peered into the darkness of the huge crowd gathered for his closing set at Cruel World Festival in Pasadena on Saturday and muttered facetiously, ‘My God, you’re still here?”might have wanted everyone to go home so he could shed the torture of his tuxedo and slip into his pajamas, too. Or maybe this was his way of gloomily suggesting the crowd make some noise.
Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy performs on the Outsiders stage during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Blondie performs on the Sad Girls stage during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Festival goers dance at Club Doom during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
Bauhaus’ David J performs on the Outsiders stage during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Violent Femmes’ Gordon Gano performs on the Sad Girls stage during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
People watch Violent Femmes perform on the Sad Girls stage during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Violent Femmes performs on the Sad Girls stage during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022.
English Beat performs on the Sad Girls stage during the Cruel World Festival at Brookside Park in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday, May 14, 2022.