And, despite her oft-repeated protestations, she really was never punk, and her music certainly wasn't. But if you cut out the intros and the downplayed the theatrics a tad she too was bloody good.
Ah im so pleased about Adam, as I say Ive heard mixed reviews, but i guess we all have good and bad days...Yes Toyah seldom seems to disappoint these days, and if anything is better than she was when I saw in her heydays
