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Review 1 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

Psychedelic Furs on fire!

Gothic Theatre @

- Englewood @

, CO @

- Wed, Jun 16, 2010 @

Favorite moment: Mars William's sax solo during "Sister Europe". @

Setlist: The setlist:
Love My Way, Believe, Heartbeat, The Ghost In You, Like A Stranger, It Goes On, President Gas, In My Head, Sister Europe, She Is Mine, Heaven, All of this and Nothing, Pyjamarama a (Roxy Music song), Forever Now and India. @

Opening act(s): She Wants Revenge. @

Posted 06/17/2010

by Freshy

Location:Denver, CO

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I saw the Furs last night at the art-deco inspired Gothic Theatre in Englewood, CO. The band is performing with great power, enthusiasm and joy these days. The show started with a bang as "Love My Way" tore up the theatre. Next came the fantastic song "Believe", which is from Richard Butler other band, Love Spit Love. With a megaphone enhancing the songs timbre, we were treated to a rare performance as this song has never been performed by the Furs before.

The band followed in short procession with "Heartbeat", the endearing "The Ghost In You", and then into the haunting "Like a Stranger". With this choice, the group was starting to dig back into their classic repertoire and the magic was starting to grow!

I am a professional lead guitarist, and to see these guys pull it out so effortlessly was a treat! New guitarist Rich Good was solid and able to deliver the signature leads that John Ashton wrote. Additionally, Rich was able to include his own style adding to the textures and layers of sonic adventure that the Furs are known for.

The most exciting solos of the evening belonged to Mars Williams, an extraordinary jazz saxophonist who also plays in the fantastic Chicago-based Liquid Soul band. Mars' also played with the Furs back in 1984 when I saw them at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles for the Mirror Moves tour. This man is so accomplished with his phrasing, melodies, counterpoint and sonic magic that it gave the Psychedelic Furs the feel of their original sound back in 1977-1981.

The rhythm section of Paul Garisto, (drums), and Tim Butler, (bass), was as rock-solid as anything in rock music. Paul also played with the Furs back in 1984 and it is such a pleasure to see him manning the drum seat again! Tim is one of rock's finest bassists, on a par with Adam Clayton of U2 or Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads. His sound is fat and so deeply in-the-pocket with Paul's kick drum that you almost wonder is he playing. He is!!

Amanda Kramer is the keyboardist and her textures and sweet arpeggio'd chords and lines fill up the sonic palette that the Furs so definitely rely on. She is also such a beautiful woman, and it is nice to see women working in music such as this situation.

Richard Butler's charisma, charm, personal style and heart make him the penultimate front man! He knows how to work a crowd to the tee, and his vocals have become such a signature part of the Furs that without his voice, the band wouldn't be the same.

Richard has had his share of pain and disappointment in his life, and he has learned how to translate that angst into his words and music. He does the same with his paintings too! Yes, Richard is a multi-talented creative force and his paintings also are something to behold. Check them out by Googling Richard Butler's paintings/gallery exhibits.

Gothic Theatre @

- Englewood @

, CO @

- Wed, Jun 16, 2010 @

Favorite moment: Mars William's sax solo during "Sister Europe". @

Opening act(s): She Wants Revenge. @

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Review 2 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

As great as always!!

Howard Theatre @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Mon, Oct 22, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Richard's gracious bow at the end. @

Posted 11/05/2012

by nikeeh56

Location:Virginia

I was suppose to see the furs back in '82 but my boyfriend took my best girlfriend instead. Just as well and worth waiting for all those years. No nostalgia with this band, every song feels brand new. I was embarrassed by the small showing of fans, but it didn't seem to phase them and they played with the same integrity and abandon as usual.

Howard Theatre @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Mon, Oct 22, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Richard's gracious bow at the end. @

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Review 3 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

The Psychedelic Furs were unforgettable!!!

House of Blues New Orleans @

- New Orleans @

, LA @

- Fri, Nov 2, 2012 @

Opening act(s): My Jerusalem and The Chevin are must see bands if you ever get the chance to see them. @

Posted 11/04/2012

by jdponserelli

The Psychedelic Furs were amazing. High energy and they played and the classics.

House of Blues New Orleans @

- New Orleans @

, LA @

- Fri, Nov 2, 2012 @

Opening act(s): My Jerusalem and The Chevin are must see bands if you ever get the chance to see them. @

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Review 4 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

Furs show at HOB Orlando

House of Blues Orlando @

- Orlando @

, FL @

- Mon, Oct 29, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Hearing "Heaven" by the Furs @

Opening act(s): The Chevin and The Lemonheads @

Posted 10/31/2012

by Anonymous

Location:Orlando

The first band Chevin from Leeds had a short but great show. Also, The Lemonheads with a new supporting cast of players sounded crisp and played their old tunes to perfection. Now lets talk about the Furs, Richard Butler danced and moved like a twenty year old the whole show while his band played all the classics to perfection especially the sax player.

House of Blues Orlando @

- Orlando @

, FL @

- Mon, Oct 29, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Hearing "Heaven" by the Furs @

Opening act(s): The Chevin and The Lemonheads @

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Review 5 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

Amazing!!!

State Theatre @

- St Petersburg @

, FL @

- Sat, Oct 27, 2012 @

Posted 10/29/2012

by DJABC

Location:tampa

They were amazing!!! Great energy and still obviously loving what they do. Already excited to see them again!!!

State Theatre @

- St Petersburg @

, FL @

- Sat, Oct 27, 2012 @

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Review 6 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

PFurs are still friggin awesome!!!

Variety Playhouse @

- Atlanta @

, GA @

- Thu, Oct 25, 2012 @

Opening act(s): Can't say I much care for the Lemonheads @

Posted 10/27/2012

by CampyLinux

Location:Atlanta

Richard Butler still sounds great and plays like he is glad to be there. I've been going to see these guys since the early 80s and it is more fun now then ever.

Variety Playhouse @

- Atlanta @

, GA @

- Thu, Oct 25, 2012 @

Opening act(s): Can't say I much care for the Lemonheads @

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Review 7 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

Love love love the Furs!

Variety Playhouse @

- Atlanta @

, GA @

- Thu, Oct 25, 2012 @

Opening act(s): Chevin/Lemonheads @

Posted 10/27/2012

by Mandypants6771

Music was great! Venue was fun! Worth the money, and the long drive for me. (3.5 hours each way)

Variety Playhouse @

- Atlanta @

, GA @

- Thu, Oct 25, 2012 @

Opening act(s): Chevin/Lemonheads @

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Review 8 for The Psychedelic Furs

4 / 5

Awesome !

Best Buy Theater @

- New York @

, NY @

- Sun, Oct 21, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Encore (India) @

Posted 10/25/2012

by PsychFriend80

Location:NEW YORK, NY

Really cool show. Richard Butler was in rare form, still got that unique voice. The encore (India) brought the house down.

Best Buy Theater @

- New York @

, NY @

- Sun, Oct 21, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Encore (India) @

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Review 9 for The Psychedelic Furs

4 / 5

Phenomenal furs

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

Posted 10/25/2012

by Pawsnursery

Location:South jersey

This even was begun with the Lemonheads, which were mediocre at best. They are certainly better than most music of their time, but it did little for me. The Furs were excellent, certainly a group that's as strong as ever and never got the attention they deserved.

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

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Review 10 for The Psychedelic Furs

1 / 5

LEMONHEADS SHOULD BE RENAMED SOUR LEMONS

Best Buy Theater @

- New York @

, NY @

- Sun, Oct 21, 2012 @

Favorite moment: When the Lemonheads finished, a painful 30 minutes later! @

Opening act(s): Chevin: Amazing! @

Posted 10/24/2012

by LeCoultre

A has been group that obviously no longer enjoyed playing together. This, coupled with technical difficulties (bass drum), made this a one time performance! They could not even be bothered to play their one and only hit from The Graduate: 1960's!!!!!

Best Buy Theater @

- New York @

, NY @

- Sun, Oct 21, 2012 @

Favorite moment: When the Lemonheads finished, a painful 30 minutes later! @

Opening act(s): Chevin: Amazing! @

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Review 11 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

Still Rocking Strong!

Howard Theatre @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Mon, Oct 22, 2012 @

Favorite moment: pretty in pink! @

Posted 10/24/2012

by THF48

Location:Culpeper VA

Saw Furs in 87 and the rocked harder Monday night then back in the day!
From the opening act new band out of UK to lemonheads was front row and had a great time with all 3 bands!

Howard Theatre @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Mon, Oct 22, 2012 @

Favorite moment: pretty in pink! @

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Review 12 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

Howard Theatre @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Mon, Oct 22, 2012 @

Posted 10/24/2012

by Anonymous

The Psychedelic Furs was my FIRST concert in about 1985 when I was 15 years old. I went with my best friend, and we had an amazing time which stuck with me for years. I've always loved the Furs, and I was SO excited to see them come to DC. Well, I went to see them as a 42 year-old with my husband and another couple, and I had a BLAST! The Furs are just as good as I remembered! I loved the intimate atmosphere of the new Howard Theatre! Wow! Another amazing memory for me! THANK YOU!

Howard Theatre @

- Washington @

, DC @

- Mon, Oct 22, 2012 @

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Review 13 for The Psychedelic Furs

4 / 5

The Psychedelic Furs at Best Buy Theater, NY

Best Buy Theater @

- New York @

, NY @

- Sun, Oct 21, 2012 @

Posted 10/23/2012

by 1967gman

Location:New York, New Jersey

Best Buy Theater is a great venue, lots of bars, lounge areas, and large clean bathrooms. Good sound system, a large standing/dancing area near the stage, and ample seating in the back, which was curtained off for this show.
The Chevin is a young English foursome doing post punk, and doing it quite well.
One of my companions thought they sounded like to early U2, I found some Killers
and Muse vibes in the music, particularly the vocals. All in all, a surprisingly good opening act.
The Lemonheads played as a trio, Juliana Hatfield was supposed to rejoin them for the tour, but was not there. Evan Dando played through his music very competently, but without much interaction with the crowd, although there were quite a few Lemonheads fans. The drummer broke a drumhead, and Evan, the consummate pro, went right to the next song without breaking stride while they borrowed a drum from The Chevin. A decent sounding set, but there seemed to be a little something missing here...emotion, maybe.
The Furs took the stage last, opening a set of mostly old tunes with Only You and I. The rest of the set contained only one new piece, in fact. Like Dando, Richard Butler did not talk much between songs, but he is still a very charismatic frontman, smiling, pointing and waving at the audience throughout, as he sang in his traditional raspy voice. Between songs, Richard hopped around, grinning in enthusiastic anticipation of the next piece. Bassist Tim Butler approaches the front of the stage, leans into the crowd and mouths the lyrics as he stares through his shades at individual audience members. He electrified the crowd around me with that move several times. Mars Williams played a smoking sax, while the rest of the band, all relatively recent additions, are very good musicians that performed the set flawlessly.
The Psychedelic Furs have been around for a long time, I first saw them at the Ritz in Manhattan in the early 80's. I was happy to see the Butler brothers looking good and obviously enjoying themselves onstage. It has to be gratifying for them to see the audience singing along with their music, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a lot of younger people in the audience as well. The Furs are very engaged and energetic, and by the time they encored with India they had the place rocking. Excellent show.

Best Buy Theater @

- New York @

, NY @

- Sun, Oct 21, 2012 @

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Review 14 for The Psychedelic Furs

4 / 5

Lemonheads and Psychedeic Furs- total flashback

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

Opening act(s): The Chevin. Only caught their last song and really liked it. @

Posted 10/23/2012

by TracieM

So much fun... a total flashback! Everyone sounded great. Loved the freedom to move around the theater, dancing in the aisles!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

Opening act(s): The Chevin. Only caught their last song and really liked it. @

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Review 15 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

The Furs Were Awesome!!!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

Favorite moment: President Gas as an encore. @

Opening act(s): Lemonheads @

Posted 10/22/2012

by Smoky617

Location:Telford PA

Tight sound, great venue, and President Gas as an encore made the concert complete!

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

Favorite moment: President Gas as an encore. @

Opening act(s): Lemonheads @

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Review 16 for The Psychedelic Furs

4 / 5

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The Chevin and of course Psychedelic Furs @

Posted 10/21/2012

by Chanita1

Bands played awesome! The tickets we bought were in the N aisle in the center and we were sitting right behind the sound guy who was standing during the whole concert. An attendent let us know that we could change seats since the concert was not sold out. The Keswick theater needs new seats. They are old and uncomfortable.

Keswick Theatre @

- Glenside @

, PA @

- Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @

Favorite moment: The Chevin and of course Psychedelic Furs @

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Review 17 for The Psychedelic Furs

4 / 5

Great Show at a Great Venue

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

Posted 10/14/2012

by DennyAR

I was a little confused about the opening act. Julianna Hatfield was listed as opening when I bought the tickets; some websites still indicated she was opening. I wanted to time my arrival to coincide with the Furs show, so I wasn't sure if there were one or two opening acts.

Nevertheless, when the Furs took the stage I was happy. They played for about an hour and 45 minutes. This was my fourth time seeing them live, and they played several songs I had not seen them play before. It was all good; Richard and Tim were both in fine form, as was the rest of the band. Even though these guys haven't released a record in what, 25 years, their back catalog is sufficient reason for me to go see them live whenever they tour.

The Pageant in Saint Louis is a treat unto itself. In my opinion, this is one of the best venues anywhere to see a live show. The size is just right, the acoustics are awesome, and the people are friendly. Ranks right up there with The Ryman in Nashville.

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

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Review 18 for The Psychedelic Furs

5 / 5

The Pyschedelic Furs

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Mr. Jones was my favorite! @

Posted 10/14/2012

by soupson

Richard Butler and the band put on a great show. Richard's voice sounds the same as it did in the '80s. They played their most popular songs and you won't be disappointed. The $27.50 ticket price was the a tremendous bargain. I would have paid 3 times as much to see this show! Great time!

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Mr. Jones was my favorite! @

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Review 19 for The Psychedelic Furs

4 / 5

Great Show

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Lemonheads 2nd-last song Stove, best version I've heard @

Posted 10/14/2012

by Beaglenut

I'm a big Lemonheads fan and it was hard to see the stage hand come out after Evan had only played 40 minutes pointing to her watch, pretty rude. He then finished off a great-but- way-too-short set with Rudderless, and the crowd was left wanting more. Evan had no backing vocals from the current band but sounded great on his own, and seemed to stretch out a little more on some of the guitar parts to compensate. He was in a great mood too.

After sitting around grumbling about the short set while waiting 1/2 hour for the roadies to set up the stage, I was pleasantly surprised by a really good show from the Furs. They played almost all their hits plus a few I didn't know, then came back for an encore of President Gas and India. Hightly recommended show, but WE WANT MORE EVAN.

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

Favorite moment: Lemonheads 2nd-last song Stove, best version I've heard @

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Review 20 for The Psychedelic Furs

1 / 5

No Juliana

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

Posted 10/14/2012

by hatfieldless

The printed advertisements claimed "The Lemonheads with Juliana Hatfield". But she wasn't there. The Lemonheads set was flat and I was disappointed. I left before the P-furs set.

The Pageant @

- St Louis @

, MO @

- Fri, Oct 12, 2012 @

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