Photograph: Stuart Westwood/ShutterstockPhotograph: Stuart Westwood/Shutterstockgainst the Odds proves an apt title for Blondie’s first UK tour in five years. Rearranged from November due to Covid, it finally begins with an excitedly accelerated airing of the quintessential New York new wavers’ clattering 1976 debut single X Offender – yet without guitarist and co-founder Chris Stein, who announced a week before that he would miss the shows due to ill health.
This is a brilliantly written review. I love it when bands survive long enough to just have an arsenal of hits to crush any naysayers. “Yeah we’re old, kids (Debbie Harry is 76! Can that be TRUE?) but just look at that back catalogue and weep!” ☮️❤️✊👏🏽🎤
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