Tears for Fears and Spandau Ballet - Australia

[TragicMagic]

Saw These 2 bands Monday night in Adelaide, South Australia.

I went-in mostly wanting to see Tears for Fears and hoping Spandau were going to be good.

I left liking and respecting them both more than when I went in and thought both performances were fantastic. Spandau were considerably better than I thought they may be. Hadley's voice seems even better than in 'the day' and on the whole the music was tight and faithful. They were full of energy and really gave it 100%.. sensational. The Kemp brothers and Tony Hadley were also kind enough to sign some items and have some photo's with us after the gig, and seemed genuinely happy to oblige.

Given they were acting as support to Spandau, T4F did not play long enough (for my liking), I'd like to have seen them do a show of their own to really get the most out of their performance. Like T.Hadley, Roland's voice has stood the test of time giving faithful renditions of many of their top hits. Their male backup singer has a voice range capable of sounding distinctly female, and gave rise to several cheers and claps within songs like "Woman in Chains", it was quite amazing.

Anyone thinking of catching either of these bands on their current tour should definately do so!

A top night all-round!
TM