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Bryan Ferry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee on August 2nd.

Hopefully, if I can make one of the dates, my next gig will be one of these...

Just over 2 weeks before I return to the wonderful city on the Mersey that unfortunately shares a name with an odious football team to see the godlike Graham Parker As I've probably said on here weed addled Dylan, suoerbore Springsteen(the Ray wilkinsor/ Owen Hargreaves*of music) and fattie Van Morrison can't hold a collective candle to him.

*take your pick according to your age

addendum yes indeed I have said this about 5 posts ago "The sentiment remains the same maaaan !"

Better get the Parker CDs up to Alice then Ivan!

The Cure, Helsinki 7.10.2016

Enjoy !

I hope to see The Cure at Milan 1.11.16

It's been 15 years since I've had the pleasure of seeing the godlike Graham Parker, but you're absolutely correct. Of the artists you've mentioned, I have two Van Morrison albums [my wife's, actually], a single Dylan LP [her's again], but Parker? 13, and I'd like them all! My wife also had some Parker albums before we met, so her taste is excellent. Neither of us would deign to own any Springsteen!

Of the Angry Young Men Of New Wave ® [i.e. Jackson, Costello, and Parker] he is by far the most consistent as well as the least pretentious of them. I own three Jackson albums, own and enjoy about 10/12 Costello albums, but would like to own GP's complete output.

Gulp! My actual next concert will be… Midge Ure at The Earl in Atlanta on October 15th. It had better be good! At least he has a band in tow this time. I'd sooner lose a limb than see him playing acoustic guitar. Part of me is regretting this but I've never seen him or Ultravox, so this is more like unfinished business with me. Lately, I've felt bad about denigrating Ure on my blog, and I'm hopeful that I'll enjoy this, even though at least half of this will be solo material [ugh.] I'm looking forward to the Rich Kids, Visage, and Ultravox material. Can you sense my ambivalence?

Well the Midge Ure concert on October 15th was excellent. So excellent, that my wife [who called him "the Phil Collins of Ultravox"] was immediately ready to catch his show in a much bigger/nicer venue in January. So our next concert will also be…Midge Ure in January in Nashville, Tennessee. Tickets and lodging have been already purchased. The lean, tight trio made even problematic material like "If I Was" sound better than it ever has. Lots of rock crunch, but enough synths to give material like "Fade To Grey," "The Voice," and "Vienna" the scope they needed. Ure was in a great space, overall. It felt great to finally hear these songs after 36 years!

Just procured my ticket 74 euro Should be a belter : I'll have to shop around now for a big massive wig , lipstick and have 12 days to put on 3 stone in weight so I can pay my personal tribute to Fat Bob