by Martin O'Gorman Faith is a transitional album for The Cure, but then 1981 was a transitional year for music. In retrospect, “Post-punk” was beginning to morph into “New Pop”, but at the time it was the year that Adam Ant stopped being a loser and became a superstar. While the charts were full of … Continue reading 18 April 1981: Faith at 40
Day: April 18, 2021
18 April 1981: The Picture Tour, Aylesbury Maxwell Hall
Crowd chatter: “Let’s see if we can see Ross. ROSS!” https://youtu.be/yIP-f9CDqvs The surviving tape of the first night of the Picture Tour is incomplete, but given what remains, we’re not missing out on much. The sound is pretty dodgy at the start but I can’t work out if that’s a fault of the recording which … Continue reading 18 April 1981: The Picture Tour, Aylesbury Maxwell Hall

